Arteta calls on Arsenal players to use « rage » by Bournemut’s defeat as fuel for PSG Clash

Michel Arteta urged Arsenal players to use « anger, powerlessness, rage and disappointment » from his defeat in the Premier League by 2-1 in the Bournemut Premier League as fuel for the semi -final clash of the second leg of the Champions League against PSG.

Artillerymen travel to Paris on Wednesday, hoping to cancel a 1-0 deficit from the first game, but will enter the game from the back of the first ever loss of cherry home.

Decan Rice opened the result of his 100th appearance for Arsenal, but the goals of the second half by Dean Huyssen and Evanilson turned the game on their heads to give Bournem not only their first victory over Arsenal, but also their first dual league over the artillerymen.

Ends with defeat.

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The result maintains the country of Artette only three points in front of Manchester City in third place and raises the men of Andoni Irola, who chase European football next season, to eighth place in the table.

While the boss of Arsenal was left disappointed with his players, he insisted that he would have to use this anger as a motivation before the channel trip.

« We didn’t create the right positive impulse, » Arteta admitted.

« It certainly created a lot of anger, powerlessness, rage, disappointment, and let’s use it all for Wednesday.

“This is what we have to do”

Despite the defeat, a positive for the artette was that it seemed that all his players went through the match unharmed.

The chief of the artillerymen, however, remained tightly with the Jurrien Timber fitness, who missed the game by injury in the first game, but could return on Wednesday night.