Arsenal's head coach Mikel Arteta challenged his players ahead of the Champions League second-leg clash against PSG.
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Arsenal's disappointment
The Gunners were beaten by the Parisians in the first leg of the tie 1-0, and need to beat the French champions in Paris to go through to the final.
Sandwiched between both games was the Premier League clash against Bournemouth, in which the Gunners met their 4th defeat of the season, as the Cherries came from a goal behind to beat Mikel Arteta's side.
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What Arteta said
After the match, the Gunners boss was asked if the loss would dampen their momentum ahead of the PSG game, and while he admitted that the defeat did not create the ideal sensations, he implored his players to use the rage and anger to their benefit instead.
"It didn't create the right momentum,” Arteta said. “It created a lot of anger, frustration, rage, and disappointment. Let's use all of that on Wednesday. That's what we have to do.
"We certainly wanted to create a really good vibe; a positive result would really help us to build what we wanted towards Wednesday. So what we have created now is a lot of rage, anger, frustration and a bad feeling in the tummy. So make sure that we use that for Wednesday to have a massive performance in Paris, win the game and be in the final."