Arsenal vs PSG live: French champions seize advantage with 2-2 draw as Lucas Moura goal dents Gunners' hopes
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal saw their chances of finishing top of Group A in the Champions league dealt a blow after they drew 2-2 with Paris Saint-Germain, putting the French league champions in pole position for top spot unless the Gunners can better PSG's result in their finals group fixtures. Re-live the action here..
- Arsenal 2-2 Paris Saint-Germain
- Edinson Cavani puts PSG ahead before Olivier Giroud penalty levels scores
- Marco Verratti own-goal gives Arsenal lead in the second half
- Lucas Moura equalises to see points shared
- Arsenal need to better PSG's result when they face Basel in two weeks' time
- A win for PSG over Ludogorets will guarantee them first place
- Teams:
- Arsenal: Ospina; Jenkinson, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs; Coquelin, Ramsey; Sanchez, Ozil, Iwobi; Giroud.
- Subs: Cech, Monreal, Gabriel, Xhaka, Elneny, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott.
- PSG: Areola; Meunier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Maxwell; Verratti, Krychowiak, Thiago Motta; Lucas, Cavani, Matuidi.
- Subs: Trapp, Kimpembe, Ben Arfa, Jese, Nkunku, Augustin, Ikone.
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Today’s Champions League fixtures
Group A:
Arsenal vs PSG
Ludogorets vs Basel
Group B:
Besiktas vs Benfica
Napoli vs Dynamo Kiev
Group C:
Borussia Monchengladbach vs Manchester City
Celtic vs Barcelona
Group D:
FC Rostov vs Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid vs PSV Eindhoven
52 mins: A glaring error from Koscielny sees him try to take on Lucas, and lose. The Brazilian steals the ball, and Koscielny compounds the error by sliding in and missing the ball. He concedes a free-kick about 30m out...off the bar! Lucas curls an effort onto the top of the crossbar and Arsenal breath a sigh of relief.
54 mins: Now Gibbs concedes a foul out wide and gets a telling off from the referee, who booked Koscielny for that last challenge. Arsenal have gone to sleep here, but they get a chance to break when Sanchez is released and Verratti drags him down to the ground to stop the counter. That earns him a booking.
57 mins: Cavani gets a chance to break and he works the ball onto his right foot. He lines up a shot, but Koscielny races out and gets the block in. Arsenal counter, and Sanchez's header is just flicked behind. Giroud gets the rebound but his shot is poor, but Arsenal come again and win a corner. This game has just come alive.
59 mins: The corner is cleared with Giroud lurking, and a second corner also finds a man in blue to head clear. Coquelin then gives the ball away but Koscielny is quickly there to intercept and ease the danger...GOAL FOR ARSENAL!
60 mins: It's a calamity, and the home fans love it. The ball is sprayed wide to Jenkinson, and his low cross causes panic. It falls to Ozil who shoots but it's a wayward effort. He gets lucky though, as Marquinhos strikes it forward straight into teammate Marco Verratti, and he diverts it back and straight into his own net. 2-1.
62 mins: That's livened up the crowd! It's an impressive turnaround from Arsenal, and they could easily have gone behind in those first 10 minutes after the break. They're not out of danger though as they cannot afford a 2-2 draw, and Cavani shows there's still life yet in PSG when he let's go of a shot from distance, though it's not a good one. He's nearly through on goal less than a minute later though, and claims for a penalty after contact from Koscielny. No penalty, and it's probably the right decision.
65 mins: A floated cross just evades Cavani and Ospina, buit PSG get the corner after it was deflected. Lucas delivers and again it's not great defneind, but it's clear. Sanchez picks it up and triggers a counter, but Giroud gives the ball away in midfield. Lucas plays a quick ball over the top, although Cavani is a mile offside and rightly flagged. PSG boss Unai Emery makes his first attacking change, with Hatem Ben Arfa on for Krychowiak.
70 mins: Lucas makes a surging run into the Arsenal half and both Ramsey and Gibbs look to have a swipe at him before thinking better of it. There's a first sign of frustration from PSG when Motta lets fly from about 35 yards out, and it's a terrible effort.
72 mins: Arsenal are living dangerously here and and it takes a good touch from Jenkinson to knee the ball out of Matuidi's path at the far post. The danger signs are there though, with PSG dominating possession at the moment.
74 mins: Verratti is caught in possession by Giroud and the striker wrestles it off him to allow Ramsey to pick the ball up. He gives it back to Giroud who plays it around the Italian and feeds Sanchez. He lofts a delightful ball to the back post where Ramsey is rushing in, but it's just too far and goes out for a goal kick. PSG then immediately come up the other end, and Ospina does well to smother a Lucas cross that's heading towards Cavani.
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