ARSENE WENGER almost got trapped in a lift on his return to the Emirates Stadium.
The legendary Arsenal boss made a rare appearance back in North London as his old side lost 1-0 to PSG in the first leg of their blockbuster Champions League semi-final.
But as he arrived at the ground, he almost found himself in a spot of bother.
The Frenchman, 75, rolled into his old office through the players’ entrance wearing a navy suit alongside his daughter Lea.
He immediately waved to a familiar face before being directed towards a lift.
But as Wenger walked in, he got distracted by seeing Arsenal club photographer Stuart MacFarlane.
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And that meant the veteran manager did not see the elevator doors closing on him.
Lea tried to put her hand in the way to stop the sliding doors to no avail.
But thankfully, the lift automatically stopped when it detected Wenger’s shoulder in its path before the smiling former boss shook hands and hugged MacFarlane.
One fan joked: “How can the lift just shut on Wenger?”
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Wenger was later spotted chatting to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the Emirates posh seats.
Fifa’s current Chief of Global Football Development took charge of 1,234 Arsenal matches between 1996 and 2018.
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ARSENAL face an uphill battle next week.
The Gunners suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in their all-important Champions League semi-final home leg.
Ousmane Dembele stunned the Emirates Stadium into silence when his first-time shot hit the post and bounced over the line just three minutes into the match.
After a nervous start, it took the Gunners around 20 minutes to settle.
But when they did, the momentum began to swing in their favour.
Just moments into the second half, Mikel Merino finally put the ball in the net – only for it to be chalked offside after a lengthy VAR check.
And Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard forced worldy saves from Gianluigi Donnarumma.
David Raya then produced stunning stop from Goncalo Ramos as the Gunners held on at 1-0.
It’s not over – there is still at least 90 minutes to be played.
But away from home, it will not be easy.
Here’s how SunSport’s Jordan Davies rated Arsenal’s stars on the night…
He led the Gunners to three Premier League titles and seven FA Cup triumphs.
The closest he came to Champions League glory came in 2006 when Arsenal lost the final to Barcelona in Paris.
Mikel Arteta is hoping to go one better in Munich next month.
Arsenal dumped out Real Madrid in the quarters to set up the final-four showdown with PSG.
But they suffered a nightmare start, though, as Ousmane Dembele turned in off the post with a superb first-time finish.
And that proved the only goal of the first leg as VAR’s semi-automatic offside and Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal for PSG both denied Arsenal an equaliser.
