Paris Saint-Germain will return to the French capital with a one-goal lead after edging 1–0 on Tuesday night time within the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal at Emirates Stadium.
The Ligue 1 aspect wasted little time discovering the breakthrough. Ousmane Dembélé opened the scoring within the fourth minute, ending off a slick transfer he helped create.
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Dembélé switched the ball vast to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who darted into the field and whipped in a cutback with the skin of his proper foot. Dembélé pounced, guiding a low shot off the publish and into the online.
Arsenal appeared to have drawn degree in a while, however the objective was disallowed after a VAR test, leaving PSG with the higher hand going into the return leg in Paris. Nonetheless, the Gunners may have one difference-maker again of their beginning 11 for the return leg, Thomas Partey.
Did Arsenal miss Thomas Partey?
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Following the first-leg loss to PSG, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta spoke to Amazon Prime, and one of many questions he answered was about lacking Thomas Partey.
“I believe Declan [Rice] and Mikel [Merino] have been huge,” Arteta mentioned (h/t ). “He provides choices and a distinct menace. It provides us flexibility to alter the sport. It’s half-time and now we have an enormous likelihood to be within the last.”
