“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.
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It was far from a vintage Arsenal performance but the draw in what was on paper their trickiest fixture leaves them well placed to win their group, something they have not done in the Champions League in five years.
Wenger surprisingly picked the Colombian ahead of Petr Cech for Tuesday’s group game at Paris Saint-Germain.
“I have two world-class goalkeepers”, Wenger said, per Sky Sports.
Le Prof said after the game: “I feel overall we played against a good Paris Saint-Germain team, who started much stronger than us”. But if you can not play… you can not keep as well two world-class goalkeepers that don’t get games.
Both sides ended with 10 men after the visitors’ French forward Olivier Giroud, who started on the bench, and PSG’s Italian midfielder Marco Verratti were shown their second yellow cards in stoppage time. Last season it was by 31 points, and while they’ve had a ticklish start this season, a fifth-straight title will surely arrive at some point next spring.
There was nothing Ospina could do as Cavani rose unmarked to head home Serge Aurier’s pinpoint cross.
“You could feel in the first half that if we pushed a little bit more that we could score”. I told the players at half-time that if we kept the ball, we’d come back because we were unsafe when we had good possession of the ball.
Emery added: “I’m not pleased with the result, but I’m pleased with the way we played”.
Monacos’ Radamel Falcao praised the performance of Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina during a their tight draw with PSG on Tuesdat night. “He has the right to train, to stay in the Champions League games”.
Walcott has been an ever-present for the Gunners this season, his renewed vigour has seen him secure a place in the starting line up.
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“It is a good draw and we can build on that but there’s a long way to go”. The Arsenal stopper was on hand again moments later to keep out Cavani after a couple of fortunate deflections put the striker through on goal. The second-half, however, saw them control the game more, but it was the home side that had more clear-cut chances.
