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<\/a><\/p>\nEze dragged his spot-kick wide before David Raya saved from Nuno Mendes.<\/p>\n
With the shoot-out in the balance at 3-3, Lucas Beraldo sent Raya the wrong way before Gabriel blazed over.<\/p>\n
Arteta reveals \u201cpain\u201d of defeat<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal\u2019s Champions League defeat to PSG was \u201cvery tough to accept\u201d and claimed his side could \u201ceasily\u201d have been awarded an extra-time penalty.<\/p>\n
The Gunners felt they could have had a spot-kick when Noni Madueke was bundled over by Mendes but nothing was given.<\/p>\n
Manager Arteta and midfielder Declan Rice were both booked for protesting in the aftermath.<\/p>\n
Asked to explain his emotions, Arteta said: \u201cPain. It is very tough to accept when you are so consistent all the way to the final and in the end you lose the trophy on penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the Madueke incident, he said: \u201cI watched all the penalties in the competition in the last 72 hours to understand what a penalty is and what is not, and that easily can be a penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Slot sacked by Liverpool<\/p>\n
Liverpool have sacked head coach Slot after a disappointing Premier League title defence.<\/p>\n
Fans turned on the Dutchman after a number of poor performances \u2013 the team lost 19 times during the 2025-26 campaign \u2013 and there was some disharmony in the dressing room, with Mohamed Salah the most outspoken.<\/p>\n
\u201cLiverpool FC can confirm Arne Slot is to depart his role as head coach with immediate effect and that the process to appoint a successor is under way,\u201d read a club statement.<\/p>\n
Departing Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola is the early favourite to replace him.<\/p>\n
Gilmour to miss World Cup![\"Gilmour](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ZLEFDDT2GZPV7M5LEZDNDQALJ4.jpg\")
Gilmour will miss the World Cup after suffering a knee injury against Curacao (Andrew Milligan\/PA) <\/p>\n
Scotland midfielder Gilmour has been ruled out of the World Cup with a knee injury.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old Napoli playmaker was forced off in Saturday\u2019s 4-1 friendly win over Curacao at Barclays Hampden.<\/p>\n
Manager Steve Clarke said: \u201cI am devastated for Billy because he has been an integral part of our World Cup qualifying campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scotland came from behind to win the match with Gilmour\u2019s replacement, Findlay Curtis, on target before a Lawrence Shankland double and late Ryan Christie penalty.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s on today?<\/p>\n
Arsenal may be returning home in disappointment but they will still celebrate their Premier League success with an open-top bus parade.<\/p>\n
On the field, Women\u2019s Super League champions Manchester City take on Brighton in the FA Cup final. North of the border, rivals Rangers and Celtic clash in the Women\u2019s Scottish Cup final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal\u2019s hopes of adding Champions League glory to their Premier League crown ended in penalty shoot-out defeat to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":995657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8815],"tags":[1121,161,44177,748,393,4884,179,80,150044,101,7580,40262,276271,712,10031,8467,16,15],"class_list":["post-995656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-liverpool","tag-arne-slot","tag-arsenal","tag-billy-gilmour","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-liverpool","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-paris-st-germain","tag-premier-league","tag-psg","tag-psg-vs-arsenal","tag-puskas-arena","tag-scotland","tag-soccer","tag-uefa-champions-league","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116667228250018304","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=995656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/995657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=995656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=995656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}