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Possibly the most first world problem I have ever encountered in my life, but it turns out that, emotionally, it's quite difficult to move from the euphoria of winning a Champions League semi-final, only to have another one 48 hours later.

After discussing it with my family, friends, co-workers, my deli meat guy, my deli cheese guy, my bagel guy, the food delivery person who delivered me two pizzas yesterday when I ordered pad thai, I have decided to watch Arsenal today.

UTA 🔴⚪️

Wearing my full kit tomorrow for the @arseblog.com match report 🤝

All the people hating on Louis Theroux's excellent Settler documentary are doing is driving people to watch it in their droves. As always, all he's doing - very very well - is allowing people to speak for themselves and show the viewer exactly who they are and what they believe

How am I supposed to get anything done today

Pre-match pub decorations.

Bonsoir x

Sources: Minnesota United have now completed the deal to sign Julian Gressel. Deal via waivers. That process just finished. Gressel to Minnesota, where he’s an excellent fit in Eric Ramsay’s system. Miami clears cap space.

If Hull, Luton and derby win, and Preston draw or win, Stoke go down 🤞

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

Arteta's message to fans coming to the Emirates tomorrow: "Bring your boots, your shirts, your shorts and let’s play every ball together."

Jesus Christ what a dangerous, exhausting and embarrassing mess.

Unpleasant way to talk about a teenager trying to find their way in sport. I know some people love to use stock market terminology to talk about footballers, but they're not stock. They're not just assets. And they're certainly not washed up at 18 because their rise hasn't been as linear as expected

Shouldn’t be a free agent for long, if at all.

NEW POD: HANG THIS PHOTO IN THE LOUVRE ❤️🏆 (plus, Crystal Palace and underdog Manchester City reach the FA Cup Final) LISTEN 🎧: mibcourage.co/3YMAVN5

If we get through this we're going to need a country-wide de-Nazification process.

Blessed to have grown up watching Arsenal as one of the best teams in the world but it's completely messed with my head that I last saw a CL semi as a teenager and now I've had to wait until my thirties.

TO THE MIGHTY WREXHAM 🍻 Rog raises his Michelob Ultra to the history-making Red Dragons, who earned their record third-straight promotion and are headed for the meat grinder that is the Championship. UP THE TOWN 🐉

This reminds me of when two UK MCs were beefing and one of them said “you’re not even comfortable in your own ends”

Big one today. We locked in.

Leeds United are just one win away from clinching the Championship title. Daniel Farke's side blow Bristol City away at Elland Road to return to the summit ahead of the final day. Leeds have now scored 10 goals without reply in their last two home games.

29 years ago today: No PR spin. No media savvy. No carefully chosen words. Just pure emotion in the midst of a gripping title race. “You can tell him now, we are still fighting for this title. He’s got to go to Middlesbrough and get something.”

the Champions League semi-finals are the highlight of the football season for me. In terms of quality and drama you can’t beat it. And this is the most exciting quartet of sides at this stage for many years. It’s going to be excellent.

Cody Gakpo could face action from the FA after revealing a religious message. The International Football Association Board laws of the game — which the FA follows — prohibit player’s equipment from containing “any political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images.” 🔗 bit.ly/3EMBEap

It’s 41 years since extraordinary Eric Gates effort at Anfield. Lots to admire here: - The outside of the boot pass - The lay-off - The instant ping into the top corner. Some goal, son. Some goal.

Only just occurred to me that Arsenal have played the reigning champions from six of Europe's seven biggest leagues this season. PSG: 2-0 win Inter: 0-1 defeat Sporting Lisbon: 5-1 win PSV: 9-3 win (on agg) Real Madrid: 5-1 win (on agg) + two PL encounters with Man City (2-2 draw + 5-0 win)

Arsenal Women Arsecast with me and @jamiespangher.bsky.social looking back to Sunday's victory in Lyon 😁

The calm before the madness. There’s the buffer zone. Arsenal to the left. PSG to the right.

ok good luck with that

Yet to see a full kit on display - buck up those ideas north London

All details on the Paul Pogba / D.C. United talks, per sources: - No firm offer yet - Preliminary talks, not advanced, for now still - D.C. have rights - Pogba hopes to pick his next club next month Reporting w/ @jacobsben.bsky.social www.givemesport.com/dc-united-ho...

There is such a big-game feel around north London - fans and shirts everywhere.

The world at his feet.

How to mime getting lost in a maze after an overconfident start

Renee Slegers press conference at 2pm today ahead of tomorrow night's game away at Aston Villa. (Yes it does feel very out of place).

Mikel Arteta's key messages are imprinted on the players just before they enter the Emirates tunnel. One wall reads: “Our non-negotiables: discipline, leadership, dominate, compete.” It is this mentality that has helped turn the stadium into a European fortress. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...

Morning all. Today's the day - It just doesn't get much bigger than this..... Some thoughts on tonight's game, Arteta's team selection, nullifying PSG and seizing the moment 👇

I second this. I grew up in this borough, no national good can come of pandering to its whims, none at all.

A beaming Arteta has set the right tone for this week, imploring his players to seize the moment He's leant on Raya and Merino for any extra detail on Luis Enrique, as Arsenal are going to dig in for fine margins www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Mikel Merino has scored two and assisted three goals in his last four Champions League matches. #ARSPSG

Free newsletter: How much POWER does each MLS team have? Let's RANK them very scientifically!! open.substack.com/pub/tacticsf...

🥱 3am finish at Anfield 📸 An all-staff picture 🍾 Non-alcoholic champagne 🚲 Bike ride for Jota This is what really happened at Liverpool’s title celebration... 📝 @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social

Renee Slegers says the squad for tomorrow is the same as Sunday.

Bukayo Saka has nine goals and six assists in just 16 Champions League appearances for Arsenal. #ARSPSG

THE SCOTT MCTOMINAY INFLUENCE IN ITALY GROWS 😍 The Scotsman is having such an impact at Napoli, he's got Italians wearing kilts 🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This ex-Mumford bum lives in a fantasy world. Perhaps unsurprising, considering his band achieved success in the face of being utterly crap.

I went to Wrexham, to write about a football club that has transformed its city. For all the Hollywood hoopla, this has become a triumph on every level. ⬇️ inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

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19% of the goals PSG have conceded in Ligue 1 this season have come from corners and 42% from set pieces overall, the highest proportions in the division. 14% of the goals PSG have scored in Ligue 1 have been from set pieces – the lowest proportion in the division. #ARSPSG

FC NÜRNBERG DROPPING AN ALL-TIMER 😍 The 2. Bundesliga side released their 125th anniversary kit and it is magnificent.

And now time to rest. Alasdair Gold signing off from marathon talk. You people are incredible. I never in my wildest dreams presumed we'd raise this much money. Definitely worth the temporary inability to use stairs. www.justgiving.com/page/alasdai...

Soccer took her from D.C. across the Atlantic. Now she’s on the rise for the USWNT. Lily Yohannes's journey ... www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Spoke to Renee Slegers earlier about player involvement being key to constructing the game plan against Lyon and U21 coach Elliot Allum being part of the matchday coaching staff on occasion recently to foster closer relationships between the junior and senior team 👇🔴⚪️

I can't. That hair shirt is burnt into me. Tattooed on my soul. Embroidered on my bones. It actually keeps me awake at night. Fuck Forest, the fucking fucks. Why couldn't they just be shit? 😂😂😂

Arsenal XI: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

Here's Philipp Lahm's latest column for @theathleticfc.bsky.social. How would he defend some of the most dangerous forwards left in the Champions League? www.nytimes.com/athletic/631...

🔴 Liverpool to defend their crown? ♦️ Arsenal to make the final step? 🔵 Manchester City to bounce back? ❓ An outsider? This season’s Premier League is won - but what about next year? Yes, it’s far too early to know for sure… but we asked our writers anyway.

Nasser al-Khelaifi - “the most powerful person in sport that nobody has ever heard of”. Put this together with Matt Hughes: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

This photo is simply incredible. Liverpool's title celebrations with an entirely different perspective.

a little jofra archer fan fiction on a tuesday morning www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

Lamine Yamal has drawn comparisons to Lionel Messi as a fellow graduate from Barcelona’s La Masia youth academy and as a left-footed forward to burst onto the scene as a teenager. But the 17-year-old wants to follow his own path.

TUESDAY'S EARLY KICK OFF IS HERE Previewing Arsenal v PSG 🔍 Drama for Carlo Ancelotti 😵‍💫 Spurs embarrassed again 🫣 🎧: mibcourage.co/EKO29APR25

A new chat about all things Tottenham Hotspur with what I'm claiming is silverware for Spurs. youtu.be/BBi1K1inE9M

Part 3 of 4 of the special report @stevemenary.bsky.social and I have devoted to multi-club ownership for @playthegame-org.bsky.social. This time, how MCO networks are both so fluid and so opaque that they escape detection - and oversight. www.playthegame.org/news/water-t...

Mohamed Salah’s celebratory selfie after helping cap Liverpool’s Premier League title party will become an iconic image. It seemed to be a moment of off-the-cuff spontaneity that summed up the joyous atmosphere — but things weren’t quite so clear-cut. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...

Real Madrid centre-back Antonio Rudiger is expected to be sidelined for around six weeks after undergoing surgery for a meniscus tear. The defender is facing a possible ban after being sent off in the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona. More 👇 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...

Viktor Gyökeres has scored 38 goals in 30 league games for Sporting this season (12 from the penalty spot).

Whether Leeds United had won promotion or remained in the Championship, it seemed the club was heading for a hard reset. The only difference is that it’s the reset everyone will prefer in this reality. ✍️ @berencross.bsky.social 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/631...

PSG will be the first to tell you how much has changed since they last met Arsenal. Crucially, however, their opponents’ greatest quality hasn’t.

🚨TOMORROW, WE DO IT LIVE! WITH @jameshorncastle.bsky.social🚨 Come be with us at the Final Whistle of Arsenal's bout with PSG at the Emirates 🌟 TOMORROW at 5 PM ET on Men in Blazers YouTube 🎥

The new research into the health benefits of champagne which is all over UK media at the moment reminds me of how Dr Maury's "Soignez-vous par le vin" was one of the biggest non-fiction bestsellers in France in the 1970s. The good doctor looks like he had been following his own advice.

Today on It Was What It Was, the football history podcast, we look at the making of Arne Slot. podfollow.com/1745066482

𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐬 𝐏𝐒𝐆: Six Key Subplots 😩 Busy left-backs 🎮 PSG's control 🟥 Arsenal's absence 🔬 Goalkeepers under the microscope Ahead of Tuesday's UCL semi-final first leg, @alitweedale.bsky.social & @rbenson92.bsky.social analysed potentially decisive areas/battles ⬇️ theanalyst.com/2025/04/arse...

Leon Bailey’s missus is brutal

You started two weeks earlier and only have three or four teams in your incredibly competitive League. Rangers drew with Hearts on Day One. Game over. 😂

Wow, so this trailer for new horror film, “Weapons”, looks quietly terrifying. - can’t wait. youtu.be/OpThntO9ixc?...

IT'S ARSENAL'S LAST GASP AT GLORY 🤩 The perpetual runners-up are in control of their own destiny in the Champions League 🏆 Brand New episode of European Nights out NOW 💫 LISTEN 🎧: mibcourage.co/44KN7Sk

"The weekend when West Ham won at Arsenal and we beat Man City was where the league was done. Everything after that was admin." "It took us eight points clear and then 11 the next day. Since then, they’ve extended it to 15. That’s incredible." ✍️ @thecenci.bsky.social's column... Read here 👇

And as support, the fabulous Blossoms - I’ve had a right touch there 😎

THIS LIVERPOOL TITLE WAS DIFFERENT 🏆 Rory breaks down the beauty of the moment at Anfield in the Camarena Tequila clip of the week ❤️

⚽️ Athletic Club and why they pick only 'local' players 🇺🇸 DC United own Pogba discovery rights 🏟️ The Chernobyl stadium that was never used 🏆 How to stop top Champions League wingers (and Messi) @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social brings you the latest from TAFC in today's free newsletter...

Cody Gakpo will be reminded by the Football Association about the organisation’s rules after displaying a religious message on his shirt. In December, Marc Guehi was reminded about the rules after displaying a religious message on his rainbow armband. He was not formally charged.

No subtitles, but I think my English-speaking friends will get the gist of this. Dr Maury is 'interviewed' by one of France's most popular comedians of that era, Stéphane Collaro.

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 The Gibbs-White drum beat 🔊 The most "mid-2000s FIFA game" commentary ever 🔊 Newcastle to win the next 21 Premier League titles 🔊 The Club World Cup on Channel 5 🔊 143-goal Prem hero Julio Vardez 🔊 MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

This on Wrexham, from a slightly different perspective, is also excellent. Multiple opinions! All of them valid!

🎙️POD ON THE TYNE🎙️ @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social @taylorpayne.bsky.social & I chat Eddie Howe’s return to the dug-out vs Ipswich & a comfortable victory. Plus interviews with Becky Langley & the departing Grace Donnelly after #NUFC women’s final home game. Have a listen, it’s free! pod.fo/e/2cdef2

🚨TONIGHT, WE DO IT LIVE! WITH @jameshorncastle.bsky.social🚨 Come be with us at the Final Whistle of Arsenal's bout with PSG at the Emirates 🌟 JOIN US AT 5 PM ET. Save this link: mibcourage.co/4iEztDU

Arsenal play away at Aston Villa in the WSL at 6pm tomorrow, live on Sky Sports in the UK. Full match preview 👇🏻🖤💚❤️

The Premier League is a Fibonacci sequence. Buy the poster now, here: www.thegoalhanger.co.uk/products/the...

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Interesting on the change made with the #LFC skipper 👇🔴 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/footba...

The former QPR defender has given his verdict on #LFC and #MUFC 👇🔴 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/footba...

Achraf Hakimi has been dribbled past more times (22) than any other player in the #UCL this season. 😖 Something for Gabriel Martinelli to exploit tonight... 👀

No snooker tonight? Is this unprecedented on a week two school night?

Shouts of "you're getting it, you little rat" were heard as a brawl erupted at a gym www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Arsenal vs PSG Combined XI ⚔️ #ARSPSG | #UCL

Djordje Petrovic is the best rated goalkeeper (7.08) in Europe's top 5 leagues this season. 💫