Shkodran Mustafi made his debut during the 2-1 win over Southampton on Saturday and I think the German worldwide will keep his place at the back tomorrow night. Mustafi had a solid game while Perez was unable to get involved much or provide any meaningful offense. Wenger was resting the two after the worldwide break to save them for their Champions League opener against PSG on Tuesday in what will be a tough match. “I think I have played over 170 games in the Champions League and it is the same every time, you want to do well in the next one and my personal case is not at stake in that at all”. “They adapted more in the second half”, he said.
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Adapting to the Premier League is always an underrated aspect of signing players from overseas. They were also nervous in the first half.
Arsene Wenger thinks his Arsenal squad is now much better equipped to make more of an impact in the Champions League. Both players have less than two years left on their current contracts.
“It’s very hard for my players, a big disappointment”, said Puel. It will be especially so for the new signing Shkodran Mustafi, as before last season with Valencia, who did not do too well and finished behind Zenit and Genk, he had just one Europa League appearance as a sub to his name. “So they are missing games”.
The two made their respective debut for the Gunners against Southampton with the German playing the full 90 minutes and the striker replaced after 62 minutes.
The team were booed off the pitch after losing 4-3 to Liverpool on the opening day of the season, and Wenger acknowledged that it was important that another disappointing result could have soured the mood further.
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.
“I had a lot of time to think about where to shoot my penalty, but I kept calm”, Cazorla told the BBC.
PSG begin their European campaign at home to Arsenal on Tuesday, and Verratti is hoping to see his side get off to a good start against their Premier League visitors.
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Koscielny suffered a nasty kick to the face in the build-up to the penalty but should play against PSG.
