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EMIRATES STADIUM TOUR

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What’s Included

• Behind-the-scenes Access : A chance to walk through the players’ tunnel, just like the Arsenal stars.
• Arsenal Museum : Exploration of the club’s rich history with displays of memorabilia from legendary matches and iconic players.
• VIP Boxes : A tour of the luxurious VIP areas, offering panoramic views of the pitch.
• Manager’s Press Room : Experience sitting in the manager’s seat during post-match press conferences.
• Changing Rooms : A look into where players prepare for their matches, showcasing their kits and personal lockers.
• Interactive Touch Screens : Engage with digital displays that bring Arsenal’s history to life, offering insights into key moments and players.
• Audio-Visual Shows : Multimedia presentations that capture the atmosphere and excitement of match days at the Emirates.
• Director’s Box : An exclusive look into where the top executives and special guests watch the matches.
• Trophy Display : Admire the club’s silverware, including league titles, FA Cups, and other prestigious awards.
• Merchandise Store : End the tour with a chance to purchase official Arsenal merchandise, from jerseys to souvenirs.

About The Experience

Experience the heart of Arsenal FC’s Emirates Stadium with a tailored self-guided tour for true Gooners.

From walking through the players’ tunnel to exploring the Arsenal Museum, the tour is designed to offer you an unforgettable experience.

You will also have the opportunity to take a tour of the luxurious VIP areas, sit in the manager’s seat during post-match press conferences, check out the changing rooms, and engage with state-of-the-art digital displays that bring Arsenal’s history to life.

Moreover, you will experience multimedia presentations that capture the electric atmosphere and excitement of match days at the Emirates.

The tour will also provide you with an exclusive look into where the top executives and special guests watch the matches, and an opportunity to admire the club’s silverware.

The tour ends with a chance to purchase official Arsenal merchandise.

With cutting-edge technology and attention to detail, this immersive experience promises to take you on an unforgettable journey through one of the world’s most renowned stadiums.

OPENING HOURS & DATES

Tours run every day of the week. Kindly note: This offer only applies to self-guided audio tours only and does not apply to matchday tours, legends tours or VIP Legends Tours.

Stadium opening hours, and tour times, are:

Seven days a week 10.00 to 16.00 (last admission 15.00) – subject to change and review

Please note the museum is currently closed.

Please allow approximately 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes for the tour.

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Founded in 1886, Arsenal has a wonderful history from the club's time at Woolwich, Highbury and Emirates Stadium and the Museum offers visitors the chance to take in a number of exciting exhibits.

Many of the items on display were kindly donated by former players who hold a special place in the Arsenal's history. Highlights include; Jens Lehmann's goalkeeper gloves that he wore for every league match of the unbeaten Invincibles season in 2003/4, Michael Thomas' boots from Anfield '89 and Charlie George's FA Final Cup shirt from 1971.

The museum also features two impressive video theatres, showing highlights from 1886-1949 and 1950 to the present day as well as twenty major displays based on Arsenal's proud history.

The Museum is included in all Stadium Tour tickets and is also open every match day from 10.00 until 30 minutes before kick off. Please allow 30 minutes for your visit.

The Museum is situated opposite turnstile E and is located in the Northern Triangle Building, next to the Ken Friar Bridge.

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Arsenal, Spurs, Man Utd and Newcastle: How new stadiums shape a club’s future and soul

It is approaching 6.30pm on a Saturday, a full 90 minutes after the final whistle has blown. At most grounds, the seats and concourses will have been cleaned and swept and long been empty. Only a few stewards would remain to lock up.

Upstairs at the Goal Line Bar at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, however, hundreds of fans are still drinking, socialising and, crucially, still spending. It is a social scene, a commercial scene; it is the difference between the silence of an empty football ground and the noise of a thriving stadium-based business. It is an example of the fabled “dwell time”.

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This, in part, is why Tottenham Hotspur earn so much money on matchdays — £4.8m ($5.9m) on average — and part of why Tottenham’s revenue streams have turned into rivers.

It is also why other clubs in an era of increased financial regulation and restrictions are looking at Spurs and considering relocating or redeveloping, Manchester United and Newcastle United among them.

At a time when the historic appeal of English football combines with the global popularity of the Premier League , when clubs are sports and non-sports businesses and commercialism chimes with heritage and architecture to form a must-see destination, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the model. It is known for its scale, modernity and clear sightlines that have changed how many see football stadiums. It is, to use a phrase, ground-breaking.

But where to go, how to grow and what can be lost? These are complicated questions when stadia rise or fall and they inevitably lead to others regarding logistics and cost, downsides and benefits and whether a fanbase of yesterday and today wants — or is wanted — in a supposedly immaculate new tomorrow. Local vs global is a live tension.

The Athletic has taken a tour of four Premier League clubs who have moved or who are thinking of moving — Arsenal , Tottenham, Manchester United and Newcastle United — to explore the advantages and disadvantages.

At Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, a hawk is brought in twice a month to scare the pigeons and a pair of Thierry Henry’s socks are in a time capsule beneath the ground. At Tottenham, there is the longest bar in Europe — see above — huge NFL -specific spaces and you learn captain Son Heung-min sits in Harry Kane ’s former middle seat in the semi-circle of the dressing room with James Maddison and Cristian Romero on either side.

At Old Trafford, Manchester United sell, proudly, the cheapest pint in the Premier League at £3.40. The old players’ tunnel behind where the managers stand is the last piece of the original construction from 1910, metre-thick walls that even Second World War bombs could not destroy. At St James’ Park, the vista looking north east from the top of the main Milburn Stand is magnificent and, on the walls downstairs, there is evidence Newcastle United have made a radical departure before — from 1892-94 they played in red and white.

Walking away down the hill from St James’, Adam, 24, a Newcastle fan who travelled up from Merseyside to do the tour, says: “I really, really love St James’ Park, but if progress means we have to expand in a new stadium because of revenue, then… but I hope not.

“Overall, there is a pragmatic approach from fans, I think. A new stadium would be exciting, but there’d be hesitancy as well.”

Were Newcastle to have a shiny structure rising on the banks of the River Tyne, as with Everton on the Mersey, would that not generate anticipation?

“Goodison Park has been crumbling for a while,” he replies, “and Everton have needed to move. At the same time, Goodison kept them up last season and there’s no guarantee you get that if you move to a new ground.

“There is the risk of losing your atmosphere. At West Ham ’s new stadium, you feel that passionate fanbase gets lost, the same with the Emirates.”

Karen Morris, a Manchester United fan doing the Newcastle tour, says: “I started going in the 1980s with my Dad, we had season tickets in the K Stand. I think we should go now. We need a more up-to-date stadium. It’s outdated.”

Would a move further out of Manchester be acceptable?

“I want to stay on the same land, one hundred per cent.”

The geography of the Tottenham Hotspur stadium is one of its many aspects. Much is made of the contrast between a £1billion stadium and the old council estates it brushes up alongside and Spurs’ former home, White Hart Lane, built 120 years ago, felt more of a fit in that respect. But Martin Cloake of the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust is delighted the new stadium is where it is.

“It’s important to us that the stadium is in the same place,” Cloake says. “Remember, the club wanted us to move to east London.

“One of the places most visited in the new stadium is the old centre circle from White Hart Lane. That sense of ‘it’s Tottenham, our place’, is important.”

At Arsenal, they were so concerned about the move from a beloved institution, Highbury, that the club began a process of ‘Arsenalisation’ at the new stadium, which is constructed a goal kick away in terms of distance but an unknown distance away in terms of that intangible metric, soul.

In the Arsenal museum, a plaque states: “Much of the mystique and glamour of Arsenal’s international reputation came from the legendary Arsenal Stadium, Highbury. A monument to popular culture, it received the title ‘Stadium’ at a time when most clubs had ‘Grounds’.”

Arsenal moved from Highbury in 2006, seven years after the decision to leave was made. One of the main reasons was the club felt it had outgrown Highbury. In seasons 1998-99 and 1999-00, Arsenal staged their Champions League games at Wembley to accommodate both rising ticket demand to see Arsene Wenger’s attractive, winning team and to fulfil UEFA ’s corporate criteria.

The latter was also relevant to Arsenal’s finances — selling 60,000 tickets, including thousands of expensive corporate seats, meant a far bigger payday than staying at Highbury, where the capacity for UEFA matches was just over 35,000. Demand far outstripped supply and the economic and ticketing logic of Arsenal moving was clear.

Yet Highbury was ‘home’. In the 17 seasons before Arsenal left, they won four league titles and finished second five times. Highbury’s role in this is unquantifiable, but it certainly was a vivid piece of The Arsenal.

In the 17 seasons since (not including 2023-24), Arsenal have not won a single title. They have finished second twice. A brutal reading of those league standings would say the move from Highbury has not been justified.

But the numbers able to watch Arsenal has soared and, economically, it has been transformative. Arsenal’s turnover in 2005-06, the club’s last financial year at Highbury, was £137m. In 2006-07, the first season at ‘the Emirates’, it was £200m and a season later £223m. Six weeks ago, Arsenal released their figures for the year ending May 2023 with “football revenue for the year” at £464m. Last July, Arsenal could afford to pay West Ham £100m for Declan Rice .

As it approaches its 20th anniversary in 2026, Arsenal’s new stadium will be of as much intelligence to those at the top at Old Trafford and St James’ Park as Tottenham’s. There are function and design lessons, as well as the financials.

As Nigel Phillips from the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust (AST) explains: “Arsenal moved in 2006 but got planning permission in 1999 to a design from the mid-1990s. This makes the Emirates almost a 30-year-old design and is so dated when compared to what Spurs have built.

“Another issue with the Arsenal stadium move is that of the £450m project costs, £260m was borrowed on a long-term basis via project bonds, but the other £190m came from Arsenal commercial revenues. Basically, it was spending money from future revenues and this meant that when those actual seasons rolled by, there was no commercial cash to spend as it had been spent on the stadium build.

“This is what messed with Wenger and the competitiveness of the club for a long period of time.”

Arsenal still qualified season after season for the Champions League — and secured that income — but in 2010-11, for example, just five years after moving, Wenger was bemoaning his spending power: “We can’t buy players for £50m, that is a fact.”

As the squad’s competitiveness plateaued, so did fans’ feelings about the team in its new surroundings. And, as Phillips says, “Fans’ relationship with the new ground is totally tied up with on-field performances.”

It is something Cloake mentions regarding Spurs. A new stadium needs big seasons or big moments to cement ardour and Cloake refers to the stadium’s opening game against Crystal Palace , in April 2019, when Son scored the first goal at the new home. Defeating Man City 1-0 there a week later (Son again) in the Champions League was another euphoric occasion.

“We played Everton before the Champions League final and there was this massive party going on,” Cloake recalls. “People were just so happy. A lot more were getting to the stadium much earlier and meeting their mates there. They were spending their time and their money in the stadium.

“The sightlines are really good, you can see what’s going on, it feels like a proper football stadium. The scale of it is fantastic as well and we haven’t left Tottenham.

“But, fairly quickly, we went into the (Jose) Mourinho and (Antonio) Conte era, when the football was some of the worst we’d seen. A narrative developed that the stadium was just a money-making machine, the atmosphere was rubbish and not as good as the old ground.”

Mikel Arteta has been commenting for some time on the improved atmosphere at Arsenal, which again is related to the team doing better.

“I just had a person that I haven’t seen for a while,” Arteta said last season, “and it’s the first time he’s been at the stadium for two years. He says it’s the best he’s seen ever since he was at Highbury.”

Highbury was labelled a ‘library’, we should not forget, though the rhyme was a factor.

The two north London grounds are major employers locally. Tottenham, who stage concerts, NFL games and have a go-kart track underneath the pitch, will host matches at Euro 2028. It all needs workers.

But Cloake also notes the recent rise in ticket prices. There was a backs-turned demonstration from some fans at the Luton game. Chairman Daniel Levy is earning £6.5million per annum.

Ticket prices and availability are already an issue for Newcastle United season-ticket holders. Only five years ago, 23,000 attended St James’ for a League Cup tie against Leicester City , but that was after years of being worn down by Mike Ashley’s arid regime.

Today, post-Saudi Arabia takeover, the question is how and where the club could accommodate crowds of 60,000-plus. Hemmed in architecturally at St James’ Park, Newcastle might need to move to grow.

Compared to 2019, it feels the club are preaching to the convertible, yet last week Newcastle United Supporters’ Trust concluded a survey in which 73 per cent of respondents said their preference was to remain at St. James’ “with renovations”. Only 19 per cent said they wanted to move.

The Trust’s Paul Karter was unsurprised: “We’re a one-club city and I think the tradition and love of having a city-centre stadium is huge in the eyes of Newcastle United fans. There’s heritage there.

“But it’s difficult. It’s a small city, there’s not a huge amount of space.”

Heritage sells, that is obvious from the outside interest in English football. Newcastle United want to be global, but the club does not have the enormous benefit of being in London. Half an hour in Spurs’ club shop reveals an endless number of Korean fans whose spend-per-head is significant. There is a small Australian range, too, at the club managed by Ange Postecoglou, where the famous Tottenham cockerel motif is replaced by a kangaroo.

Newcastle are joining Tottenham on an end-of-season trip to Australia to keep ‘exporting the brand’, but northern English provincial infrastructure is another hurdle – there are, for example, no direct flights from Newcastle airport to the United States.

Infrastructure and cost affect Sir Jim Ratcliffe as he enters Old Trafford. Manchester United’s first aim is to establish funding for a redevelopment or a new development, then design and submit a planning application. It could be 2028, 2029 or 2030 before a spade is in the ground.

In the 20 years since Arsenal began demolishing existing premises on the Ashburton Grove site, there has been an escalation in the prices of core materials. According to figures from the Building Costs Information Service (BCIS), one cubic metre of ready-mix concrete in 2004 cost on average £63. By 2014, it was £98, while today it is £136, a 40 per cent increase in 10 years.

One tonne of high-tensile steel bars has risen from £333 in 2004 to £638 in 2014 to £1,200 in 2024 — an increase of 88 per cent in the past 10 years. One tonne of structural steel has gone from £720 in 2004 to £1,075 in 2014 to £1,706 in 2024 — up 130 per cent in 20 years.

A new Old Trafford is likely to be over £1billion, maybe double, and debt is a loaded word at the club . Given Real Madrid said recently they will not pay off the vast restructure of the Bernabeu stadium until 2053, United’s repayments could go on until the 2060s.

Chris Rumfitt, of the club’s Supporters’ Trust, says at least Ratcliffe’s presence “means there’s a bit more trust — if it had been the Glazers proposing this, we would not trust them to do it right”.

The trust has a voice on the task force set up to address the next step. It had its first meeting last week. The trust has independently conducted its own surveys, asking supporters about priorities rather than the move-or-stay question.

“We thought the best place to start was with, ‘What do we want from the stadium?’” Rumfitt says. “Once you work that out, it maybe leads to the conclusion of the million-dollar question.

“The answer is that opinions are really mixed. There’s a great desire to understand the options and the consequences during the process. We have 55,000 season-ticket holders and, if at any point during work, capacity dropped below that number, then it’s obviously an issue.

“Then, if we did build a new stadium, what would it look like and where would it be? What do we mean by ‘next door’? Would we be looking to be on the same land in the way the Spurs stadium is adjacent to White Hart Lane? Given the amount of available land around Old Trafford, it’s doable.

“Football fans are conservative animals and, yes, everybody fears what could be lost. That’s the argument against a new stadium. The biggest fear is the creation of a generic, soulless, identikit bowl.

“That said, the new stadiums have got a lot better. I think Arsenal are a bit of a victim of the fact they went first. A lot of lessons have been learnt since about designing for atmosphere. Tottenham has it, I haven’t been to the Atletico Madrid stadium but I’m told it is similar, designed to prioritise atmosphere.”

An example of what does not work, Rumfitt argues, is West Ham at the Olympic Stadium, though the owners can point to the beneficial economics of the deal and the fact they have won a trophy since taking residence in 2016.

“West Ham is fundamentally not a football stadium,” he says, “and if you’re in the back section of the away end, you might as well watch it on the telly. It’s appalling.

“Upton Park and the horrible but brilliant atmosphere was one of the few places that remained genuinely intimidating. West Ham lost so much when they left.”

The Theatre of Dreams is quite a title to behold in this context. There is pressure. As Phillips of AST says: “Moving to a new ground is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get things right.”

Once you have walked through the last of the 2,000 doors at the Emirates, or past the ‘H’ fine dining area at Tottenham, or emerged from the red lighting of Old Trafford’s home dressing room, you end up high in the Milburn Stand at St James’, scanning a pitch that has been played on since 1880. It has never moved or been rotated.

It is surprisingly moving to think of Newcastle’s early greats such as Andy Aitken or Colin Veitch playing here. What was their view?

What do footballers see now? What are their priorities in a stadium? Does anyone ask?

Andros Townsend was running down the wing for Luton that day at Tottenham. Previously, he had run down it for Spurs at White Hart Lane, for Newcastle at St James’ and for Everton at Goodison, among others. Townsend, 32, noted the size of the Tottenham Hotspur stadium and of the pitch — five metres longer and one metre wider than White Hart Lane.

He says players are so focused on matchdays that, practical matters aside, little invades their peripheral vision – though “the size of the away dressing room matters to players” and he laughs when mentioning the quality of the shower gel.

“It was probably a lot more light, more colourful, more things going on,” he says of the new stadium compared to White Hart Lane, “but ultimately in your mind you’re thinking about so many things to do with the game, you’re not really focused on the broader picture, if that makes sense.”

Some managers have said they have never seen a crowd score a goal, but can fans and grounds impact a result?

“Oh, yeah, of course,” Townsend says. “The older stadiums tend to be right on top of the pitch and tend to generate a better atmosphere. I remember White Hart Lane did that, Selhurst Park, now at Luton. Whether that’s a psychological thing or a fact, I don’t know.

“Selhurst Park, especially on a night game, the atmosphere was incredible. Kenilworth Road is one as well.

“As an opposing player, probably Anfield. This season we were 1-0 up going in at half-time. We concede early in the second half, it’s 1-1 and all of a sudden the crowd just came alive and their players fed off that. It was suddenly tough for us to play out and we ended up losing 4-1.

“St James’ Park for similar reasons. I went there for Everton a few years ago and they were at it. The atmosphere was so intense we could not play out. Their players were on us because they were pumped up by the crowd. Fans’ intensity can transmit itself to the players, without a doubt.”

Luton have their own new stadium plans, but it would be an emotional wrench to leave Kenilworth Road. It sounds unrealistically romantic: can a football stadium have soul?

“One hundred per cent, one hundred per cent,” Townsend replies. “Goodison Park — Everton need to leave Goodison Park because they have had so many financial issues — but Goodison Park, it has so much history, so much memory.

“It’s obviously tough to leave, but in this day and age, it has to be done. Newcastle, again it’s the revenue. Will Newcastle have to sell players because of FFP? Moving to a bigger stadium, you get to sign more players. Do you look at it from a business point of view or a romantic point of view?

“My question to you is: if Spurs were still at White Hart Lane, would they be one of the ‘Big Six’? Would they be in the top four? Probably not.

“Yes, everyone would have loved to have stayed at White Hart Lane, but when you see the money now, there’s one club never brought up in FFP or profit and sustainability terms — Spurs. Yes, they’ve lost a lot, but they’re a big club because they’re producing big revenues and are able to spend big.”

As a modern player who has experienced old grounds, what would his advice be to those designing a new stadium?

“You have to try to keep the element of fans being close. Look at West Ham and the running track around the pitch, that probably takes away from the atmosphere.

“If you can create new and hostile, that’s win-win.”

Arsenal, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, and City, who visit in a fortnight, may experience both.

(Top photo: Getty Images; design by Eamonn Dalton for The Athletic)

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Arsenal’s rout of Chelsea exposes chasm between clubs moving in different directions

There is still a say for Arsenal in what could yet be the best Premier League title race in years and that it was built upon the ruins of what was supposed to be the new Chelsea, will only sharpen the appetite of Mikel Arteta’s players.

These are the late stages of the season when every goal in the title race matters and every win is freighted with anxiety, yet this night turned into the kind of parade for the home side normally reserved for teams with the big prize already assured. Arsenal luxuriated in goals, and they showed up every imperfection in this strange Chelsea conflagration of club record signings and club record embarrassment.

It cost Chelsea’s new owners, helmed by those two American investors Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly £747.8 million in transfer fees in less than two years, to be this bad. For Arsenal it might not be enough to force Manchester City into the error that blows the title race open again, although in terms of the bigger picture the progress will give them momentum for next season. They are now 30 points ahead of the London rivals who wrestled away their pre-eminence two decades ago.

There were two goals for the former Chelsea attacker Kai Havertz, a key £65 million sale in the Chelsea profit and sustainability trade-off last summer although not quite as effective on the balance sheet as the two Stamford Bridge hotels the club recently sold. Certainly, there were times in this game when the thought occurred that Chelsea would have got better value keeping the hotels while passing on some of their big ticket signings of the last two seasons.

For Mauricio Pochettino, this was a dismal night which fell apart for his team in the early stages of the second half after a chaotic first 45 minutes had mystifyingly ended with Arsenal only one goal ahead. The gains of recent weeks melted away under the high wattage of Arsenal’s second half attack. Eight games undefeated for Chelsea in the Premier League, a respectable FA Cup semi-final defeat to City at the weekend and now this result changes the mood anew.

Pochettino tried to defend a squad that he said was still very inexperienced and consistently injury struck although he did add the telling admission that “when we have bad days, we are so bad”. Cole Palmer missed the game with illness, and three of the four defenders from Saturday’s tie changed. What ensued was a record defeat for any Chelsea team against Arsenal and a gap between the clubs of eight Premier League places and 30 points.

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There would be two goals for Arsenal’s full-back Ben White, the second of which even he seemed incredulous had found the net. Leandro Trossard scored the first after three minutes. By the end of the night Arsenal were back at the top of the Premier League and how long they might stay there was briefly immaterial – this was just too enjoyable for the home fans.

Ten years ago Chelsea had done something similar to Arsenal at Stamford Bridge although the away team that day, featuring Arteta, had played all but 15 minutes with 10 men, as late era Arsène Wenger curdled badly. That 6-0 defeat for Arsenal signalled a club a long way from the title-winning side Jose Mourinho was building in his second Chelsea spell.

Pochettino appealed to the understanding of the volatility of his young side’s form although nights like these have a habit of erasing any sense of progress. The captain Reece James is a long-term absentee, and his able deputy at right-back Malo Gusto was also unavailable. Axel Disasi and Benoît Badiashile were reunited, unhappily as it turned out, in the centre of defence. Nicolas Jackson might have been sent off in the first half and then, after the break, his form in front of goal continued.

Jackson missed an assortment of chances and although he turned on the jets to get away from William Saliba on one occasion before the break, there was precious else to recommend the performance.

Arteta was able to play his first-choice midfield of Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard and Thomas Partey for the first time since the Community Shield in August and the results were impressive. They should have had their old London neighbours buried within 30 minutes but each time it looked like that might happen, there would be an improbable escape for Pochettino’s team.

Down within three minutes to Trossard’s goal, prefaced by a passing sequence in which Pochettino’s players barely offered a challenge, Chelsea stumbled through chance after chance for Arsenal. Although it felt as if Pochettino’s side had created opportunities too, they finished the game with just a single attempt on target on David Raya’s goal.

Jackson had been fortunate to stay on the pitch in the first half for a careless lunge at Takehiro Tomiyasu in the first half. After the break a corner routine from Arsenal opened up the area and a deflection fell at the feet of White to score. A beautiful left-foot Odegaard ball made the third for Havertz who finished just as well. Havertz scored a second under very little serious pressure when he turned in the area on 65 minutes. The fifth goal was a first time hit from White that may have been a cross, and by the end there might even have been more goals for Arsenal.

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TNT crew on Chelsea’s performance

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Ben White speaking to the BBC

“The first goal I was just in the right place at the right time. The second one was a bad touch and it went in.”

On Kai Havertz’s performance: 

“Amazing. He deserves it. He’s been outstanding since he’s come in. You don’t realise how good he is until you play with him. “Amazing performances from all of us. It’s important to keep going and play our best. Obviously it’s a massive game. I hope they [Liverpool and Manchester City] are all watching. We can only do what we can do.”

Mikel Arteta speaking to TNT

"It was a joy to watch them play" Mikel Arteta reflects on an impressive performance from Arsenal against London rivals Chelsea... 🎙️ @lynseyhipgrave1 | @rioferdy5 | @martinkeown5 pic.twitter.com/4xpSfpH0EW — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

Chelsea crumbled

Double against his former employers.

2 - Kai Havertz is the first player to score a brace against Chelsea in the Premier League having previously played for them in the competition. Motivated. pic.twitter.com/JugDuSw6xi — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 23, 2024

Rio Ferdinand on TNT

“They [Chelsea] were second best all over the pitch today. This was men against boys. “They have been good in recent weeks and this season. I think they were way off it.”

Current PL standings

Arsenal are now 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 at the top of the Premier League 🏆 pic.twitter.com/qGhgqUfb8e — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

That was Arsenal's biggest ever victory over Chelsea 🔴 pic.twitter.com/NfdJ381C9g — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

Joy vs despair

Trossard and White speaking to TNT

"Everyone worked so hard" Leandro Trossard and Ben White talk @julesbreach through their 5-0 win over Chelsea... pic.twitter.com/OiMgj1MwEO — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

A lesson to all Premier League teams, albeit not a lesson that many teams need to hear: when you play against Arsenal, don’t do so without any attempt at defensive structure. Give them space and they will give you hell.

Mauricio Pochettino either did not know this, or could not do anything to stop it. Either way, it does not reflect well on Chelsea. 

The full-time whistle has gone here and it’s a proper party at the Emirates. The Kai Havertz song is being blared out, full volume, and the stands are still full of thousands of supporters. A great night for this club.

That is it at the Emirates and Arsenal have thrashed Chelsea 5-0. Arsenal were very good, Chelsea were terrible.

A five-star performance ✨ pic.twitter.com/32ST7iu99r — Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 23, 2024

90+6 mins: Arsenal 5 Chelsea 0

Martinelli is through one-on-one and should bury it to make it 6-0 but he shoots straight at Petrovic. The offside flag stayed down but that likely would have been a close call if the ball had ended up in the back of the net.

90+5 mins: Arsenal 5 Chelsea 0

Just a couple of minutes of added time remaining and there are not many Chelsea fans left in the away end.

90 mins: Arsenal 5 Chelsea 0

There will be seven added minutes at the Emirates. It could still get worse for Chelsea as Martinelli flashes just wide from inside the Chelsea penalty area after Arsenal win it high up the pitch.

88 mins: Arsenal 5 Chelsea 0

Vieira comes close to adding Arsenal’s sixth. Despite Chelsea having plenty of players back, he still has the space to get his shot away and it hits the side netting.

85 mins: Arsenal 5 Chelsea 0

With this dominant victory tonight, Arsenal’s goal difference is currently up to +56, 13 better than Liverpool in second and 12 better than Manchester City in third. Arsenal are set to move three points clear of Liverpool, who play their 34th game tomorrow night against Everton at Goodison Park, and four clear of Manchester City, who will have two games in hand on Arsenal.

83 mins: Arsenal 5 Chelsea 0

Rice has an effort that comes back off the post and then Odegaard has a shot blocked but the offside flag is up. Rice was clearly offside before taking his shot.

81 mins: Arsenal 5 Chelsea 0

Arsenal change:

78 mins: Arsenal 5 Chelsea 0

Whilst Gabriel is down receiving some treatment, Chelsea are making changes:

ON Thiago Silva, Casadei

OFF Gilchrist, Madueke

75 mins: Arsenal 5 Chelsea 0

Chelsea have been pretty embarrassing in this second half. They have absolutely crumbled and you do wonder with the way Chelsea is run whether Mauricio Pochettino is going to be under some pressure after a result like this which could still get worse in the next 15 minutes.

On the field White has been booked for a body-check on Cucurella.

There are around 15 minutes remaining and the Chelsea away end is half-empty. If not more than half empty. One young fan held up a banner saying: “I don’t want your shirt, I just want you to fight for ours.”

71 mins: Arsenal 5 Chelsea 0

Quadruple change for Arsenal:

ON Martinelli, Jesus, Zinchenko, Jorginho

OFF Havertz, Trossard, Tomiyasu, Partey

GOAL! White has his second of the night

Arsenal are running riot in this second half. Odegaard dinks the ball to White, who is making a run into the right-hand channel of the box. White means to play the ball across to a teammate but it ends up flying into the far corner. He did not mean that but he along with the Arsenal players and fans will not be complaining.

Chelsea have crumbled 😳 Ben White bags a 5⃣th for Arsenal 🔥 📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/ZwWQOrlsbk — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

68 mins: Arsenal 4 Chelsea 0

Sterling is straight into the action as he takes a free-kick from around 25 yards out but his effort is easily saved by Raya.

67 mins: Arsenal 4 Chelsea 0

Double change for Chelsea:

ON Chalobah, Sterling

OFF Mudryk, Fernandez

GOAL! Havertz makes it 4-0

This is getting ugly for Chelsea now and there are still 25 minutes left. Saka passes to Havertz in the box. The German allows the ball to roll across him and then smashes back across his body and it goes in off the post. There was a quick VAR check for offside but it is cleared.

Kai Havertz bags a second against Chelsea 👀 Arsenal have now put 4⃣ past their London rivals 🔥 📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/sCSS7TpJ7g — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

64 mins: Arsenal 3 Chelsea 0

We wrote before half-time about Chelsea trying to make this as chaotic as possible. Well, this is why teams don’t play in such a way against Arsenal. An open game is exactly what Arteta’s attacker want. 

Chelsea might still get a goal here. They might even get two. They are creating enough chances. But their lack of any sort of composure or shape is wild.

61 mins: Arsenal 3 Chelsea 0

Chelsea should have a goal back. Madueke finds Jackson inside the box. His first touch takes him past Gabriel and all he needs to do is place it past Raya, but instead he hits it into the side netting.

58 mins: Arsenal 3 Chelsea 0

You do wonder what the point of VAR is in that type of situation. Gabriel clearly drags Madueke to the ground yet VAR does not intervene despite the fact Arsenal go down the other end and score. The ball got away from Gabriel and he just brought Madueke down to the ground. Ridiculous.

GOAL! Havertz makes it 3-0

Arsenal are 3-0 up but surely VAR is going to check for a foul in the build-up. Madueke is clearly rugby-tackled by Gabriel but nothing is given. Arsenal win the ball back and Odegaard plays a delightful pass through to Havertz. The German holds off Cucurella and lifts it over Petrovic into the roof of the net. The goal stands but it really should not have stood.

GOAL! White doubles Arsenal’s lead

That second goal for the hosts was coming in the first seven minutes of this second half. Arsenal play the corner short and Chelsea do not get out quickly enough. Rice’s shot from the edge of the box is blocked but it falls at the feet of White, who slots home into the far corner.

Ben White doubles Arsenal's advantage 🤩 pic.twitter.com/Ja3yvtk0yu — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

51 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Another crucial save from Petrovic. Odegaard slides a superb pass through to Havertz who, from a narrow angle, has his shot saved by Petrovic and behind for a corner. That was a brilliant piece of play from Odegaard.

49 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Arsenal nearly go 2-0 up. Chelsea are dispossessed in their own half by Rice and the home side suddenly have a three-on-two. Odegaard finds Rice to his right in the box, who drives a shot towards goal. Petrovic gets down to his left to make the save. Chelsea a little lucky there.

47 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Partey fouls Jackson and Chelsea have a free-kick in a central position inside the Arsenal half. Partey is perhaps a little lucky not to be booked for that challenge.

Gallagher sends it in but Rice heads away.

Second half

We are back under way at the Emirates.

100 up for Arsenal

Arsenal have now scored 1⃣0⃣0⃣ goals this season 🔥 pic.twitter.com/N6PizwSGm7 — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

What a bizarre game. It could be 5-4. Arsenal are on top, generally speaking, but the match is so chaotic that Chelsea are causing all sorts of problems. Is this what Pochettino planned? He doesn’t look happy… but maybe this works.

Referee Simon Hooper blows his whistle and Arsenal lead at the break thanks to Trossard’s goal early in that first half.

45 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Trossard is the first Arsenal player to be booked tonight for a nasty challenge on Cucurella. Nothing more than a yellow but that was deserved. Mikel Arteta has also just been shown a yellow card by Simon Hooper.

There is one minute added on.

42 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Big chance for Chelsea. Gallagher plays a great ball in from the right and Jackson should head home. He thinks the ball is not going to get to him and in the end it hits his arm so the free-kick is given against him.

Not long after Cucurella is into the book for dissent. He had already been warned before about dissent and he does not heed the referee’s advice.

40 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Fernandez plays a delicate chip into the box and Raya comes out of his goal just in time to beat Gallagher to the ball. Jackson went down in the box wanting a penalty but referee Simon Hooper waved those appeals away.

Gilchrist has been booked for a foul on Trossard and, looking at the replays, that was very soft and never a yellow.

38 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Chelsea are carrying a real threat here, but they are also so open at the back. Is the plan to effectively make this game as chaotic as possible and hope the odds are in their favour? Fair enough, if so.

33 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

After Arsenal win a corner, they play it short. It is worked to the edge of the box to Saka, whose shot is always rising and sails over the bar.

30 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Chances for Chelsea. Madueke sprints into the box and just before he gets to the byline he sends the ball across. It comes to Cucurella, whose initial effort is blocked. It comes back to him and he then lays it off to Fernandez centrally. The Argentine’s shot goes narrowly wide of Raya’s right post.

26 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Saka takes a shot on first-time from the right-hand side of the box but his effort is straight at Petrovic.

Moments later Petrovic makes a crucial save to deny Havertz, and then does the same to deny Trossard. Three chances in quick succession for Arsenal.

"Outstanding reflexes" 🧤 How did Dorde Petrovic stop this... 🤯 📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/bZOlkRhzxr — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

24 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Arsenal should be 2-0 up. The ball is played across and it looks like Saka is going to slot home from around six yards out but he does not.

Down the other end Jackson drives into the box on the left-hand side and his cross deflects off Gabriel and hits the post. It goes behind for a corner. The delivery is headed away.

We knew Nicolas Jackson was quick but, wow, that was something else. He has absolutely torched William Saliba in a footrace down the wing. I can’t remember ever seeing Saliba outpaced like that.

22 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Rice takes a touch on the spin to get past Fernandez just outside the Chelsea box and then fires towards goal, but his effort just misses the target.

19 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Chelsea have their first corner in unusual circumstances. From just inside his own half Saka attempts a back-pass to Raya but gets it all wrong. 

Mudryk sends in the corner, which Badiashile flicks on at the near post. Disasi somehow does not make contact with it inside the six-yard box and the chance is gone. Chelsea should be level there.

16 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Gallagher, from the left-hand side of the box, sends in a cross into a dangerous area but Madueke cannot quite get on the end of it. Should Madueke have anticipated that cross better and got on the end of it?

14 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Arsenal have the first corner of the night from the right, which Saka takes. Badiashile wins the header at the near post but it loops behind for another corner on the other side.

Arsenal play it short and Odegaard eventually sends a cross into the back post. His delivery is met by Tomiyasu, who rises to meet it, but his header goes over the bar. He should be hitting the target there.

12 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

The Arsenal opener came from Partey popping the ball into Rice, who then galloped forward. This, we can assume, was the plan that Arteta had in mind when he first signed Rice. He’s just had to wait until now to see it, because of Partey’s injuries. Arsenal have started fantastically here, and Pochettino is fuming on the touchline

10 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Arsenal should be 2-0 up as Havertz, instead of shooting in a great position inside the Chelsea box, attempts a pass to Rice which is intercepted.

8 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Saka feeds the ball onto the overlapping White on the right-hand side of the box, but the Arsenal right-back cannot find a teammate.

Moments later Tomiyasu is down after a challenge by Jackson. Looking at the replays that is an awful challenge by the Chelsea striker, who mind-bogglingly does not even receive a booking.

Should Nicolas Jackson have been sent off for this...? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/6L8y4NwwP0 — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

7 mins: Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0

Chelsea look like they are still in the dressing room. Arsenal now have a free-kick on the left-hand side in a good position, which Odegaard whips in.

His delivery is too heavy and it is an easy catch for Petrovic.

GOAL! Arsenal take the lead

That was far too easy for the home side. Rice drives forward towards the edge of the Chelsea box. He feeds it to his left to Trossard inside the penalty area. The Belgian takes a touch and then manages to squeeze the shot in between Petrovic’s legs and into the back of the net. Petrovic should not be being beaten through his legs there.

Leandro Trossard gives Arsenal the lead inside 5 minutes! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DGQ8Vr9owa — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

1 min: Arsenal 0 Chelsea 0

Havertz is played through by White into the right-hand channel and goes down in the penalty area after contact with Badiashile. Referee Simon Hooper waves the appeals away and the offside flag goes up so the incident in the box does not matter anyway.

We are under way at the Emirates.

Kick-off fast approaching

Both sides have emerged from the tunnel and we are just moments away from kick-off at the Emirates.

Reminder of the team news

Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu, Odegaard, Rice, Partey, Saka, Havertz, Trossard.

Substitutes: Ramsdale, Jesus, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Nketiah, Kiwior, Jorginho, Vieira, Zinchenko.

Chelsea: Petrovic, Gilchrist, Badiashile, Disasi, Cucurella, Fernandez, Mudryk, Madueke, Caicedo, Gallagher, Jackson.

Substitutes: Bettinelli, Silva, Sterling, Chalobah, Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Deivid, Tauriainen, Dyer.

Both managers speaking to TNT

"It's not easy to replace a player like Cole" Mauricio Pochettino and Mikel Arteta give their thoughts ahead of tonight's London derby... 🎙️ @julesbreach | @DFletcherSport pic.twitter.com/C4VhB2K6oO — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

Home side gearing up

Going through the gears ⚙️ pic.twitter.com/zP6suLidjR — Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 23, 2024

TNT crew discuss Kai Havertz

"He's playing with a lot more purpose now" 👏 @rioferdy5 and @martinkeown5 discuss Kai Havertz facing former club Chelsea... 🎙️ @lynseyhipgrave1 pic.twitter.com/9Sh91ZM3RS — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

More from Sam Dean

Looks like Arsenal are playing with a midfield three of Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice and Thomas Partey for the first time since the Community Shield. On paper, that's probably their first-choice midfield. And it's not been used once in the Premier League. — Sam Dean (@SamJDean) April 23, 2024

Partey in for Arsenal, no Palmer or Gusto for Chelsea

A remarkable statistic: this is the first Premier League game in which Arsenal have named Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice and Thomas Partey as their midfield three. On paper, that is their strongest midfield, but they have only started together in the midfield once before — in the Community Shield victory over Manchester City in August.

This is partly because Partey played as a right-back in the opening few games of the campaign, but mainly because the Ghana international has missed the majority of this season through injury. 

A strong team for Arsenal, then. Which contrasts with Chelsea, who are missing perhaps their two best players this season: Cole Palmer and Malo Gusto. Chelsea have generally played well against the big teams this year, but can they do so without Palmer?

TNT crew talk about Pochettino

"These things can't be expected to be achieved overnight" @rioferdy5 and Joe Cole talk Mauricio Pochettino's project at Chelsea... 🎙️ @lynseyhipgrave1 pic.twitter.com/2Ruv7hEa6n — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

“It’s a difficult time. Because of the circumstance never help us to be solid and to be in a position on the level we wanted. It is difficult to match the history of Chelsea.”

On the FA Cup semi-final loss to Manchester City: 

“I think we played very well and the team showed great character and personality. We are a young team that need to learn, need to improve, need to know what it means to be professional.”

On Cole Palmer: 

“He is showing amazing skills. Maybe young Player of the Year or Player of the Year. We will see.”

On patience: 

“[It is important to] not only to be motivated or to give your best when you play against big teams. We need time. Time to be better and improved,”

Gilchrist starts for Chelsea

With Malo Gusto injured, 20-year-old Alfie Gilchrist comes in at right-back for his first Premier League start.

Alfie's first start in the #PL . 👊 #CFC | #ArsChe pic.twitter.com/Oa2rzp6Q92 — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 23, 2024

TNT crew talk Cole Palmer

"He has been formidable" 🔥 @rioferdy5 and @martinkeown5 discuss the remarkable impact Cole Palmer has had on this Chelsea squad... 🎙️ @lynseyhipgrave1 pic.twitter.com/8NBseLNaom — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

"In these moments you have to step up and make it happen" 💪 Mikel Arteta talks Premier League title race and looks ahead to Chelsea clash... 🎙️ @lynseyhipgrave1 | @rioferdy5 | @martinkeown5 pic.twitter.com/acJ8yOtMM8 — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

Full team news

Arsenal have made two changes to the side which beat Wolves 2-0 on Saturday. Thomas Partey comes in for Gabriel Jesus while Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Jakub Kiwior at left-back.

Chelsea have made four changes to the side which lost 1-0 to Man City in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday. Cole Palmer, Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah and Thiago Silva miss out, with Palmer (illness) and Gusto (injury) missing out on the matchday squad completely. Mykhailo Mudryk, Axel Disasi, Benoit Badiashile and Alfie Gilchrist come into the starting XI.

Partey starts

One of the two changes Mikel Arteta has made tonight from Arsenal’s 2-0 win at Wolves on Saturday night sees Thomas Partey come into the midfield.

Thomas Partey 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 a Premier League game for Arsenal for just the second time in eight months 📋 pic.twitter.com/5npEi9fZrs — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 23, 2024

Chelsea defender Axel Disasi speaking to TNT

“We are ready to fight tonight and I hope that we play a great game. Everyone likes to play big games. Everyone likes to play like this and we know that when we play the big games we play well but we have to keep these quality. Today we are focused on Arsenal.”

On Cole Palmer’s absence: 

“Cole did a great job since the beginning of the season. It will be difficult to pay without him but I trust in the quality of the team. We have a lot of quality ad I hope that the player who plays today will show his quality.”

Chelsea team news

Your Tuesday night team news is here! 🗞️ @ParimatchUK | #CFC | #CheEve pic.twitter.com/4cKqA1cCFj — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 23, 2024

Arsenal team news

🔴 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️ 🔙 Tomiyasu returns ⚖️ Partey in the middle ⚡️ Havertz leads the line Let's seize the opportunity, Gunners 👊 pic.twitter.com/aOiWCkh43k — Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 23, 2024

Visitors checking in

Chelsea have just arrived at the Emirates and from the looks of the video they have just posted, it looks like Cole Palmer is not with the Chelsea squad. He has been suffering from illness since the Chelsea’s FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City on Saturday and it looks like he is not well enough to be in Chelsea’s squad tonight.

Here come the Blues. 👋 @trivago | #CFC | #ArsChe pic.twitter.com/aDHWidp02F — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 23, 2024

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Hosts arrive

In the building 🏟️ pic.twitter.com/ntiiCmxCfM — Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 23, 2024

Evening all . . .

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta wants his side to give their run-in all they have got. After losing to Aston Villa in the league just over a week ago and being knocked out of the Champions League to Bayern Munich, Arsenal went top of the league with a 2-0 victory at Wolves on Saturday. With fives games remaining, Arsenal host Chelsea this evening at the Emirates.

“I have the same message that we need to keep doing what we’re doing, focus on the game and the task, prepare the game well and the boys look ready to go again,” Arteta said.

“It meant a lot for us [to win against Wolves]. We are in a great position and we have been for nine months. We really want to give it a real go and we are really determined to do what is in our hands to lift the trophy.”

Arsenal could have Japan defender Takehiro Tomiyasu back tonight after he missed the win at Wolves over the weekend with a small knock. Dutch defender Jurrien Timber is still unavailable due to his knee injury, but he has stepped up his recovery after playing for the Arsenal Under-21’s this week.

Chelsea could be without Cole Palmer tonight, who has been ill since their FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City on Saturday. Palmer is currently the joint-top scorer in the league alongside Erling Haaland and speaking yesterday, Pochettino was unsure about Palmer’s involvement tonight.

“We will see [Tuesday] morning. Today [Monday], I do not believe he can be involved,” Pochettino said. “Even if he is good [on Tuesday] maybe he is not in a condition to play. We hope he can recover from this situation and be involved with the team.”

Chelsea sit ninth in the table, three points off seventh place. Mauricio Pochettino’s side are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games, winning four and drawing four. Levi Colwill, Reece James, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia all remain absent.

Chelsea’s only win in the past nine meetings with Arsenal in all competitions was a 2-0 win at the Emirates in August 2021. Back in October, Chelsea were 2-0 up against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge with just 15 minutes left before late goals from Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard earned Mikel Arteta’s side a point.

Team news to follow shortly.

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RB Leipzig USA tour 2024: Schedule, tickets, stadiums and more

For the first time ever, RB Leipzig will conduct a preseason tour of the United States.

The Bundesliga side has announced a two-game tour of the United States, marking the first time it has held its preseason outside of Europe.

RB Leipzig will set up camp in New Jersey at the academy of its sister team, the New York Red Bulls.

“This will be our first preseason outside of Europe, and with the USA we decided to go to a key target market for our club," said general manager Johann Plenge. "RB Leipzig excites soccer fans both domestically and internationally with its unique story, which has taken us from the fifth division to the Champions League."

The club has already announced a friendly against Aston Villa at Red Bull Arena, with one further match yet to be confirmed.

Here are the fixtures for RB Leipzig's summer tour of the United States, with information on purchasing tickets set to come.

RB Leipzig USA tour 2024

July 31: RB Leipzig vs. Aston Villa — Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ.

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• Cardinals attendance and ticket sales continue decline after rare losing season

Ethan Erickson

• Apr 25, 2024

The last rays of sun shine on a smattering of St. Louis Cardinals fans in the outfield bleacher seats in the second inning of a weeknight game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. The average announced attendance for the season’s first 12 home games has been lower than at the same time last season.

Coming off their first losing season since 2007 and off to a slow start this year, the Cardinals are seeing a rare downturn in fan interest, as evidenced by attendance and ticket resale data.

Earlier this month, at the completion of the season’s first homestand, the Cardinals saw a five-game average attendance of 34,909, which covered all games on that homestand after the opener.

That’s the lowest five-game average attendance at Busch Stadium since 2012.

Compared with the same period at the start of last year, more than 5,000 fewer tickets were sold for each of those five games — a 13% drop on average per game.

To start this year, the Cardinals reported a sellout crowd of 47,273 on opening day and hit the 40,000 mark three more times within the first 12 games. Last year, there were six crowds of 40,000 or more in the season’s first 12 games.

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Thanks to a bit of a rebound during the just-ended second homestand, the Cardinals averaged about 2,700 fewer fans this year (in announced attendance) than in last season’s first 12 games.

Announced attendance measures the number of tickets sold, not the number of fans who pass through the turnstiles. The number of tickets scanned is not normally released and can be far lower, especially in the case of bad weather or a rescheduled game.

Some notable attendance numbers:

• The Cardinals beat the Phillies on April 9 before the lowest-attended night game in the history of the current Busch Stadium (excluding pandemic-impacted 2020 and 2021 seasons), with an announced crowd of 31,972.
• The April 10 game had an attendance of 33,104, the eighth-lowest for a day game, but far fewer were actually present that soggy afternoon.
• Four of the 10 least-attended night games in stadium history have come this season.

Even with their lower-than-usual numbers, the Cardinals remain among the MLB’s attendance leaders this season. They rank sixth, down two spots from their final ranking last season and down four spots from 2022.

Their current No. 6 ranking, if it held up for the full season, would be the first time the Cardinals landed outside the top five since 2012.

Ticket resale numbers drop

Ticket resale data also indicates reduced fan interest. If season-ticket holders are selling, fans aren’t buying, at least not at the rate they did last season.

For the season-opening homestand this year, far fewer tickets were resold on the secondary market, and for less money, than in 2023. The two seasons are easy to compare, as both home openers fell on a Thursday, then the team played five more home games.

SeatData.io tracks ticket sales across major ticket resale platforms. According to its data for the season-opening homestand, 20,446 tickets were sold in 2023, while only 5,563 tickets were sold this year.

Also, in the five games after the home opener, 10% of the tickets resold went for less than $10. The figure was 4% for the corresponding games at the start of last season.

The trend continued into the second homestand. Both this year and last, the Cardinals hosted Arizona for a night game on the second home Tuesday of the year.

Last year, 1,522 tickets sold on resale platforms. This year, it was just 588.

Weather could be a factor in the decline. The home opener was one of the colder ones in recent history, while the April 10 game and this past Tuesday’s game were affected by rain.

Beyond attendance and ticket sales, the team’s home opener saw significant television rating declines, resulting in the lowest rating for a home opener since 2001.

Attendance is generally seen as a lagging indicator of fan interest, but the downturn in secondary market demand continues a trend seen last season.

The Cardinals have 69 home games left and plenty of time left to win fans over, but it may take some time and sustained success to turn things around.

For now, some fans are happy to take advantage of the bargains.

“The only good thing about bad baseball is cheap tickets ... and there are plenty of them,” Cardinals fan Terry Ness of Richmond Heights said Wednesday outside Busch Stadium.

Christian Gooden of the Post-Dispatch contributed to this report.

A scalper offers tickets for sale before a St. Louis Cardinals day game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. F ar fewer St. Louis Cardinals tickets have been resold on the secondary market, and for less money, in comparing the team's season-opening homestands in 2024 and 2023.

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Arsenal midfielder Frida Maanum made her return to the pitch during Arsenal's Women's Super League fixture against Leicester City at Emirates Stadium on Sunday after collapsing during the League Cup final last month.

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