Arsenal talking points

Arsenal bounced back from conceding a goal inside the first minute to draw their Champions League opener with Paris Saint-Germain thanks to an Alexis Sanchez second-half strike.

The Gunners had lost their first game of the competition in the past two years but came through a poor first half to take a point in the French capital.

Here we round up the talking points from the match…

Good result after shocking start

A 1-1 draw away to PSG – Arsenal’s main rivals for top spot in Group A – is a positive start to this season’s Champions League campaign. But the scoreline doesn’t tell the story of a frantic night for the Gunners.

The visitors were behind less than a minute into the match, had to survive a first-half onslaught from their hosts and then grabbed a dramatic late equaliser with 13 minutes remaining before both sides were reduced to 10 men.

There were just 42 seconds on the clock when Shkodran Mustafi lost Edinson Cavani in the box and looked on to see the Uruguayan head home the opener.

Arsenal’s unbeaten away record against French teams in European competitions seemed under threat as Unai Emery’s side poured forward, however, a change of personnel and tactics in the second half – coupled with some superb goalkeeping from David Ospina and wastefulness from Cavani – led to Alexis Sanchez’s equaliser.

One game in and, after Basel and Ludogrets drew by the same scoreline, Arsenal actually lead their pool. With Ludogrets at the Emirates next, they’ll hope to maintain that position, with the return fixture with PSG in November now key to determining the group winner.  

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