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Following Arsenal’s semi-final defeat, head coach Renée Slegers admitted: “Lyon raised their levels today. They came out really strong. They had Selma Bacha and Melchie Dumornay back in the side, who are world class players. They were really effective in certain moments. It was a very tight game, small margins, it’s a semi-final in the Champions League. It was tight, very disappointing for us of course. They were the better team.”
Yesterday was one to forget for Arsenal Women, who suffered a Champions League semi-final second-leg defeat to Lyon. The Gunners went into the match leading 2-1 but lost out following a 4-3 loss on aggregate.
Lyon will now face either Barcelona or Bayern Munich in the final later this month.
Question of the day – which direction do we think this title race will go?
Can Arsenal see it out? Or will they struggle under pressure and allow City to take it?
As a Chelsea supporter pains me to say it, but well done Arsenal. They have shown great character and resilience this last week or so and now must be favourites for the Premiership title. All of the pressure is now back on City.
And finally, Sunderland were held to a 1-1 draw by Wolves at Molineux…
The main talking point was Dan Ballard’s red card for a hair pull on Tolu Arokodare.
Elsewhere, Newcastle managed a 3-1 win against Brighton thanks to goals from Will Osula, Dan Burn and Harvey Barnes to ease the pressure on Eddie Howe.
How things stand at the bottom of the table…
A huge performance is needed from Spurs today. They need to capitalise on that West Ham stumble.
oh West Ham, just one job to do, and even that wasn't necessarily a must-win as even a draw would put more pressure on Spurs, and you failed; ok Brentford away isn't easy but from comments there seemed to be a lack of fight and that is unforgivable, only good news is that Villa away is slightly tougher than Brentford away so maybe GD could be improved but really, when it's in your hands you can't afford to drop it
looking forward to the United match, can't see which way it's likely to go, Liverpool could be in 5th or 3rd later this evening, neither's a disaster but just being above United would be nice
At the other end of the table, West Ham lost ground in the race for survival following a 3-0 loss to Brentford. The Hammers will find themselves in the relegation zone by the end of the day if Tottenham beat Aston Villa this evening.
How the top of the Premier League table looks following Arsenal’s huge win against Fulham…
Mikel Arteta said his Arsenal team had played some of their best football of the season in Saturday’s 3-0 home win over Fulham and demanded that they take the positive feelings into the return leg of their Champions League semi-final against Atlético Madrid on Tuesday.
He said: “It says to us and toward our dressing room that we keep the dream alive. hat what these guys have done, not now, but throughout the season to win that many games is remarkable. Because I think it’s going to help on Tuesday. What we want now is to use that momentum, energy and belief towards Tuesday.
“This was a critical game. We know the importance of the win and the manner that we’ve done it and the goal difference in the Premier League and because this game was going to carry a lot of energy towards the next game, which is one of the biggest in the history of this stadium. We’re going to try to make it happen.”
Asked if the first-half performance against Fulham was Arsenal’s best of the season, Arteta responded: “It certainly was one of the best. We talked about hunger, about having the ability to focus and be so determined on what we had to do.”
Arsenal cruised past Fulham yesterday to move six points clear at the top of the Premier League table. The Gunners had not won a game by more than a two-goal margin since their 2-0 Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen on March 17. However, a double from Viktor Gyökeres and a strike from Bukayo Saka eased any nerves.
Manchester City, who have two games in hand, must now beat Everton away tomorrow to keep pace with their title rivals.
Preamble
Hello, good morning and welcome to another Matchday live! We have three Premier League fixtures to look forward to this afternoon, including a huge meeting between rivals Manchester United and Liverpool and a must-win match for Tottenham against Aston Villa. Bournemouth also play host to Crystal Palace at the Vitality Stadium.
We also have plenty to recap from yesterday as the Championship, League One and League Two reached a conclusion.
All that and more will be covered this morning and throughout the day – so join us!
