And Paris Saint-Germain was already headed in Arsenal Saturday, as evidenced The very reworked starting composition Aligned by Luis Enrique in Strasbourg, the reverse was probably not reciprocal for the Gunners.
Opposed to Bournemouth as part of the 35th day of the Premier League, the players in northern London presented themselves with their standard team at the Emirates Stadium, Which did not prevent them from losing at homedespite the opening of Declan Rice’s score (1-2).
A scenario very little appreciated by Mikel Artetavery disappointed at a press conference after the final whistle. “We absolutely wanted to create a positive atmosphere,” said the Spanish technician to the media. A positive result would have really helped us build what we wanted for Wednesday “, day of the semi-final return of the Champions League between PSG and Arsenal, at the Parc des Princes.
“A bad feeling in the belly”
In the absence of a positive feeling, the former midfielder of the Gunners (2011-2016) hopes to be able to use the “rage” of the defeat to motivate his troops to go back their goal in Parisian land in three days. “What we have created now is a lot of rage, anger, frustration and a bad feeling in the belly. So we have to use it Wednesday to achieve a huge performance in Paris, win the match and participate in the Champions League final, “added the native of Saint-Sébastien.
Still not mathematically assured to finish in the top 4 of the England championship, and therefore to qualify for the Champions League next season, Mikel Arteta and his players occupy second place in the ranking with five points ahead of Newcastle, fourth.
Yet well off against Bournemouth, they were caught up in goals from Dean Huijsen (67th) and Evanilson (75th) despite the presence of the majority of the usual holders, with the exception of Jurriën Timber, very uncertain for the return round to the park, replaced on the right of the defense by Ben White.
The Gunners have not won since their success in Ipswich on April 20 in the Premier League (0-4), remaining on a series of three games without victory all competitions before approaching the shock against PSG.
