{"id":326752,"date":"2026-04-30T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=326752"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:30:31","slug":"steven-gerrard-names-his-champions-league-favourite-after-arsenal-draw-vs-atletico-madrid-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/steven-gerrard-names-his-champions-league-favourite-after-arsenal-draw-vs-atletico-madrid-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Gerrard names his Champions League favourite after Arsenal draw vs Atletico Madrid | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Steven Gerrard has backed PSG to retain their Champions League crown (TNT Sports)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Steven Gerrard has named Paris Saint-Germain as his pick to win the Champions League this season.<\/p>\n<p>PSG ran out 5-4 winners over Bayern Munich in an exciting first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal and Atletico Madrid had a troublesome act to follow on Wednesday evening and so they cancelled one another out with a 1-1 draw on the Metropolitano Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after PSG\u2019s victory against Bayern, four-time Champions League winner Clarence Seedorf claimed Arsenal\u2019s solid defence puts them as frontrunners to win the competition this season.<\/p>\n<p>But Gerrard, who won the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005, believes PSG will see off Bayern within the semi-final and go on to beat either Arsenal or Atletico Madrid to win the tournament for a second successive season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_295046760-e5e7.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28157448\" alt=\"PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 28: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia of Paris Saint Germain celebrates after scoring his team's fourth goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 Semi Final First Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Bayern Munchen at Parc des Princes on April 28, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Federico Pestellini\/MB Media\/Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored twice in PSG\u2019s thrilling 5-4 win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday (MB Media\/Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When asked who he would put his money on to win the Champions League, Gerrard said on TNT Sports: \u2018It\u2019s been on PSG because the starting.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I haven\u2019t had a bet financially but my selection was PSG. The ultimate last yr, I just think they\u2019re so good after they\u2019re at their best, they\u2019re so difficult to beat.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I believe it\u2019s kidology from Luis Enrique\u2019s standpoint because at 5-2, a coach or a manager\u2019s position, you think that should you can get away 5-2 up it\u2019s game over. I believe now it\u2019s very dangerous, Bayern are able to winning the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But I just think PSG, the possibilities Real Madrid had [against Bayern], and so they weren&#8217;t in an excellent place as a collective, PSG will go there stuffed with confidence, stuffed with belief, they\u2019re stuffed with world-class players. I believe they\u2019ll punish Bayern Munich going the opposite way.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the most recent news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportmetro\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/metrosportuk\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Diego Simeone complains about Arsenal decision after Atletico Madrid draw<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Steven Gerrard urges Mikel Arteta to recall Arsenal duo for Atletico Madrid second leg<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Atletico Madrid update on Julian Alvarez injury blow after Arsenal draw<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Gerrard has backed PSG to retain their Champions League crown (TNT Sports) Steven Gerrard has named Paris Saint-Germain as his pick to win the Champions League this season. PSG ran out 5-4 winners over Bayern Munich in an exciting first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday night. Arsenal and Atletico Madrid had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":326753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20686],"tags":[2605,15249,5941,2873,13845,5479,34413,622,3166,3820,10053],"class_list":["post-326752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-atletico","tag-champions","tag-draw","tag-favourite","tag-football","tag-gerrard","tag-league","tag-madrid","tag-names","tag-steven"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! 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