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On the podcast today: Paris Saint-Germain win 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium. The French champions stunned Arsenal early on with the midfield three of João Neves, Fabián Ruiz and Vitinha dominating and Ousmane Dembélé scoring. You wondered if this was a step too far for Mikel Arteta's men.
They did improve in the second half, but PSG should have extended their lead at the end. So you are left pondering if Arsenal were unlucky or lucky to be going to Paris a goal behind.
The panel then look ahead to Inter Milan v Barcelona in the other semi-final and talk about Barça's Copa del Rey win against the spoiled brats from the Bernabéu.
Elsewhere, Scott McTominay might propell Napoli to the Serie A title and there is a hat-trick of sorts for Borehamwood's left-back.
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