Wenger Breaks Silence On PSG-Arsenal Second Leg Clash 

Former Arsenal boss, Arsène Wenger, has said the team has an “advantage” over Paris Saint-Germain ahead of their Champions League semi-final second leg on Wednesday.

According to Wenger, the Gunners have no “mental problem” to contend with.

PSG won the first leg of the tie, beating Mikel Arteta’s men 1-0 at the Emirates last Tuesday.

Ousmane Dembélé netted the only goal of the game in the 4th minute to silence the home supporters.

Arsenal, however, had chances to draw level and were twice stopped by Gianluigi Donnarumma, who kept out Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard either side of half-time.

Bradley Barcola and Gonçalo Ramos both spurned chances of their own to increase the deficit in the closing stages.

The Ligue 1 champions are likely to be without Dembélé for the second leg. The French winger was also out of the squad when they lost 2-0 to Arsenal earlier in the season.

Wenger believes it would be “against the DNA” of PSG to simply protect their lead.

He told beIN Sports: “What is interesting in the Champions League, when you go away and home, is every time before you start the game in the second leg, you have a mental problem to resolve.

“The advantage for Arsenal is the mental problem is easy. They have to go and play and win.

“The mental problem for PSG is: do we play to win this game or do we play to protect our advantage and get them playing on the counter-attack, knowing you have to be very clear in your message to the team.”