The Switzerland worldwide then performed admirably when brought on as a substitute for Arsenal’s Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night, adding stability and playing an important role in his side’s 1-1 draw.
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And Cavani accepts that Unai Emery’s men were not good enough in the final third.
“On what he delivered tonight, he has the right to stay in the team for the next Champions League game”.
In the closing stages, the substitute Olivier Giroud was sent off for a second yellow card for a bit of shoving off the ball with Marquinhos that spilled over inexplicably into Marco Verratti also getting a second yellow card from the Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai.
With their continual Champions League involvement, Arsenal would have been aware of what would be expected, but were still caught cold in the home side’s first attack of the match.
“When you start so badly against a team with such qualities, if you have no experience you can be caught out”. “It was a great game, but the result does not show what we did on the field. The players did well in terms of the football we were asking them to play”.
Arsene Wenger sprung a few surprise against the French champions but David Ospina will drop despite his heroics on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Alex Iwobi both started with Theo Walcott missing due to injury.
They can certainly compete, though I wonder if anyone will be able to catch Manchester City this season.
Wenger recently revealed he had turned down three separate approaches to become PSG manager, with France’s richest club known to have desired his services for several seasons. His first goal is lovely, it’s a shame he does not score after.
Then, with half-time approaching, he controlled a delightfully flighted pass into the box by Angel Di Maria only to tumble embarrassingly to the ground while attempting a spectacular finish with only the keeper to beat.
Arsenal really struggled to get control of the game, PSG pressed from the front with Cavani and Blaise Matuidi really making life hard for Arsenal to pass the ball around.
There was nothing he could do, though, to keep out the follow-up from Sanchez.
The Gunners have recovered well since an opening day 4-3 defeat to Liverpool at the Emirates in the top division, with a point away at Leicester and wins over Watford and Southampton.
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But in the end it was a point apiece as Giroud and Verratti were dismissed in stoppage time for an unsavoury off-the-ball incident.
