Arsenal beat Atletico to reach first Champions League final in 20 years

Bukayo Saka seals a 1-0 win for Arsenal as they take their Champions League semifinal 2-1 on aggregate against Atletico.Arsenal has reached the Champions League final for the first time in 20 years as Bukayo Saka sealed a 1-0 win against Atletico Madrid.Mikel Arteta’s side settled the semifinal second leg with Saka’s strike late in the first half at an ecstatic Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Taiwan player victim of ‘inappropriate contact’ at UK table tennis eventlist 2 of 4Formula One plans return to V8 engines as electrical revolution loses sparklist 3 of 4Tennis stars Sinner, Sabalenka and Gauff criticise Roland Garros prize moneylist 4 of 4North Korean women’s club to play rare football match in the Southend of listThe Gunners, who drew 1-1 in the first leg in Madrid last week, held firm after Saka’s goal to go through 2-1 on aggregate.Arsenal will face Paris Saint-Germain or Bayern Munich in the final in Budapest on May 30.Holders PSG, who beat Arsenal in the semifinals last year, have a 5-4 lead ahead of the second leg in Munich on Wednesday.It was a cathartic night for Arsenal, who are back in the Champions League final for the first time since losing 2-1 to Barcelona in their only previous appearance in the showpiece in 2006.Arsenal have never won the Champions League, with their two major European trophies coming in the 1994 Cup Winners’ Cup and the 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.Their last continental final ended in a 4-1 defeat against Chelsea in the 2019 Europa League.It is shaping up to be Arsenal’s greatest ever season as they chase a Premier League and Champions League double.Even Arsene Wenger’s “Invincibles”, who won the club’s last English title in an unbeaten top-flight campaign in 2004, might have to bow to the current generation if they finish the job.Fittingly, it was Saka, the homegrown symbol of the Arteta era, who proved Arsenal’s match-winner.Now just four games from immortality, Premier League leaders Arsenal were given a huge boost in the title race when second-placed Manchester City drew at Everton on Monday.