London ¨C Arsenal reached the Champions League final for only the second time in its history with a gritty 1-0 home win over Atletico Madrid on Tuesday to secure a 2-1 aggregate victory in their semifinal.
Captain Bukayo Saka¡¯s tap-in just before the interval was enough for Arsenal to win a cagey second-leg contest in which the host kept its?ninth clean sheet in this season¡¯s competition.
Manager Mikel Arteta¡¯s side will ?face either holder?Paris Saint-Germain, which?eliminated the Gunners?in last season¡¯s semifinals, or Bayern Munich in Puskas ?Arena in ?Budapest on May 30 ¡ª?a week after the club?hopes to have won its first Premier League ?title in 22 years.
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