The Colombian was not expected to start at the Parc des Princes, but was drafted in ahead of Petr Cech and performed admirably, eventually winning his duel with PSG striker Edinson Cavani, who had headed the hosts ahead inside a minute.
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Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud has expressed his frustration after he was sent off alongside PSG’s Marco Verratti.
Arsene Wenger spoke in the last week about the maturity of his squad and they certainly showed their steel to take a share of the spoils from a game they could easily have lost by a significant margin.
“We have a rule that the keepers know (when they will play)”, he added. “Overall, I think it was a good result to come here and not lose and pick up a point”. It was the first game and we must continue to play like we showed. The second one, I didn’t understand why Verratti got down on the grass. “I was really surprised at his behaviour”. 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.
“It is too early to say that (Arsenal can win the Champions League) but I have a big confidence in this group and if we keep going, working hard all together, I think we can achieve our target. We got a good point”.
“Afterwards, Marquinhos pushed me from behind and after another time on the ground”. I got booked – the first yellow card was not a foul. “I didn’t see”, the Arsenal boss said. Diego Simeone on the other hand has built a project at Atletico and made them a more competitive side alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona, leading them to domestic success as well as positioning the club as a major European force.
“Being on a yellow card, I didn’t want to make waves”, Giroud said. Olivier is honest so I believe him. About Cavani? I trust him, he creates opportunities. “I would have preferred to start, but physically I am still not quite there, as the coach has told me”.
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Both players had already been booked previously, and referee Viktor Kassai sent both players off after they clashed off the ball.
