Arsenal To Use 'anger And Rage' Of Bournemouth Loss Against Psg

What Arsenal needed earlier nan biggest crippled successful their caller history was momentum.

What they didn't request was a full-strength broadside going down to a first-ever location conclusion by Bournemouth.

Unfortunately for Mikel Arteta that is what happened arsenic nan Gunners' preparations for Wednesday's pivotal Champions League semi-final 2nd limb astatine Paris St-Germain were dealt a rustle by Saturday's 2-1 nonaccomplishment to nan Cherries.

Arsenal's aspirations for nan remainder of this run remainder wholly connected occurrence successful Europe, and they caput to nan French superior needing to overturn a 1-0 nonaccomplishment from nan first leg.

That task looks moreover harder now, aft Bournemouth battled backmost from Declan Rice's opener pinch 2 goals successful nan 2nd half, but Arteta believes specified a nonaccomplishment could yet activity successful their favour.

"It didn't create nan correct momentum," he said. "It created a batch of anger, frustration, rage, disappointment.

"Let's usage each of that connected Wednesday. That's what we person to do."

For a start, nan Gunners request to beryllium amended astatine defending set-pieces.

While they were acold from astatine their champion against Bournemouth they were successful power of nan game, arsenic nan visitors did not negociate a changeable connected target for nan first hour.

But their first specified effort resulted successful an equaliser arsenic Dean Huijsen headed successful from Antoine Semenyo's agelong throw.

A set-piece was again Arsenal's undoing for nan victor arsenic a area was flicked connected to nan acold station for Evanilson to bundle in.

Of nan goals Arsenal person conceded this play 38.7% person travel from set-piece situations - nan astir successful nan English apical flight.

Arsenal person to people connected Wednesday and past someway support retired a PSG broadside that has scored a league-high 42 goals successful 16 Ligue 1 games astatine location truthful acold this season.

In their past 5 Premier League games Arsenal person taken nan lead, but successful 4 of those games they grounded to clasp connected to that advantage.

In full they person dropped 21 points from winning positions successful nan Premier League this season, their joint-most successful a azygous run (also 21 successful 2019-20).

The different interest to originate from Saturday's conclusion was that aft Bournemouth took nan lead successful nan 75th minute, nan Gunners did not negociate a azygous effort connected aliases disconnected target.

"At nan minute, looking astatine that you conscionable cannot spot it [Arsenal beating PSG]," erstwhile West Ham goalkeeper Rob Green said connected BBC Radio 5 live.

"You return Declan Rice retired of nan equation of this squad and you've sewage a group of players bereft of assurance and ideas connected really to people goals and person an incisive edge.

"There's activity to do and truthful small clip to do it."

For nan immense mostly of nan play Arsenal were Liverpool's main challengers for nan Premier League title, but their disappointing tally of shape precocious intends they are clinging connected to 2nd place.

They are 3 points up of Manchester City successful third, but if Newcastle hit Brighton connected Sunday that spread will beryllium down to two.

Should Chelsea, who are fourth, triumph astatine location to Liverpool and fifth-placed Nottingham Forest triumph astatine Crystal Palace connected Monday past they will beryllium 4 points behind.

With 3 games to spell that would mean a decorativeness successful nan apical 4 could beryllium nether threat for nan Gunners - conscionable arsenic good that this clip nan apical 5 will unafraid Champions League shot for adjacent season.

"Are nan wheels disconnected astatine Arsenal?" ex-Premier League striker Chris Sutton said connected BBC Radio 5 live.

"They are having a awesome wobble, aren't they?"

It whitethorn not beryllium rather arsenic melodramatic arsenic that, but Arteta knows nan Gunners request to beryllium much-improved from their caller performances to debar their play fizzling retired moreover much than it is already threatening to do so.

"We person a batch to do, yes, because mathematically we are not qualified [for nan Champions League]," he said.

"We haven't had nan correct to decorativeness 2nd yet, truthful we still person a batch to do."