da cassino online： If anything, the performance we saw from Arsenal in their Champions League game was very much what we’ve come to expect from the Gunners in recent years.
da dobrowin： They were on the back foot for the entirety of the game against PSG in France but thanks to a second-half strike from Alexis Sanchez, Arsene Wenger’s men came away with a fantastic 1-1 draw. The French champions had plenty of chances to put Arsenal to bed, but failed to capitalise on their dominance throughout.
And whilst a point away from home against the toughest team in the group is a massive plus for Arsenal, other teams in the tournament will ruthlessly expose the shortcomings that we saw on Tuesday evening.
So with that in mind, if Arsenal are to enjoy any sort of Champions League success this season, they must do these three things.
Football FanCast author Hayden Atkins takes us through three things Arsenal must do to improve their chances of Champions League success…
Tighten up at the back
Nothing was more apparent in the game than Arsenal’s complete inability to defend. Credit the Gunners, they somehow hung on with a mixture of luck and goodwill but when the equaliser came, their defensive game was completely wrong.
The Arsenal midfield – the likes of Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla just didn’t close down quickly enough and it left Marco Verratti to enjoy yards of space infront of him for the whole game.
If Arsenal don’t tighten up, then the best teams will take advantage of them – think of Barcelona’s crushing of Celtic.
Sort out the imbalance in the team
For the whole of the game in France, Arsenal just seemed unbalanced throughout. There was something missing, an anchor perhaps, or a player that can really hold the fort in the middle of the park.
Even when Granit Xhaka came on it felt rather hectic off the ball and it’s an imbalance that needs to be sorted extremely quickly. Arsenal have a whole wealth of exciting, attacking talent – we know that, but if they don’t have the scrappers that can do the ugly side of the game, it’s not going to work for them in Europe this season.
We need to have more faith in their goalkeepers
Whilst Arsenal keeper David Ospina made some fantastic saves to keep the likes of Edinson Cavani and Angel di Maria at bay, it was still evidently clear that not all Gunners fans have total faith in David Ospina.
He was forced into a series of blocks after sloppy play from the defenders in front of him and he made a fantastic save from a Di Maria corner. But he was rash coming of his line at times and was lucky to see Cavani miss a handful of efforts the Uruguayan really should have scored.
He just needs to sure up a little and really instil a sense of confidence between the sticks. He wasn’t the biggest problem on the night for the Gunners.