Iwobi missed a late chance to win it for the North London outfit with the game coming to a freakish conclusion and finished with 10 men on each side after Olivier Giroud and Marco Verrati were sent off for an off the ball altercation.
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Ospina again came out on top as Cavani burst through the Arsenal defence and attempted to round the 28-year-old, while play swung to the other end where Areola foiled Iwobi as Arsenal searched for an unlikely victor. Against Paris Saint-Germain though, the two looked like they’d never played together, and Coquelin, the more defensive of the two, was often caught inexplicably high up the pitch.
He said: “I was very surprised by the behaviour of Verratti”. There was late drama as Arsenal substitute Olivier Giroud tangled with Marco Verratti in an off-the-ball incident which saw them both sent off by referee Viktor Kassai.
‘Hopefully we pick a better side for the next game, but if they continue in that vein…well, it’s not filling me with great confidence.
“It was a great game, but the result does not show what we did on the field”.
John Hartson believes Edinson Cavani’s profligacy in front of goal was the only reason Arsenal claimed a draw against PSG on Tuesday night.
The Uruguay global opened the scoring inside the first minute with an excellent header from an inch-perfect Serge Aurier cross, but went on to miss numerous big chances during the rest of the encounter.
Cavani then spurned two glorious opportunities to put clear daylight between the sides.
In typical Wenger-style, when asked if that made Ospina the No 1 for European nights, the Frenchman said: “I would not like to answer that question because we can always change our mind”.
“We also benefited from the fact PSG were not as good in the second half”.
The first goal was a body blow to Arsenal’s chances and it reeked of naivety and innocence, not experience and wisdom.
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Ospina had been very serious this summer with his desire to leave Arsenal, with notable approaches from Turkey and Everton. Marquinhos then nearly snatched a win for PSG in added time, but his header flew wide.
