Arsenal’s sporting director Andrea Berta involved in touchline scuffle with Diego Simeone | OneFootball

Arsenal secured a spot in the final of this season’s Champions League following a 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid at the Emirates Stadium last night.

The two sides drew 1-1 in the first leg of the semi-final tie in Spain last week, and the Gunners got the job done, winning 2-1 on aggregate.

Bukayo Saka’s first-half goal was enough for Arsenal, and Atletico manager Diego Simeone was far from happy towards the end of the game.

Gunners’ sporting director Andrea Berta moved to the pitchside in the closing minutes of the game and urged the referee to blow the final whistle.

Simeone was irked with his actions, marching over to the Arsenal chief to push him.

Berta and Simeone were very close at one time while the Arsenal director was still with Atletico.

However, their relationship deteriorated as tensions simmered over recruitment decisions, and it was evident last night that there is no love lost between them.

Football brings out every kind of emotion in grown men, and it was no different at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.

The Gunners last played in the final of the elite European competition in 2006, and they will be desperate to go one better this time around after losing to a Ronaldinho-inspired Barcelona at the time.

They will pull out all the stops when they play either Paris Saint-Germain or Bayern Munich in Budapest on May 30.

The first leg of the other semi-final tie ended 5-4 in favour of the Ligue 1 club, and another exciting clash is expected when they meet in Germany tonight.