Olivier Giroud and the hosts’ Marco Verratti were sent off in stoppage time but, while the Hungarian official’s decision to flash second yellow cards at both those players prompted widespread bemusement, Wenger could rejoice in Ospina having proved his pedigree. He showed what he’s about tonight.
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With Arsenal’s Champions League group including Paris St-Germain, Basel and Ludogorets, the London club will be delighted to have gained a point in Paris with arguably the most hard game of the group stages now out of the way.
“But if you can not play… you can not keep as well two world-class goalkeepers that don’t get games”.
‘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.
“I think it’s a good point but we came here with our ambition and we wanted to have the three”, Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny said.
“I have two world-class goalkeepers”, Wenger said. I know we have enough games to give them games.
Areola then pushed away Iwobi’s attempt as the game opened up in the closing stages, but the end was marred by an unsavoury incident which saw both Giroud and Verratti dismissed.
“I was really surprised at his behaviour”.
‘To get a goal as easy as PSG did in the first 46 seconds, I couldn’t believe it.
Arsene Wenger confessed he had not seen the coming together which led to the dismissals but told both players to protest their innocence to referee Viktor Kassai.
“When you start so badly against a team of that quality you need experience”.
Emery, under pressure after a poor start to the season, made a number of changes to his team too, including recalling Serge Aurier in defence, and the Ivorian was the source of the early opener.
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“In the second half we played higher, and after the kick-off in the second half we had a good chance to come back, which we did”. Arsene Wenger’s charges could have taken all three points back to London but Areola saved Iwobi’s effort after being put through by Sanchez.
