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PSG went back-to-back Champions League after beating Arsenal on penalties. Gabrielle stuttered,

lent back and baggioed his

penalty over the bar, meaning the gunners are still without a European Cup. We asked if this would be attack versus defence, and that's how it turned out to be. Was this Artetta playing anti-football bus parking of the highest order, or simply the absolute best way to play against the best midfield and attack in world football when you're a goal up and you're really good at defending. There is no in-between. And it all ends with the fairy tale of a nation-state

backside taking home the trophy. And then to Arna Slot, sacked by Liverpool a year after winning the Premier League, Andy Hunter joins us to discuss if this is simply the ruthlessness of football. There are mitigating circumstances, of course, but it seemed like he'd lost the players and with Andoni Iroola sitting there, perhaps it's the right call.

We'll round up the other major manager and transfer news, answer your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.

On the panel today, an Arsenal heavy panel, Philippe O'Callie, bonjour, so-va. Bonjour, it's very much. Nicky Bandini, how are you? Bonjour, it'sa-va. Hello, it's about. Out in Budapest, Taya Popula, hey, Tayo. Good morning, Max. Good morning, everyone. And representing everyone else, Barry Glendon. Hi, Barry. Good morning, Max. I'm sure you can do it. Joe said, can we also get producer Tyo on? It's only fair. You made us listen to an Arsenal loving last week when they won it. Now, all we want to hear is collective tears and justifications for how it's still been a good season. You owe us loyal listeners who never miss a pot. Well, look, you're out there. So, look, PSG won, Arsenal won. PSG winning four, three, on penalties after Gabrielle and Ezzer missed their penalties. How was it, Tyo, out there? Well, it's been brilliant, Max. It's been a celebration with people I've been going to the football with for 25 years. It's been a celebration of new friends. It's been a celebration of the fact that we won the league a couple of weeks ago and had the chance to get together in a fan park and do all of that. I think one of the reasons why I wanted to be out here is obviously to try and support the team to a Champions League win, but I wanted to carry on the celebrations of where we've been. And it really has been like that. You know, Arsenal, we've obviously

outnumbered kind of PSG, unfortunately not in the bit that matters, but like on the streets and with the

singing and with the cheering and so forth. So it has been brilliant and up to, you know, six minutes in, it felt like

one of the greatest days kind of my life. So I'd like to say to Joe and anyone else like him,

like to quote our old chairman, Peter Hillwood, as he said to our supporters once,

thank you for your interest in our affairs. I just don't Gabrielle, you know,

skying that final penalty. And penalties are, we will talk about this no doubt in the World Cup,

Nikki, and I presume when I don't know, Morgan Rogers, Sky's one or whoever. It's so tough for him.

Marquinos, like embracing him was a beautiful thing. But there was an

interesting stat from the guest, the attendance handle, without crossing the stream, saying, taking

men's World Cup shootouts as the sample, 73.3% of no consequence penalties are scored. Players

whose team are on the brink of winning the shootout, convert 90%, and players under elimination

pressure, collapse to 34.6%.

Like it's a very difficult thing to do.

It is more difficult than the other penalties.

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