Arsenal and Atletico Madrid go head to head again in a crunch Champions League semi-final second-leg showdown tonight.
The heavyweight tie is finely poised at 1-1 after last week’s hugely controversial opener in Spain in which strikers Viktor Gyokeres and Julian Alvarez exchanged penalties.
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But most of the post-match conversation was about a second Arsenal spot-kick that was awarded and then overturned following a VAR check, leaving Mikel Arteta and Gunners fans fuming.
Arsenal head into this evening’s decider with an extra spring in their step after turning on the style to brush aside Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday to open up a six-point gap in the title race.
That now stands at five after rivals Manchester City could only salvage a last-gasp 3-3 draw at Everton on Monday night.
Atletico, meanwhile, have long since made the Champions League their main focus this term, and Diego Simeone again made sweeping selection changes in LaLiga at the weekend, though still watched his fourth-place side win 2-0 against Valencia.
Why isn't Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid on TNT Sports tonight?
Unlike Bayern Munich vs Paris Saint-Germain in the other Champions League semi-final and all the Europa League and Conference League last four second-leg ties this week, Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid will not be shown live on TNT Sports tonight.
That is as a result of the current Champions League broadcasting rights deal in the UK, as part of which Amazon Prime Video have the first pick of one match to show live on Tuesday nights up to and including the semi-finals.
Obviously at the semi-final stage there is no choice of game, with only one match per night held across Tuesday and Wednesday.
Last week, Amazon Prime Video screened the nine-goal first-leg thriller between PSG and Bayern, with TNT Sports then showing Atletico vs Arsenal 24 hours later.
The fixture order is reversed this week, and so too is the television schedule. The deciding leg of Bayern vs PSG will be shown on TNT Sports 1 on Wednesday night.
Amazon Prime Video’s coverage of Arsenal vs Atletico begins at 6:30pm BST on Tuesday.
Amazon will continue to show a first-pick game live on Tuesday nights as part of the next Champions League broadcasting deal in the UK, which kicks in from 2027 with Paramount+ having in November won the rights in a massive deal said to be worth in excess of £1billion.
The BBC will also continue to show free-to-air highlights of the competition on Wednesday nights, as they have done this season.
As of the 2027/28 season, exclusive broadcasting rights for the Europa League and Conference League in the UK will move from TNT Sports to Sky Sports.
