“I thought if I shot down the middle the keeper might go to one side”.
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The 44-year-old won the Europa League with Sevilla in each of the last three seasons but has no real track record in the Champions League.
Last season’s runners-up had beaten Watford in fine fashion before the global break, and manager Wenger handed debuts to Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez. ‘”Also, PSG is a good test for us because in France, they’re the team that’s always above everybody else”.
Petr Cech has suggested that Arsenal are playing like potential champions by picking up victories when they are far from their fluent best.
The French centre-back was voted Arsenal’s Player of the Month for August for his solid performances for the Gunners.
“I’ve been focusing on next game”.
“I think our reaction (to going behind) was very good, we got a goal back in the first half, we tried to push for the winning goal”.
For the last 16 years in succession PSG’s opponents Arsenal have reached the second stage of the competition, only to suffer the frustration of defeat in the first knockout round for six seasons in a row. The Premier League is extremely different to many European leagues – perhaps other than the Bundesliga a league that Perez has also never played in – and patience is needed with the striker’s development. We played the first 30 minutes fantastic. “Each has advantages and drawbacks, but PSG give me the chance to move out of my comfort zone”, Emery told UEFA.
“This is too much”, Puel said, avoiding criticizing Saturday’s referee.
“He is one of the most experienced players here, one of the longest-serving defenders and is one of our best players”, Wenger added when asked why the Frenchman is captaining the side in the absence of Per Mertesacker. We play in a championship, you look at the results over the weekend it’s very intense. He reverted to his native language three times to try to make his point, and stressed that managers need time to impose their philosophies on new teams, “though in football we are rarely given proper time”.
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Tuesday’s game will be the first time the clubs have met in the Champions League, although it was in Paris that the Gunners lost the final to Barcelona back in 2006. The team is ready, I think defensively we have had a few good performances so the team is up for it.
