The Uruguay striker headed in the opener after just 42 seconds at the Parc des Princes, but was wasteful in front of goal there after – including shooting wide after rounding goalkeeper David Ospina.
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The 23-year-old has started Arsenal’s last two games on the bench with Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin playing in central midfield, but Wenger has indicated the Switzerland global could play farther forward. I told the players at half-time that if we keep playing we will come back, because we could see if we had better possession we could score goals.
Ospina received criticism for his Champions League performances last season, when he made crucial errors against both Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos, but deserves credit for this response.
Petr Cech will return in goal for Arsenal at Hull City on Saturday after missing the 1-1 Champions League draw at Paris St Germain in midweek.
“He’s one of the best strikers in the world and Im not anxious”, said Khelaifi said of Cavani, who has always racked up the goals but also has a habit of conjuring breathtaking misses – he squandered two golden chances to increase PSG’s lead against Arsenal before the interval. “We have enough games to give them both games”.
“We can always change our minds”.
Arsenal were dominated for much of the match and were 1-0 down in the opening minute when Edinson Cavani headed home Serge Aurier’s cross.
Arsene Wenger shares a very good relationship with PSG and its hierarchy and Le Parisien have reported that the Frenchman decided against a pursuing Adrien Rabiot due to the same reason. “The first yellow card was very harsh, not even a foul”.
“We will do everything to get back to winning ways”.
In the first half, PSG were all over Arsenal, pressing high, looking solid and creating chances, unlike in their first league outings.
The former Nice shot-stopper single-handedly kept Arsenal in the game at times, and on three separate occasions he denied Edison Cavani from point-blank range. “We need to play like this in future”, insisted the Spaniard Emery, who refused to be critical of Cavani. In other words, a battering from another petro-dollar dynasty team with the old boy himself having tempted fate the night before by saying that this is his most experienced Arsenal team yet.
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Quarter-finalists in each of the last four seasons, PSG are next in Champions League action away to Ludogorets Razgrad in Bulgaria in a fortnight.
