PSG complain to UEFA as Arsenal accused of breaking rules before first leg

have contacted UEFA to contest 's decision to hand the French club just 2,500 tickets for their showdown at the Emirates Stadium this week. The two clubs will go head-to-head in the first leg of their semi-final tie in north London on Tuesday evening ahead of the return leg in Paris eight days later.

Arsenal booked their place in the last four of the Champions League after in the quarters. PSG, meanwhile, overcame Aston Villa in the last eight after a 5-4 victory over two legs. The winner of the semi will face either Barcelona or Inter Milan in the final at the end of next month.

Express Sport understands that Arsenal will only allocate PSG 2,500 away tickets for the match as opposed to the 3,000 tickets they gave the club when they visited the Emirates in the group phase of the competition in October.

Relations between the two clubs have soured in the last few days as a result of the decision, with PSG getting in touch with UEFA in a bid to force the Gunners' hand ahead of the match.

UEFA regulations state that home teams in the Champions League must provide visiting clubs with five per cent of their overall ticket allocation.

The Emirates Stadium can hold just over 60,000 people, which means the 2,500 tickets would only equate to around 4 per cent of the capacity.

Arsenal defeated PSG 2-0 when the two clubs met in the Champions League earlier this season.

Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz were on target in the first half for the Premier League giants, with PSG unable to reply after the break.

But PSG have improved in the knockout stages of the tournament and dispatched Liverpool in the last 16 ahead of their showdown with Villa.

The French side have been made the slight favourites to progress to the final ahead of their trip to London, but Arsenal will be desperate to win the tie after seeing their Premier League title hopes go up in smoke in recent months.

And ahead of the match, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta explained: "Anything can happen in this competition. They are an incredible team, I know the manager really, really well.

"They are a different team now [compared to the team they were in October]. They are on an incredible run at the moment.

"The mindset is going to be to prepare well and go through. We want to be in that final. We're going to have to work so hard and do a lot of good things against that team."