Both the Europa League final and the Champions League final will be all-English encounters for the first time in history. Arsenal reached the Europa League final, sweeping aside Valencia 4-2 away from home in untypical Gunners fashion, to provide some consolation for one half of North London. Pierre-Emerick Aubamayeng smashed a hat trick at the Mestalla. His superbly-taken volley to cancel out Valencia's opener was arguably the pick of the goals. Check out his ice cold celebration with Lacazette in front of the home fans. WAKANDA FOREVER! Arsenal hit back!! :punch: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang grabs a massive away goal... Brilliant from Lacazette, and a clinical finish :raised_hands: pic.twitter.com/fzhsHdwtvZ - Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 9, 2019 Advert 10 They will face London rivals Chelsea in the final. The Blues sent Eintracht Frankfurt packing on penalties at the Bridge - following a 1-1 draw (2-2 on aggregate) after being made to sweat by the Germans. The results mean the clubs - which are currently separated by four points in the Premier League - will play each other in the final of the Europa League on 29 May at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, Liverpool will take on Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final on 1 June at the Estadio Metropolitano in north-east Madrid, Spain. The all-English Champions League final looked extremely unlikely at various points over the course of the last two days though. Advert 10 Both European club competitions will have all-English finals for the first time in history. Credit: PA Liverpool had to overturn a three-goal deficit at Anfield to knock out La Liga champions Barcelona, progressing to the final with a stunning 4-3 aggregate victory. Spurs looked more likely to stage a comeback going into their away tie against Ajax last (Wednesday) night, having lost the first leg at home by a goal to nil. However, the youthful Dutch side raced to a 2-0 lead at the Johan Cruyff arena, meaning Tottenham needed to score three goals without reply in the second half in order to go through. They did just that courtesy of a hat-trick from Brazilian Lucas Moura, who scored his third in the 96th minute of the game to send Spurs through on away goals. Advert 10 Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino - who was tearful at the end of the game - said he thinks the all-English final will be 'amazing'. He said: "I think it's one of the most important nights in my life. "To get the club to the final of the Champions League... I think is very close to a miracle. Advert 10<doc-sep>Share this Story: English sweep as Chelsea, Arsenal reach Europa League final English sweep as Chelsea, Arsenal reach Europa League final Photo by Alberto Saiz / AP Article content MANCHESTER, England — England became the first country to provide two finalists in both European competitions in the same season after Chelsea and Arsenal made it through to the title match in the Europa League on Thursday. Chelsea beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 in a penalty shootout at Stamford Bridge, after a second straight 1-1 draw between the teams in the semifinals. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or English sweep as Chelsea, Arsenal reach Europa League final Back to video Eden Hazard converted the winning penalty, in what could be his final appearance at Stamford Bridge, after Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga saved two penalties. Arsenal’s path to the final was more straightforward, beating Valencia 4-2 thanks to a hat trick from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to complete a 7-3 win on aggregate. It adds up to a season of domination for English clubs in Europe, with Liverpool and Tottenham reaching the final of the Champions League this week by overturning three-goal aggregate deficits at various stages of their semifinals against Barcelona and Ajax, respectively. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The Europa League final will be staged in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 29. It is the first time since the 1972 UEFA Cup — when Wolverhampton Wanderers took on Tottenham — that two English teams squared off for the title in any of this competition’s various guises. Arsenal will likely need to win the game to get into next season’s Champions League as it probably won’t finish in the top four of the Premier League. Chelsea is already guaranteed a top-four finish heading into the final round of fixtures this weekend. HAZARD’S MOMENT If this was Hazard’s last touch of a ball at Stamford Bridge in a Chelsea jersey, he made it count. The Belgium forward has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid in the off-season after seven years at Chelsea, during which he has developed into one of the world’s most highly regarded players. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content “I don’t think about that,” Hazard said, when asked if it might have been his last home game for Chelsea. “I’m only thinking about winning something for this club and this squad. If it’s my last game, I will try to do everything for this club to win a trophy. In my mind, I don’t know yet.” Hazard set up Chelsea’s opening goal by Ruben Loftus-Cheek in the 28th minute with a perfectly weighted pass through Eintracht’s defence but otherwise was well shackled by the German team, which was looking to repeat its 1980 title win in the UEFA Cup — the precursor to the Europa League. Luka Jovic equalized on the night — and on aggregate — with his 10th goal of the competition, tying for top scorer with Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud. And Eintracht created the better chances in extra time, when substitute Sebastien Haller had two efforts cleared off the line first by David Luiz and then Davide Zappacosta. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Eintracht gained an early advantage in the shootout when Cesar Azpilicueta had an attempt saved by Kevin Trapp, leaving the visitors 2-1 ahead. But Kepa starred by saving Martin Hinteregger’s penalty with his knees after staying in the middle of his goal, before pushing aside Goncalo Paciancia’s shot. That presented Hazard with the chance to wrap up victory and he sent Trapp the wrong way. It was redemption for Kepa, who refused to follow the orders of manager Maurizio Sarri and be substituted at the end the English League Cup final against Manchester City in February. That match ended up going to penalties, too, and Chelsea lost. “Wembley is in the past and I learned from it,” Kepa said. “I said I was sorry but we always keep moving forward and today was another game.” Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Chelsea reached its first major final since the 2013 Europa League, which it won under Rafa Benitez. EMERY’S EXPLOIT Unai Emery was a three-time winner of the Europa League with Sevilla, from 2014-16. Now he’s got a chance of winning it again in his first season as Arsenal manager after becoming the first coach to get to the final of the competition on four occasions. Once again, it was the strike partnership of Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette that did the damage against Valencia, which took the lead in the 11th through Kevin Gameiro and initially swarmed all over Arsenal. But the complexion of the game changed when Lacazette flicked the ball on for Aubameyang to chest down and power a bouncing ball into the corner from outside the area in the 17th. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Lacazette collected a pass from Lucas Torreira, span his marker and curled home a finish to put Arsenal in the lead for the first time, only for Gameiro to equalize from close range eight minutes later. Aubameyang’s speed was a constant threat for Arsenal when he drifted onto the flanks, and he showed a turn of pace inside the area when he latched onto Ainsley Maitland-Niles cross from the right and slid home a finish from the edge of the six-yard box. The Gabon international completed his hat trick in the 89th minute by firing a shot into the roof of the net from an acute angle from Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s through-ball. There is guaranteed to be an all-English UEFA Super Cup in August in Istanbul, too. —— More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/apf-Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP–Sports —— Steve Douglas is at www.twitter.com/sdouglas80 Share this article in your social network Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Shopping essentials Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 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MANCHESTER, England — England became the first country to provide two finalists in both European competitions in the same season after Chelsea and Arsenal made it through to the title match in the Europa League on Thursday. Chelsea beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 in a penalty shootout at Stamford Bridge, after a second straight 1-1 draw between the teams in the semifinals. Eden Hazard converted the winning penalty, in what could be his final appearance at Stamford Bridge, after Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga saved two penalties. Arsenal’s path to the final was more straightforward, beating Valencia 4-2 thanks to a hat trick from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to complete a 7-3 win on aggregate. It adds up to a season of domination for English clubs in Europe, with Liverpool and Tottenham reaching the final of the Champions League this week by overturning three-goal aggregate deficits at various stages of their semifinals against Barcelona and Ajax, respectively. The Europa League final will be staged in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 29. Arsenal will likely need to win the Europa League to get into next season’s Champions League as it probably won’t finish in the top four of the Premier League. Chelsea is already guaranteed a top-four finish. EMERY’S EXPLOIT Unai Emery was a three-time winner of the Europa League with Sevilla, from 2014-16. Now he’s got a chance of winning it again in his first season as Arsenal manager after becoming the first coach to get to the final of the competition on four occasions. Once again, it was the strike partnership of Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette that did the damage against Valencia, which took the lead in the 11th through Kevin Gameiro and initially swarmed all over Arsenal. But the complexion of the game changed when Lacazette flicked the ball on for Aubameyang to chest down and power a bouncing ball into the corner from outside the area in the 17th. Lacazette collected a pass from Lucas Torreira, span his marker and curled home a finish to put Arsenal in the lead for the first time, only for Gameiro to equalize from close range eight minutes later. Aubameyang’s speed was a constant threat for Arsenal when he drifted onto the flanks, and he showed a turn of pace inside the area when he latched onto Ainsley Maitland-Niles cross from the right and slid home a finish from the edge of the six-yard box. The Gabon international completed his hat trick in the 89th minute by firing a shot into the roof of the net from an acute angle from Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s through-ball.