Mikel Arteta has urged his Arsenal players to turn their anger and disappointment from their Premier League defeat into motivation ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain.
Arsenal were beaten 2-1 at home to Bournemouth and Arteta was unhappy after the game, suggesting the team should have killed off the game in the first half.
Arsenal trail PSG 1-0 on aggregate following the first leg at the Emirates and must now produce a statement performance at the Parc des Princes if they are to reach the final in Munich.
“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,” Arteta said.
Arsenal had led through Declan Rice, who scored on his 100th appearance for the club after latching onto Martin Odegaard’s pass, but failed to capitalise on a dominant first half.
“We had spaces and big chances to score but we didn’t. When you concede from set-pieces it’s very difficult to get three points. “
Because we didn’t kill the game and we gave away too many easy balls. They (Bournemouth) ran and played really well on the counter-attack. หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ We had chances to kill the game but we didn’t. We gave them hope. “
We dropped points against Crystal Palace and Fulham because of set-pieces. That’s what we have to improve on. “
It doesn’t create momentum. It creates anger, frustration, frustration, frustration. We have to use that on Wednesday and that’s what we have to do.”