Arsenal Finish 2nd for 3rd Straight Year, Reaching 1st Champions League Semi-Final in 16
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Updated · The Guardian · May 20
Arsenal Finish 2nd for 3rd Straight Year, Reaching 1st Champions League Semi-Final in 16
5 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 20
Arsenal ended the 2024-25 campaign second on 74 points, matching the English top-flight record with a third consecutive runners-up finish.
Fourteen draws blunted their title push as they spent most of the season chasing a rampant Liverpool, even after Manchester City's form collapsed.
Europe offered a brighter marker: Arsenal reached their first Champions League semi-final in 16 years and also thrashed City 5-1 in a standout domestic result.
The season extended a run of near-misses after second-place finishes in 2022-23 and 2023-24, leaving open whether Mikel Arteta's side were truly closing on major silverware.
With the Premier League finally won, can this Arsenal team now achieve a historic Champions League double against PSG?
After a £1bn rebuild, has Arsenal's pragmatic title win sacrificed the club's famous identity for long-awaited silverware?