Bukayo Saka’s first-half goal was sufficient to ship Arsenal into their first Champions League ultimate in 20 years with a 2-1 mixture win over Atletico Madrid.
A tense, tetchy and tight tie went to the wire however Saka’s close-range end was sufficient for Mikel Arteta’s males to e book their place in Budapest.
They are going to face both holders PSG or Bayern Munich on 30 Could.
The breakthrough got here when proper on half time Leandro Trossard made house for a low shot which Jan Oblak may solely spill out into hazard.
Saka, match sufficient to start out large on the proper, reacted sharply to fireside in and put Arsenal 2-1 up on mixture.
It was a lead they held on to with a relative stage of consolation on an evening which solely noticed 4 efforts heading in the right direction mixed.
Holders PSG knocked Arsenal out in final season’s semi-finals and will lie in wait once more later this month -a week after they hope to have sealed a primary Premier League title for 22 years.
Arsenal’s solely earlier Champions League ultimate look was in 2006 when they misplaced to Barcelona.
Over the stability of the 2 legs, the Gunners simply about shaded Atletico whose harmful frontline had been largely saved in verify on an evening of stress and then celebration in north London.
Declan Rice was glorious all through whereas Viktor Gyokeres led the road in combative vogue. The Swede missed the perfect likelihood of the second half, firing over after a marvellous cross from substitute Piero Hincapie, as Arsenal largely performed on the counter within the second 45 minutes.
Diego Simeone was trying to ship Atletico to a 3rd ultimate below him however his choice to take off each Antoine Griezmann – in his ultimate Champions League look – and Julian Alvarez within the 66th minute backfired.
The guests provided little and solely a flurry of late yellow playing cards added any spice to the night.
Premier League finalists within the Champions League period
- Manchester United: 1999, 2008, 2009, 2011
- Liverpool: 2005, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2022
- Arsenal: 2006, 2027
- Chelsea: 2008, 2012, 2021
- Tottenham: 2019
- Man Metropolis: 2021, 2023
