Arsenal fans queue at London pubs from 6.30am ahead of Champions League final | OneFootball

Gunners fans got ready to cheer their team on more than ten hours before kickoff at today’s final

As anticipation builds ahead of the game, fans were filmed gathering outside The Hercules pub in Holloway hours before kick-off - with one person saying they’d been waiting since 6.30am.

A similar scene was spotted at The Gunners pub in Highbury, with an X user claiming fans were thronged together outside the venue as early as 7.45am.

Yet another clip appeared to show a huge queue “wrapping around the block” at 11.39am outside the Clissold Park Tavern, an Arsenal-affiliated pub known for its extensive beer garden.

One X user posted: “Slept a good 2 hours tonight due to the game today. I’m not nervous. But, wow. The moment is so big that it is hard to process.”

A second added: “Man, this hits different when you care that much. Hope you find a way to lock in and enjoy the ride.”

A third posted: “The easiest sleep in weeks and months. The premier league was stress. This UCL is a privilege.”

But another user wryly observed: “This is going to be monumentally hilarious on X when they get beat. Its like Troll Christmas Eve. I can't sleep.”

Premier League winners Arsenal are hoping to take UEFA Champions league title from holders PSG, with bookies giving odds of just over 50 per cent that they will retain their title.

The French giants are aiming to become only the second team in the modern era to successfully defend their crown following Real Madrid’s hat-trick of triumphs between 2016 and 2018.

PSG won both legs of their semi-final against Arsenal last year before steamrolling Inter Milan 5-0 in the showpiece to end their wait for the famous trophy.

Arsenal are in the same boat this year, and in just their second final on Europe’s grandest stage, following their 2-1 defeat to Barcelona in Paris 20 years ago.

But when asked if creating history for Arsenal will serve as motivation for Mikel Arteta’s men, Luis Enrique replied: “Yes, it is powerful. But trying to win the second Champions League in a row is bigger.

“We have already gone down in history books as one of the best teams in the world, and in Europe, and that is what we are looking to do again tomorrow. The future for PSG is winning tomorrow, and taking another important trophy home, and that is the goal.”