What Two PSG Threats Could End Arsenal’s Champions League Dream | OneFootball

Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain will go into next Tuesday’s first leg on the back of draws, but one Arsenal player says the team is expecting a much different showing against the French side.

PSG looked set for a win on Tuesday after Vitinha gave them a one-goal lead, but FC Nantes found an equalizer late to snatch a point from the newly crowned Ligue 1 champions.

Arsenal had a similar story on Wednesday, drawing 2-2 with Crystal Palace. The Premier League side were ahead but let the lead slip late, settling for a single point.

Charles Watts weighs in on Arsenal-PSG Champions League clash

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In his column for CaughtOffside, Arsenal insider Charles Watts named two players that the Gunners need to have under control if they want to advance past the capital club and reach the Champions League final.

“PSG are a very different team now to the one that was brushed aside so easily at the Emirates in October, but the way Arsenal physically dominated them that night was very comprehensive,” Watts wrote.

“Ousmane Dembele wasn’t playing in that game, however, and the French champions have added Khvicha Kvaratskhelia since then. Both of those players will be such a threat to Arsenal.

“They are the two that really worry me, but Arsenal are so good defensively and if the likes of William Saliba and Jurrien Timber can keep them quiet then Mikel Arteta’s side will have a very good chance of taking an advantage with them to France for the second leg.”

Following the draw against the Eagles, Arsenal forward Leandro Trossard told Sky Sports that he expects the team to play vastly differently than they did against Crystal Palace.

“It was just the basics sometimes,” Trossard told Sky Sports. “Not passing on the right foot or taking a touch too much. It was myself as well, I just wasn’t good enough and we need to raise this in the next few days. It will be good to have six days now and prepare for this [PSG] game with 100% focus. It will be a difference performance.”