Paris Saint-Germain played at the Emirates, they needed Gianluigi Donnarumma to produce one brilliant save and another even better one.
Arsenal team is as expected, with a single change from the first leg. Thomas Partey returns from suspension in place of Leandro Trossard, so Mikel Merino will move back into attack.
Jurrien Timber is fit to play at right-back after missing the weekend defeat to Bournemouth. Jorginho and Riccardo Calafiori return to the bench.
Arsenal (4-3-3) David Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Saka, Merino, Martinelli.
Substitutes: Neto, Setford, Tierney, White, Zinchenko, Trossard, Jorginho, Sterling, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji, Henry-Francis, Nwaneri.
quarter-final defeat by Bayern Munich boiled down to small details, finding a single late goal, adapting in the moment. This is what is required in Paris, as much as the result even, if only for evidence that this team can still develop and improve.
Inter v Barcelona last night.
The good news is that they don’t have to: last night was 50 shades of WTF, a match we’ll talk about forever, but all that really matters to PSG and Arsenal is reaching the final and keeping alive the chance to become European champions for the first time. Arsenal won’t care if they win 1-0 after extra time and then 1-0 on penalties.
PSG start as pretty strong favourites after their cool-headed victory at the Emirates. Before the first leg, Mikel Arteta asked the supporters to bring their boots; yesterday Declan Rice reminded his teammates to bring their balls, the bigger the better.
Arsenal have never won a European tie after losing the first leg at home, although they were effectively half a goal behind when they won away to Juventus in 1980. The winners will play Inter in Munich on 31 May. It’ll probably take the performance of a lifetime for Arsenal to get there. But as last night reminded us, in the knockout stage of the Champions League, pretty much anything is possible.
Kick off 8pm BST.
Source: theguardian.com
