Mark Langdon

Yes, it is going to be attack versus defence unless PSG score in sort of first or second minute and it sort of changes the rhythm of the game.

But I don't think Arsenal should be ashamed to play in a kind of cagey way.

I think it's the best way to try to beat PSG, you know,

buying tried to go toe-to-toe with them and you know that didn't um work out well for them and if you leave space for all of their quality players in behind like they'll just destroy you so you have to you do have to play sensibly um you do have to wait for your moments psg play a risky sort of game because they want to have the ball all the time so that there will be

opportunities for Arsenal to hit on the counter-attack they shouldn't feel ashamed at trying to win the game from set pieces they'll they'll have a clear um kind of advantage when it comes to throw-ins and corners and free kicks so play to your strengths uh I think this game is closer than what neutrals kind of or the way that I'm sort of hearing the game being spoken about um like

in betting odds, it's like 60-40 PSG-Arsenal.

And the way I'm hearing it being spoken about is if PSG are this dominant team that are just going to stroll to victory.

Now, if they play at their best, maybe they will win the game.

But I think it's a lot closer than, I suppose, the average person is assuming it will be.

Come on, I was the one that was telling everyone to calm down when people assumed Tottenham would be relegated.

I think, you know, the maths and the odds are very important to just kind of understanding the probability.

Yeah, so Fabio Ruiz, and there has been accusations that he kind of was not pushing himself to get back and kind of be ready earlier than maybe some of the Parisian-based journalists wanted him to be, and he was getting criticism.

for that.

Ousmane Dembele went off in the last league game a couple of weeks ago, but has returned to training.

Hakimi also returned to training late this week, but whether that's enough to start a Champions League final, hard to say at the moment.

And

I think from sort of Arsenal's point of view, I would play Kai Havertz rather than Jokeres up front.

I just think that neither is going to get great change out of what is a very strong centre-back pairing of Marquinhos and Pacho.

And

If I was Arteta, I would want the extra kind of midfield body because you don't want that midfield three of PSG getting into a rhythm, Neves, Vitinha and Ruiz, because if they do, they have these spells 15, 20 minutes where you feel like you just can't get near them and you kind of have to disrupt that as much as you can.