Arsenal vs. PSG: Score, Reaction from 2016 Champions League Match

Paris Saint-Germain took control of Group A in the UEFA Champions League, as they played out a pulsating 2-2 draw against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.  

The French champions started quickly and took a deserved early lead through Edinson Cavani. But Arsenal, at the end of a poor opening half, were back on terms thanks to Olivier Giroud’s penalty and then ahead after an hour following an own goal from Marco Verratti.

Lucas Moura levelled things up at 2-2 with 13 minutes remaining and Cavani could have won it for the visitors, but he spurned two routine chances.

With a superior goal difference and a home clash against Ludogorets Razgrad to come in their final game, the French champions are the big favourites to secure top spot.

PSG were missing several key players for this crucial fixture, although it was difficult to tell in the early stages, as the visitors dominated.

In the 18th minute, they added something tangible to their positive play. Blaise Matuidi energetically escaped the attentions of Shkodran Mustafi on the left flank and fizzed a low cross into the penalty area; as he so often does, Cavani was there ahead of his marker to put the French champions ahead.

It was Cavani’s 16th club goal of the season; as noted by Gunnerblog, PSG scythed through the Arsenal defence with ease before the striker added the finishing touch:

Of course it’s Cavani. We were pulled apart there.

— gunnerblog (@gunnerblog) November 23, 2016

Following the opener, the away side continued to control the game. Arsenal were limited to flurries in the final third, although were without the cutting edge that’s been so prominent in the Premier League. But at the very end of a frustrating half, the home …

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