Arsenal’s play maker Declan Rice, says the Gunners are confident they can deliver something special by overturning the 1-0 first-leg deficit when they face Paris Saint-Germain in the French capital this Wednesday in the return leg of their Champions League semi-final match
Rice insisted that Arsenal are in Paris to make a statement. He said they want to get to the final and are ready to take the bull by the horns
PSG hold a 1-0 advantage coming into Wednesday’s match after Ousmane Dembele’s early goal gave them a narrow victory at the Emirates Stadium a week ago.
However, both Rice and Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta said they believed they could get the better of a side who have eliminated Premier League clubs in each of the last two rounds, knocking out Liverpool in the last 16 and Aston Villa in the quarter-finals.
The England star said Arsenal could rely on the experience of eliminating reigning European champions Real Madrid in Spain in the last round, when Arteta’s team won 2-1 to progress 5-1 on aggregate.
Arsenal have to win on Wednesday if they are to make it to Munich later this month for the Champions League final for the second time in the club’s history.
That means one player will need to step up and make the team heroes just as Rice did against Madrid in the last round.
Arteta, who used to play for PSG, said his side did not deserve to lose in the first leg and called on them to rise to the occasion once again by securing the Gunners’ first appearance in the final of Europe’s elite club competition since 2006.
(Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie)
