Arsenal have been drawn to play PSG in a UEFA Champions League match on October 1st this is the first home game in Europe for the club this season.
Arsenal is aware that Mikel Arteta’s team only got to the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season, the first time the club had reached the competition since 2016/17 after they were ejected by Bayern Munich. The Gunners have taken this impressive domestic run into this season and have started the premier league campaign undefeated and had a recent 4-2 victory over Leicester.
However, European competition comes with different tests, and while Arsenal has improved under the stewardship of Arteta, they do not have the powerhouse of the Champions League group stage experience of PSG. So also witnessed in their game against Atalanta where they only managed a barren end in the opening match of the group stage match suggesting how tricky it is for domestic teams to transfer their form onto the continental level. Arteta now has the added hurdle of facing up against his former colleague Luis Enrique for the French giants.
Much earlier, Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber stated that he did not doubt that his side would be ready and able for the big game. The Ajax attacking midfielder and Dutch international, is confident the Gunners will be able to secure a vital victory at the Emirates Stadium.
Some of the players have had a taste of fighting in big games.” The Champions League is a bit different, but it is not as much of a difference to the major matches in the premier league,” Timber stated.
They do not require me to teach them how to go about these games. Let’s just play with guts, which means that we must continue to stick to what we do, the way we do it.
Timber also did not shy away from addressing the topic of the importance of getting rid of congested fixture programs He also admitted to the increasing concerns and stated that he was excited to have the opportunity to take the field consistently after injuries ended his 2023/24 season. It is arguably the best news for the former Ajax star, who has played the last six of the team’s last seven fixtures as a left back and right back in equal measures and was only benched in the EFL Cup against Bolton Wanderers.
Timber should continue starting in Arsenal’s line-up for this match against PSG with Arteta expected to maintain the same playing eleven that secured the victory against Leicester.
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