Arsenal could write two new chapters of club history in European football during today’s Champions League clash with Inter Milan at San Siro.
Having claimed 18 points from a possible 18 in the 2025-26 competition so far, the Gunners head to San Siro safe in the knowledge that whatever transpires may prove inconsequential in terms of last-16 progression.
Thanks to their 3-0 win over Club Brugge in their most recent European outing, Arsenal sit six points clear of eighth-placed Atletico Madrid and ninth-placed Liverpool with just two games to go, meaning that they just need one point from their last two games to seal a top-eight finish.
The Premier League leaders are firstly aiming to avenge their 1-0 loss to the Nerazzurri in last year’s league phase, where a Hakan Calhanolgu penalty on the stroke of half time proved decisive for the eventual runners-up.
In addition, if Arsenal can defeat Cristian Chivu’s side at San Siro, they would have won seven straight games in any UEFA competition for the first time in their history.
The Gunners had already broken their record for consecutive Champions League wins with six in a row this season, sinking Athletic Bilbao, Olympiacos, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Club Brugge and Slavia Prague en route to the summit.
Inter suffered defeat to Atletico and Liverpool in their last two Champions League fixtures, but the 2022-23 and 2024-25 finalists have never lost three games in a row in the tournament proper.
However, the Serie A side now face an Arsenal team who have won each of their last 10 league-phase games in the Champions League, since being slain by Calhanoglu’s penalty at San Siro in 2024-25.-Sportsmole
Today’s fixtures
Kairat Almaty vs Club Brugge
FK Bodo Glimt vs Manchester City
Sporting CP vs PSG
Real Madrid vs Monaco
Tottenham Hotspur vs B. Dortmund
Olympiacos vs B. Leverkusen
Villarreal vs Ajax
FC Copenhagen vs Napolis
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