I’m 44, quite young, and trying to learn still – I’ve been speaking with the best coaches in Europe over that time and that includes Wenger. “They’re a team with a lot of good, technically proficient individual players”.
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He claims that the pair were slightly overwhelmed by the pace of the Premier League on their debut on Saturday and he will consider whether it is right to play them again so soon.
It might be the best time to play the Ligue 1 champions as they are still gelling under new manager Unai Emery. The Brazil global has not played for his club since a pre-season friendly against Real Madrid but Emery is keen for him to be involved. We had a bad start because we lost our first game to Dinamo Zagreb, and after we had a hiccup at home to Olympiakos.
PSG were also involved in late drama in their weekend game, although it went against them.
“When you lose your first home game you can not afford to drop points in your second home game because it creates a little bit of an anxiety level at home, and that’s not what we want”, he said.
While Arsenal are now sixth in the table, Southampton are in the relegation zone with just two points from four games, but Puel refused to be downbeat.
The report states that Koscielny was present during first-team training today despite taking a heavy blow to the face in the final minutes of Arsenal’s win against Southampton on Saturday. “One thing I’ve noticed recently, having seen him [Wenger] on the touchlines, is that he likes his strikers to make runs beyond opposition defenders”, Keown stated. “I thought if I shot down the middle the keeper might go to one side”.
The Gunners are in France ahead of Tuesday’s opening group fixture against Paris Saint-Germain, which comes off the back of two straight wins in the Premier League.
Koscielny suffered a nasty kick to the face in the build-up to the penalty but should play against PSG. He’s with a doctor now.
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If Wenger thinks Cazorla may need a rest then Mohamed Elneny is pushing for a recall or he could stick with Francis Coquelin but I still think we’ll see the little maestro keep his place.
