Alexis Sanchez (c) celebrates after scoring Arsenal‘s equaliser.
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“Hopefully it won’t be our best performance this season, because I’ve seen team with a soul”, he said.
Koscielny praised Sanchez – who battled alone up front for an hour before Wenger made changes – and Ospina, who came in for Petr Cech for his first game of the season. His first goal is lovely, it’s a shame he does not score after.
It can not be overlooked, however, that PSG have reached the last-eight of the Champions League in each of the last four seasons and have won 10 and lost one of their last 17 home games in the competition. “It was a good game”. Even if they had an anxious time along the way. “He was isolated at times and in the second half it was easier for him”.
Al-Khelaifi said PSG were punished for not putting Arsenal away earlier. Serge Aurier got free down the right hand side, he whipped in a cross and Cavani got free at the near post to head in from close range.
That was the goal that PSG needed and it transformed the atmosphere in the ground.
17 mins: Arsenal have a measure of control until they lose possession and PSG threaten another break.
Paris Saint-Germain take on Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday.
“It’s all about having the confidence to score goals”. Ospina is a fantastic shot stopper.
He then saved from Di Maria after inadvertently setting up another PSG attack with a poorly-placed pass.
Edinson Cavani (Paris forward): “It’s not a disappointment”. That’s because as long as Alexis Sanchez is playing, they have a chance to win. His starting XI had to try to solve the same problems all over again. PSG are on fire here and Di Maria certainly looks in the mood. but so too do Aurier and Rabiot. PSG scored after 44 seconds (the fastest goal conceded by Arsenal in UCL) but many at least six clear chances to score a second goal.
Giroud’s entry in the 63rd minute helped the Gunners to finally settle down.
Giroud gave Arsenal a focal point, but could not fix their absent midfield.
After Ospina’s error last season, Wenger went back to Cech for Europe’s premier club competition and Nicolas doesn’t think Arsenal are a good enough side to constantly switch their goalkeepers about.
That should have been 6-0, but it was not.
The home side paid for their failure to kill off the game when Arsenal equalised in the 78th minute. Ozil found Alex Iwobi, whose shot was parried by Alphone Areola, his first real save of the game. The initial chance came to Iwobi, he hit it straight at the keeper, but it rebounded out to Alexis who smashed it into the bottom corner to make it 1-1.
Cavani was one-on-one with Ospina again after a few unlucky deflections from Arsenal, but the goalkeeper was brilliant as he rushed off his line to save.
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Olivier Giroud was shown a red card for an off-the-ball incident with Marco Verratti. Both men received their second bookings and both were sent off.
