The questions Arsenal will have to answer after Champions League heartbreak, what they need to change and the star who will be crucial for Mikel Arteta next season, writes IAN LADYMAN

So close but so far for Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal team. On a night of drama and intrigue in Budapest, Arsenal scored early through Champions League final specialist Kai Havertz and eventually took the reigning champions all the way to penalties. But when Gabriel's kick - his team's fifth - was dispatched over the bar into the celebrating PSG supporters, an Arsenal dream died. They will, after all, have to settle for the Premier League trophy this season. There is no league and European double on which to reflect and here Football Editor IAN LADYMAN analyses the fall-out from a huge climax to the club season.

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