Arsenalare the only club standing in the way of PSG winning back-to-back UEFA Champions League titles.Moreover, the Parisians have been getting used to playing Premier League clubs andhave, for the most part, gotten the edge over them.
In the semifinal tie against Bayern Munich, PSG showed they can play a high-scoring match, as in the first leg, and a low-scoring defensive effort, as in the return leg.
Meanwhile, the Gunners likelydon’t want to get into a high-scoring final, given that they might not have the offensive firepower to go toe-to-toe with Luis Enrique and his team. In their semifinal matchup, Arsenal scored only two goals over 180 minutes to advance past Atletico Madrid.
Gary Neville Gives Two Factors for Arsenal to Beat PSG
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Despite not being the favorite in the final against the Ligue 1 side, SkySports’ Gary Neville identified a couple of factors that could propel Arsenal to Champions League glory over PSG later this month.
“In the Champions League final they need to think about their defensive ability and strength and think how they can over 90 minutes beat a team who are better than them,”Neville said (h/tTEAMtalk).
“Because PSG are better than them, youcan’t get away from that. PSG are a better team than Arsenal right now andthey’ve demonstrated that over the last two seasons.“
Moreover, Neville believes that Arsenal are riding a wave of momentum into this clash, as it appears they will win the Premier League title.
“Arsenal have got such momentum now,”Neville noted.“They beat Atletico Madrid, watched Man City drop points at Evertonand thenwinning at West Ham in that way.
“Winning it that way is far more specialthat winning the game 3-0, you’d love to win games easilybut thosetype of results build confidence, resilienceand momentum. The Arsenal players should be in dreamland now, they should be unstoppable, nothing should be able to stop them now.”