Arsenal vs Paris Saint-Germain, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, Semifinals
· 1st LegDembélé gives PSG edge over Arsenal in Champions League semifinal
Paris Saint-Germain took a big step toward reaching the Champions League final as Ousmane Dembélé's early goal sealed a 1-0 win at Arsenal in a tense first leg of the semifinal on Tuesday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 2': Foul by Mikel Merino (Arsenal).
- 4': Goal! Arsenal 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 5': Foul by Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain).
- 5': Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Hand ball by Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).
- 9': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Marquinhos.
- 10': Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).
- 10': Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 11': Attempt missed. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
- 12': Foul by Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).
- 12': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 13': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Jurriën Timber.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marquinhos.
- 14': Attempt saved. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi with a cross.
- 14': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 14': Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).
- 17': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal).
- 20': Foul by Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).
- 20': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).
- 21': Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 23': Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Attempt saved. Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard with a cross.
- 25': Offside, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli is caught offside.
- 26': Attempt saved. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Neves.
- 31': Attempt saved. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 31': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Fabián Ruiz is caught offside.
- 33': Fabián Ruiz (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).
- 35': Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Fabián Ruiz (Paris Saint Germain).
- 36': Foul by João Neves (Paris Saint Germain).
- 36': Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 39': Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Declan Rice.
- 40': Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
- 41': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain).
- 41': Mikel Merino (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Attempt saved. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Mikel Merino.
- 42': Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
- 42': Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
- 44': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 44': Jurriën Timber (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Foul by Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain).
- 45': Mikel Merino (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Attempt saved. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Myles Lewis-Skelly with a through ball.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45': Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
- 45': João Neves (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Arsenal 0, Paris Saint Germain 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Arsenal 0, Paris Saint Germain 1.
- 46': Foul by João Neves (Paris Saint Germain).
- 46': Mikel Merino (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 46': João Neves (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 47': Offside, Arsenal. Mikel Merino is caught offside.
- 47': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Mikel Merino (Arsenal) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 50': VAR Decision: No Goal Arsenal 0-1 Paris Saint Germain.
- 51': Foul by João Neves (Paris Saint Germain).
- 51': Mikel Merino (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Merino with a headed pass.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 56': Attempt saved. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Declan Rice.
- 56': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- 57': Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal).
- 59': Foul by Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain).
- 59': Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 62': Désiré Doué (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Mikel Merino (Arsenal).
- 69': Delay in match because of an injury Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).
- 69': Delay in match because of an injury Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain).
- 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 70': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Bradley Barcola replaces Ousmane Dembélé because of an injury.
- 74': Attempt missed. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by João Neves with a headed pass following a fast break.
- 74': Foul by João Neves (Paris Saint Germain).
- 74': Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Gonçalo Ramos replaces Désiré Doué.
- 77': Offside, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard is caught offside.
- 78': Attempt missed. João Neves (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bradley Barcola.
- 80': Attempt missed. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 82': Hand ball by William Saliba (Arsenal).
- 83': Substitution, Arsenal. Ben White replaces Jurriën Timber.
- 84': Attempt missed. Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gonçalo Ramos.
- 84': Offside, Arsenal. Mikel Merino is caught offside.
- 85': Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Marquinhos with a through ball.
- 86': Declan Rice (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Foul by Willian Pacho (Paris Saint Germain).
- 86': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 86': Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 87': Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Declan Rice (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
- 89': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces João Neves.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Arsenal. Ethan Nwaneri replaces Martin Ødegaard.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Ethan Nwaneri.
- 90'+4': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Achraf Hakimi.
- 90'+5': Foul by Ben White (Arsenal).
- 90'+5': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Arsenal 0, Paris Saint Germain 1.
- 0': Match ends, Arsenal 0, Paris Saint Germain 1.
Statistics
 PSG |
ARS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 15 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 52.1 | Possession | 47.9 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 375 | Accurate Passes | 326 |
| 438 | Passes | 389 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 3 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 46 | Long Balls | 42 |
| 15 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 24 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 19 | Clearances | 5 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 59,664
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 59,664
Line-Ups
Arsenal (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | David Raya (GK) |
| 15 | Jakub Kiwior |
| 2 | William Saliba |
| 49 | Myles Lewis-Skelly |
| 12 | Jurriën Timber |
| 41 | Declan Rice |
| 23 | Mikel Merino |
| 8 | Martin Ødegaard |
| 19 | Leandro Trossard  |
| 11 | Gabriel Martinelli |
| 7 | Bukayo Saka |
Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) |
| 51 | Willian Pacho |
| 5 | Marquinhos |
| 25 | Nuno Mendes |
| 2 | Achraf Hakimi |
| 17 | Vitinha |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz |
| 87 | João Neves |
| 10 | Ousmane Dembélé |
| 7 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
| 14 | Désiré Doué |
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