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Trophy-hungry Arsenal will end one more season without any silverware after losing 2-1 and 3-1 on aggregate to Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League at Parc des Princes on Thursday, failing in their bid to become only the third team in the tournament’s history to reach the Champions League final after losing the first leg of its semifinal at home. Although Arsenal’s play was good throughout the semifinal in both legs, they lost both matches to a rock-solid PSG. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believed Arsenal were the better side. “I think so (the better team lost). Especially for 160 minutes. They (PSG) told us,” he said, referring to PSG admitting it, too. “It was a case of the most of the performance was there, but just the finishing of the chances wasn’t.” ...

Arsenal hosted Paris Saint-Germain in the first game of the UEFA Champions Legaue semifinals on Wednesday. Coming on the back of a 5-1 thumping of Real Madrid across both legs in the quarter-final, momentum was on Arsenal’s side. PSG, on the other hand, had narrowly scraped past a resolute Aston Villa to make it to the next round. Despite the head-to-head record favoring Arteta’s side and a 2-0 win over their opponents in the earlier part of the UCL season in the league stage, the Gunners were second best in front of their own fans. Former Barcelona man and PSG winger Ousmane Dembele opened the scoring for the visitors in the 4th minute, giving PSG the upper hand. If Arsenal were the defensive maestros against Madrid, it was now PSG’s turn to frustrate their hosts. Arsenal’s attack, compri...

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‘The better team lost, PSG told us’: Arsenal manager Arteta after UCL semis loss to Paris St. Germain

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