Arsenal celebrated their qualification for the Champions League final with great enthusiasm, although not everyone has reacted positively to the manner of their celebrations. The Gunners secured their place in the showpiece event after overcoming Atletico Madrid, marking a significant milestone for the club.
This achievement represents Arsenal’s first appearance in a Champions League final since 2006, when they were defeated by Barcelona. The opportunity to return to the final offers them a chance to rewrite that chapter in their history and compete once again for Europe’s most prestigious club trophy.
Strong Finish to the Season
Arsenal’s form in the closing stages of the season has been impressive, placing them in contention for multiple honours. Their performances have positioned them as serious contenders not only in Europe but also domestically.
A recent draw involving Manchester City and Everton has strengthened Arsenal’s position in the Premier League title race. With momentum on their side, Mikel Arteta’s team will be determined to capitalise on this advantage.
Maintaining focus will be essential as they balance the demands of both competitions in the final weeks of the campaign.
Rooney Questions Celebrations
Despite their success, some observers have criticised Arsenal’s post-match celebrations. As reported by the Daily Mail, Wayne Rooney expressed reservations about the scale of their reaction after reaching the final.
He said, “They deserve to be in this position but they haven’t won it yet. I think the celebrations are a little bit too much. Celebrate when you win!”
Rooney, who enjoyed a highly successful playing career, suggested that such celebrations should be reserved for securing trophies rather than reaching finals. His comments reflect a differing perspective on how achievements should be marked.
While criticism is inevitable, Arsenal will be focused on maintaining their momentum. Their priority remains clear, to continue performing at a high level and convert this opportunity into tangible success.
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Making it to the Champions League Final is a major achievement in itself. I’m proud of the boys
We celebrate a CL semi final win and we’re accused of over-celebrating. What happened to showing passion? Others celebrate a semi final win – and nothing is said.
We score a set piece goal – we’re labelled a set piece team. Others score a set piece goal – they’re deemed masters.
We lose a game – we’re labelled bottlers and chokers. Others lose a game – its just a blip.
See the pattern fellow Gooners?
Don’t fall into the trap. Stay grounded and enjoy the ride.
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Ciunas , Wayne…..
Arsenal entitled to our fun and good times !!
To be fair, he said the same thing after City beat us. Now look what happened.
It was after 20 years not months, Wayne!
I’m watching PSG celebrating reaching the CL final.
HOW DARE THEY!!
They should remember that they haven’t won it yet and just look at their manager leaping about and celebrating like a fan does!!
OVER TO YOU WAYNE ROONEY or are you another hypocritical media man who just knocks The Arsenal for celebrating a great achievement?!?!
Ken, we’ve always been hated. Even our first Double in ’71 we were called boring iirc.
Can you imagine if our players, manager and the rest of the staff just stood there and applauded the fans. The likes of Rooney would be saying, ‘Why aren’t they celebrating ? They’ve just reached their first Champions League Final in 20 years.’
I know HD and it will continue no matter what!!
My only explanation is that, going back to the early days of professional football, it was dominated by Northern based clubs and they resented southern clubs from trying to join their league – only my personal opinion of course and, to take it one step further… is that why the referees have always been dominated by those from the Watford Gap upwards?
Rooney has been complimentary of a lot of Arsenal things this season. He said City over celebrated against us two weeks ago, and he thought they were premature. He was right. He isn’t picking on Arsenal.
Roonies not the thicky many make him out to be, and maybe just a little bit flippant with this remark, but I find him generally OK, and as you say, supportive of us lately.
Rooney’s. (not my day for spelling).
We don’t care what rival fans think. We are not here to appease them. We’ve had enough of their banter and ridicule, and now we are on the cusp of achieving the greatest season this club has ever had, but they wanna police on how we should celebrate? Did they mention that old troll from Man City who walks around with a bottle of Arsenal tears? Imagine if he was one of ours? It’s one thing for fans to be ugly trolls and lose perspective, but it’s unprofessional for pundits to be this utterly biased. First we have to win but when it happens I will celebrate in every possible way under the sun as long as its not illegal. suck it up buttercups.
Honestly celebration is such a harmless thing I don’t get why some people make such a fuss about it. It’s not suddenly going to make a team worse, or better. It has no impact on what happens after as long as the players remain professional.
Watching/playing sport is an emotional experience and you can’t control people’s emotions. It just happens spontaneously. The bigger the occasion, the bigger the emotion. And this was a big occasion because it’s something that has never happened in 20 years.
The notion that you should only celebrate after winning a trophy is just a SAD way to live imo. 99% of teams don’t win trophies but they always find joy in the incredible moments- that’s what football is all about.
For what it’s worth, I had no problem with City celebrating against us. I’m sure our players would have done the same thing if roles were reversed.
As Ian Wright said in his response to Rooney, football is about moments. So I think that reaching a major final merits a celebration. Yes they’ve still got one more game to go, but what does Rooney and anyone else who has a problem regards Arsenal celebrating expect them to do.
Good show boys, a little clap and a calm shake of the hands and then leave the field meekly. I don’t think so, teams have enough downs in a season, so enjoy the ups is what I say.
Again, as Ian Wright says, football is about moments. COME ON YOU GUNNERS. OOPS! sorry I over celebrated there.
Yes, calm down Derek, Rooney will find you!
Wayne Rooney = Fun Police
I look at the other side of it.
Players not celebrating could have proven to be better, it would put a clear message across that the job is not done yet and whoever we play next must know that. Get a psychological edge.
But with that said, I don’t think it would be possible to stop a team from celebrating after making to the CL final for the first time in 20 years!
You have to remember a lot of these players have played under Fergie, Keane, Neville, Ferdinand,Scholes etc and were told to keep their feet on the ground until they won. So it a mindset thing. They aren’t saying Don’t celebrate they are saying keep it in perspective.
If the celebration police are on our case, it can only mean one thing: that we have much to celebrate. Let’s have more of it, please, starting on Sunday evening.
Agree but the time to celebrate is when we have actually won something. We can be pleased, we are in the mix but lets win it and then 🥳
In the likely event that we”ll win something, I think that they’ll go completely berserk. I’m pretty certain that one team will be celebrating on Sunday.
Jax, I think I’ll celebrate where we are now, party again on Sunday with better booze and then go completely berserk if win the league. Rinse and repeat for the CL.
BB
Yep, let’s go mental from now until the end of the month (and beyond).
It’s a deal Jax👍🥳🤪😇
Any excuse🤣🤣