Arteta urges Arsenal players to use “anger” as fuel for PSG clashes in Bournemouth failure

Mikel Arteta called on his Arsenal player to beat Bournemouth’s 2-1 Premier League “anger, frustration, anger and disappointment” as a clash with PSG in the second leg of the Champions League semifinals.

The Gunners headed to Paris on Wednesday to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg but will enter the game behind the Cherries who lost their first ever home.

Declan Rice scored in Arsenal’s 100th game, but Dean Huijsen and Evanilson’s second-half goals set the game apart, not only Bournemouth won not only for Arsenal, but their first league doubled the Gunners’ victory.

It ends with failure.

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The result put Arteta only three points ahead of Manchester City in third place, while the man who chased European football next season was eighth on the table.

When the Arsenal owner was frustrated by the players’ performance, he insisted that they needed to use this anger as motivation before traveling the entire channel.

“We are not creating the right positive momentum,” Arteta acknowledged.

“It certainly caused a lot of anger, frustration, anger, disappointment, let’s use all of that on Wednesday.

“That’s what we’re going to do”

Despite the failure, one of Arteta’s must be that all his players seemed to pass the game unscathed.

However, the Gunners owner remained silent about Jurrien Timber’s fitness, who missed the game because of a first leg injury but could return Wednesday night.