Mikel Arteta commented on the preparation of his side ahead of their tough Champions League clash against PSG. He also gave updates on the injury plague troubling the team. Arsenal’s first Champions League clash was against Atlanta and it was a narrow draw. The Gunner nearly saw defeat in the game. However, David Raya’s penalty save gave them a much-needed one point at the end of the game. Ahead of them in the UCL is a big clash against Ligue 1 Champions PSG at the Emirates.
Mikel Arteta will hope his side can stand up to expectations playing this PSG side who is very difficult. A win will be very crucial for the Gunners as it will take them closer to the top 8
Arsenal vs PSG: Preview
The Gunners will host a dangerous PSG side. Arsenal is still going to be without their talisman Martin Odegaard and also without their new signing Mikel Merino. Arteta will be planning on using the best of his squad against PSG and hope to avoid further injuries.
PSG who will be visiting will be without Ousmane Dembele due to some personal issues of the player, however, there are still a lot of attacking threats in the PSG team that Arsenal will need to worry about. From Bradley Barcola, Zaire-Emery, Kang in Lee, and Kolo Muani. Mikel Arteta will hope his quality defense can handle the pace and explosiveness of those players. Mikel Arteta speaking on the fitness of certain players believes that as the day passes by there will more information on the fitness of his unfit and injured players.
Mikel Arteta on Players’ Fitness
Arteta was unable to give much answer on the issue of his players’ fitness. But he however believes as time goes by, there’ll be more information on whoever is available or not. The Spaniard said: “No news, we have a training session this afternoon and we have to review a few players, but overall, especially [anyone] returning, there’s nothing to give back.”
He continued on the state of Calafiori and Ben White’s fitness. And he said: “Those are the two players that are in contention and we have to review today. We didn’t do any training sessions yesterday, [Riccardo] was a bit emotional after the game, so let’s see how he is today.”
Mikel Arteta on the UCL Experience
The Spaniard also spoke about the anticipation of their first home game in this year’s Champions League. And he said: “Everybody is looking forward to it. We missed it for several years, and last year was the first one after so many years that we had the experience to do it. The group stage is a bit different this season and the opposition we are going to face tomorrow is probably at the highest level that you can face in European football. But honestly, it’s a good opportunity for us to see how we deal with these nights, how prepared we are, and how we can impose ourselves in this kind of context.”
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