Arsenal vs PSG LIVE: Champions League score and updates as Kai Havertz nods Gunners into lead
The Gunners are looking to pick up their first win of the new European campaign after a draw against Atalanta two weeks ago
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Arsenal host Paris Saint-Germain at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday evening in their second match of the 2024/25 Champions League campaign.
The Gunners come into the match in fine form, sitting third in the Premier League just one point off the top, though they laboured to a 0-0 draw against Atalanta in Bergamo in their first match of this competition’s new format.
Mikel Arteta’s side face their first big European test as they play French champions PSG, who once again sit top of Ligue 1 after five wins in their opening six matches.
The Parisian side also struggled in their first European match though, requiring a 90th-minute own goal to sneak past Spanish side Girona at home.
Follow all the latest Champions League updates below and see match predictions here:
Arsenal vs PSG
Here come the teams. Arsenal are the favourites to win tonight as PSG continue to rebuild and reshape their team under manager Luis Enrique.
Mikel Arteta’s side have come through that stage and are now hoping to achieve the historic feat of winning the Champions League. First though they’ll need to get through tonight’s match.
Kick off is up next...
Arsenal vs PSG
A reminder that tonight’s match is being shown on Amazon Prime Video. Coverage started at 6.30pm with Gabby Logan on presenting duties.
The teams are amassing in the tunnel ready to take to the pitch at the Emirates Stadium.
Is Saka Arsenal’s key man?
Bukayo Saka has been directly involved in seven goals in five Champions League appearances at Emirates Stadium (four goals and three assists).
It is the most combined goals and assists by an Arsenal player through his first five home matches in the competition.
Arsenal vs PSG
PSG have lost six of their last nine Champions League games against English opposition, including each of their last three. Their 4-1 defeat at Newcastle United last term was their heaviest away defeat to an English opponent.
Only three players have played for both Arsenal and PSG in the Champions League, with Mikel Arteta being one of those along with Nicolas Anelka and Lassana Diarra.
Arsenal looking forward to PSG clash
Mikel Arteta said: “We’re looking forward to it. These are the kind of nights that we want to experience and want to have against an unbelievable opponent. [PSG] are exceptional.
“They have a very clear intention of how they want to dominate the game through the ball and when they don’t have it, they want it straight back.
“We know after the draw in Atalanta, with the number of games we have left still, it’s going to be really important. Nothing is going to be decided tomorrow.”
PSG in great form
Four wins and 16 goals from the opening four games in Ligue 1 was a perfect start for defending champions PSG. A 1-1 draw at Reims followed their Champions League opener, when a last-minute own goal by Paulo Gazzaniga saw claim a fortunate 1-0 home win against Girona.
Away form has been an issue for PSG in European football’s premier competition though .They’ve won just twice in their last seven trips away and have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last 19 matches stretching back to October 2020.
Luis Enrique on Arsenal:
“I think Arsenal are one of the best teams in Europe at the moment. ‘With the ball they are a team very close to the top European level and without the ball they are also very good.
“I would even say that they are one of the best teams in the world without the ball. They are a team with a real identity. We are similar but also have different styles of play.”
Martin Keown accuses old enemy Ruud van Nistelrooy of waiting for Manchester United to sack Erik ten Hag
Martin Keown has accused his old enemy Ruud van Nistelrooy of waiting in the wings for Manchester United to sack Erik ten Hag.
Ten Hag is coming under increasing pressure as the manager at Old Trafford after a poor start to the season, underlined by the weekend’s 3-0 thrashing at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur.
Van Nistelrooy, who was brought in by fellow Dutchman Ten Hag as an assistant coach over the summer, has been reported as a possible interim solution to take charge of the team should the club move to sack the manager.
Keown accuses old foe Van Nistelrooy of waiting for Man Utd to sack Ten Hag
Ten Hag is under pressure to turn around United’s dismal start to the season and Keown has questioned the motives of assistant coach Van Nistelrooy
Arsenal back in the top flight
This is Arsenal’s 21st Champions League campaign – second only to Manchester United’s 25 among English clubs – but only their second in the last eight seasons.
The 2016/17 season had been their 19th in a row, all under Arsene Wenger.
The Gunners finished first in Group B last season, ahead of PSV Eindhoven, Lens and Sevilla, having won four of their six games. They then edged past Porto in their first round of 16 success since 2009/10 but lost out to Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals.
However, Arsenal have won 11 of their last 15 home European matches, losing only one.
‘They are really tough’ says Arteta
Mikel Arteta added: “They are really tough. They dominate every phase of play and they have very clear intentions.
“When they don’t have the ball they want it straight back and they swarm you. That’s Luis [Enrique]. Wherever he goes he plays in the same way.”
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