Mikel Arteta wants Arsenal to turn anger from loss to Bournemouth into positive in Paris
Mikel Arteta has challenged his squad to turn the frustration of losing to Bournemouth 1-2 into a positive when the gunners face PSG for Champions League semifinal 2nd leg
- LONDON — Mikel Arteta has challenged his squad to turn the frustration of losing
to Bournemouth 1-2 into a positive when the gunners travel to France next week
for Champions League semifinal second leg.
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- Preparations for Wednesday's second leg of the UEFA
Champions League semi-final at Paris Saint-Germain hardly went to plan for
Arsenal, who suffered another disappointing home result.
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- Second-half goals from Huijsen and Evanilson cancel out
Declan Rice's opener as Cherries earn first win at Emirates Stadium on Saturday
night.
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- "We really wanted to create a very different vibe,
atmosphere, and energy to go to Paris. But we certainly created a lot of
frustration, anger, disappointment, and it's the time now to show our courage,
our resilience, and go there using everything that we're feeling right now to
put an amazing performance there and win the game and be in the final, Arteta
was quoted by Arsenal website.
- “That fire in your belly now has to be there, and it's time
to step up in Paris and have an amazing match and win it.”
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- Speaking about the defeat against Bournemouth, which marked
Arsenal's our fourth in the Premier League this season, Arteta said, “We're
disappointed with the result, especially after the way we started."
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- “We scored the first goal, and after that we had four or
five really big opportunities to kill the game, and we didn't take them. And on
top of that, we defended the goals really poorly for both set-pieces and
against any team in the Premier League, it's difficult. Especially against a
team like Bournemouth, they are really good at that. They're going to punish
you, and they did punish us."
