{"id":570808,"date":"2026-05-07T09:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/570808\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:31:08","slug":"henry-makes-huge-gunners-claim-after-psg-reach-the-champions-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/570808\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry makes huge Gunners claim after PSG reach the Champions League final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal legend Thierry Henry insists that the Gunners are \u201cnot at the level\u201d of Paris Saint-Germain as he looks ahead to the Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a late Harry Kane equaliser to make it 1-1 on the night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-arsenal-hope-dwindles-psg-different-side-bayern-munich\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PSG still pulled through on aggregate 6-5<\/a> following a stunning first leg of their semi-final against Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>PSG are looking to retain their Champions League title when they face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> in Budapest on May 30, while the Gunners will be in only their second final after losing to Barcelona in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>When asked after PSG beat Bayern Munich who he\u2019d been hoping to face in the final, Henry said on CBS Sports: \u201cWe\u2019re not in a position to pick and choose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not at the level of those guys yet so you have to be humble with it. I\u2019m so happy we\u2019re in the final, let\u2019s see what we can do against this team because that\u2019s an outstanding team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStay in your lane, we\u2019re not here to pick and choose, let\u2019s just hope we can beat PSG, but it\u2019s going to be very difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/greatest-seasons-by-premier-league-club-ranked-arsenal-man-utd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where would Arsenal rank in the greatest seasons by a Premier League club? Man Utd in danger<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Henry admits he will be \u201cnervous\u201d for the final, the Arsenal legend added: \u201cI woke up with a smile this morning because it\u2019s been 20 years since we got to the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be in a position to compete for the Premier League, it\u2019s been 22 years since we won it that as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still haven\u2019t lost in Europe and we\u2019re not conceding many goals, that has to count for something. PSG though will have the experience of winning it and they won\u2019t have any fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully we go there and be brave but we have to beat the defending champions so it won\u2019t be easy, we know that.<\/p>\n<p>Henry: I think I will be nervous for that final<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m usually not too nervous but I think I will be nervous for that final because they could do something I couldn\u2019t do myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want your team to win and experience that. Hopefully it\u2019s going to happen but look at how PSG played tonight, they can kill you in both ways, by scoring more goals than you and by neutralising you.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-gerrard-how-beat-psg-champions-league-final\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gerrard reveals how Arsenal can beat PSG in the Champions League final<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best team on the night and in the tie won and they went about it in a different way against Bayern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have everything they need but Arsenal have been resilient and when we do create we score goals. It will be difficult but let\u2019s see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Manchester United and England midfielder Owen Hargreaves thinks Declan Rice could help give Arsenal \u201ca chance\u201d of beating PSG in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Hargreaves said on TNT Sports: \u201cArsenal have a chance, without question. With that defence that they have, the goalkeeper, they\u2019re brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeclan Rice has played as a defensive midfield player and he\u2019s brilliant in there. That will be fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPSG will be more attacking than they were against Bayern but this is a different Arsenal now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the last three or four weeks they went through that little blip. They believe now. They have a chance. They just have to believe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/atletico-played-uefa-arsenal-madrid-mayor-228-word-rant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atletico \u2018played against UEFA\u2019 not Arsenal says mad Madrid mayor in 228-word rant<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal legend Thierry Henry insists that the Gunners are \u201cnot at the level\u201d of Paris Saint-Germain as he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-570808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}