“He has a knee problem”, Wenger said.
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“He showed his detractors, those who doubted him, that he is a very good goalkeeper”.
Iwobi broke onto the scene last season when he started away to Barcelona in the Champions League before scoring in his first two Premier League stars.
It is the second time in consecutive seasons that Giroud has been sent off in Arsenal’s opening Champions League group-stage game following his dismissal in 2015-16’s defeat to Dinamo Zagreb.
“The first chance I had I thought I was going to score [too], but I was just lucky Alexis put it away and I was just happy we were able to get a goal and come back into the game”.
Asked if Ospina will only feature in Europe, Wenger replied: “I’ll not answer that question”.
“I have two world-class goalkeepers”, Wenger said.
Angel di Maria’s’s corner in the 13th minute almost caught out Ospina, but the 28-year-old, who made an error against Olympiakos in last season’s competition, got back to tip the ball over the crossbar.
“They made changes to adapt to us and we have made changes to stop them from playing too”.
Arsenal legend Lee Dixon has ripped into Arsene Wenger’s defence, saying: “they don’t know what they’re doing”. “It’s down to performances”.
Arsenal’s next Champions League match is at home to Basel on September 28.
Arsenal’s defensive shortcomings have been highlighted by a former player and TV pundit following their “fortunate” 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Deep into added-on time, both teams were reduced to 10 men after Marco Verratti and Giroud picked up second yellow cards for an off-the-ball incident before PSG very almost won it with the last action of the game as Marquinhos headed wide from close range. With Petr Cech showing greater susceptibility at the near post in recent times, it may be worth a punt to put Ospina in goal for the Premier League matches, if only to just hand the Czech Republic global a reality check.
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“Being on a yellow card, I didn’t want to make waves”, the France global said, as quoted by the Daily Star.
