The Uruguayan worldwide, so often linked with a move to the Premier League and the likes of Arsenal, missed a great chance when he shot wide having gone round ‘keeper Ospina with him also slipping at the prime time to miss another easy finish. “I have two world-class goalkeepers”, said Wenger afterwards. Ospina eventually agreed to stay provided that he would be guaranteed a certain amount of playing time over the course of the 2016/17 campaign. ‘This was a good match to show what I can do.
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Ospina made more than half a dozen saves, in particular from Edinson Cavani, and then Alexis Sanchez plundered an unexpected equaliser.
After last night’s heroics vs PSG, Ospina is certainly well-placed.
Celtic were well and truly welcomed back to the Champions League fold with a 7-0 thumping at the hands of Barcelona. I can give them both games.
Olivier Giroud and Marco Verrati both saw red in stoppage time due to an off the ball incident.
“I am happy with the work of the team”, said Emery, who led Sevilla to three successive Europa League titles.
Sanchez scored from a rebound against the run of the play after PSG keeper Alphonse Areola parried Alex Iwobi’s powerful shot, sparing the Gunners a third consecutive loss in their opening game in the competition.
He certainly seems to have the right attitude about it all and is doing very well considering his age and experience, so do you think we will see better finishing and more goals from Iwobi as the season goes on?
“We keep repeating it”, he told ITV. “It’s important to have clear rules”.
Arsenal will host Basel on September 28 in their next Group A Champions League game. “We created chances in the second half and it is a good point for us”. “I should have got it to be fair, but we were a little bit unlucky”. The two players were already on yellow cards, with the Arsenal striker receiving his first booking for remonstrating with the referee. “I made a small challenge on Verratti but he threw himself on to the ground”, Giroud said.
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PSG continued to push for a victor, but their frustration boiled over as Verratti and Giroud clashed off the ball in added time.
