Atletico Madrid once again came up short in the Champions League as they suffered a 1-0 loss at Arsenal on Tuesday that meant they succumbed to a 2-1 aggregate defeat in their semi-final tie. Diego Simeone’s side mustered just two shots on target in north London as their hopes of facing either Bayern Munich or Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest on May 30 went up in smoke.<\/p>\n
Chances were few and far between during the first half, with Atletico’s best chances coming when Julian Alvarez screwed a shot wide and Giuliano Simone was denied by a superb last-ditch challenge from Declan Rice. Arsenal took the lead right on the cusp of half-time, however, when Jan Oblak could only parry Leandro Trossard’s deflected shot at the feet of Bukayo Saka to fire home.<\/p>\n
Diego Simeone’s side made a fast start to the second half, and his son Giuliano was presented with a golden chance to equalise when he latched onto William Saliba’s weak header and rounded David Raya, only for the winger to fail to get a shot off under pressure from Gabriel Magalhaes.<\/p>\n
Antoine Griezmann forced Raya into his first save of the match soon after, while at the other end Viktor Gyokeres put a great opportunity over the bar after finding himself unmarked inside the visitors’ penalty area.<\/p>\n
Despite throwing on a number of attackers, Atletico couldn’t forge themselves any further opportunities as Arsenal celebrated reaching just their second-ever final in the competition.<\/p>\n
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