Valiant Arsenal fall short in Paris

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

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Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Arsenal exit the Champions League after a tough night losing 2-1 (3-1 agg) to an elite PSG side.

Adrian Clarke and James McNicholas join Ian Stone to reflect on a game where Arsenal played really well in the Parc des Princes but couldn't capitalise on their chances. Hear the team speak about those Donnarumma saves, the missed chances, and how Arsenal can build on this going forward. Amy Lawrence drops in to share her thoughts too.

Plus we look ahead to Arsenal’s match against Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.

Producer: Robby Williams

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:07.1	The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off.
0:14.9	Hello, I'm Ian Stone, and this is Hand-Brek-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic.
0:20.5	Well, the Arsenal lost 2-1 at PSG at the Part of France last night to go out of the
0:25.3	Champions League 3-1 on aggregate to reflect on the result.
0:30.1	And look ahead to our game against Liverpool at the weekend.
0:32.5	I'm joined by Adrian Clyde and James McNicholas.
0:34.7	Morning.
0:35.2	Morning in.
0:35.9	Good morning.
0:37.1	Morning. Yeah, I hesitate to say good
0:39.3	morning, but there you go. Hey, James, you watched the game at the Emeris last night, didn't you?
0:43.4	Did you enjoy that experience? I mean, aside from the game itself. Yeah, it was quite good, actually.
0:48.0	They opened up a load of the bars on club level, they had a few big screens, brass band, you got a free drink with your ticket.
0:54.8	So they made a thing of it. And it was a good atmosphere, actually, certainly right up until
0:58.4	the very end anyway, at which point obviously it turned a bit sour for the obvious reasons.
1:02.5	Well, quite. There was, a mate in mind text to me, said, there's a rumor that you're coming
1:07.4	to the Emirates. And I thought, well, one, who's coming up?
1:13.9	I mean, this was about court past seven last night.
1:15.9	I was pacing about in my lounge.
1:19.4	I didn't sit down, to be honest, for most of the game.
1:23.6	Apparently, there were some people who left the intergame early the other day as well.
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