UEFA Champions League

Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal, 2016-17 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

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  • 1': Edinson Cavani
  • Red Card 90'+3': Marco Verratti
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  • 77': Alexis Sánchez
  • Red Card 90'+3': Olivier Giroud

Arsenal salvage draw at PSG after conceding in first minute

Alexis Sanchez scored in the second half to help Arsenal salvage a 1-1 draw at Paris Saint-Germain, who were left to rue multiple missed chances.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Arsenal 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Serge Aurier with a cross.
  • 4': Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 7': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Alex Iwobi.
  • 8': Foul by Francis Coquelin (Arsenal).
  • 8': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 8': Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
  • 10': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross.
  • 12': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
  • 13': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by David Ospina.
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Serge Aurier (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 14': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Marquinhos.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Santiago Cazorla with a cross following a corner.
  • 21': Foul by Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 21': Santiago Cazorla (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 21': Santiago Cazorla (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Marquinhos.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Santiago Cazorla with a cross following a corner.
  • 23': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Serge Aurier.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Santiago Cazorla with a cross following a corner.
  • 24': Foul by Francis Coquelin (Arsenal).
  • 24': Grzegorz Krychowiak (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 25': Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 25': Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 26': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Maxwell.
  • 27': Foul by Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal).
  • 27': Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Shkodran Mustafi.
  • 29': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Ángel Di María tries a through ball, but Edinson Cavani is caught offside.
  • 33': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Héctor Bellerín.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 34': Foul by Francis Coquelin (Arsenal).
  • 34': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Shkodran Mustafi.
  • 38': Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 38': Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Serge Aurier.
  • 39': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi tries a through ball, but Ángel Di María is caught offside.
  • 42': Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Foul by Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal).
  • 44': Foul by Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal).
  • 44': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45': Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Arsenal 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Arsenal 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 1, Arsenal 0.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with a cross.
  • 47': Foul by Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 47': Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín.
  • 54': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Thiago Silva.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 60': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi tries a through ball, but Ángel Di María is caught offside.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Serge Aurier with a cross.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  • 63': Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  • 64': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Marquinhos.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Serge Aurier (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a through ball.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 70': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
  • 70': Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 71': Substitution, Arsenal. Granit Xhaka replaces Francis Coquelin.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
  • 71': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by David Ospina.
  • 73': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Serge Aurier tries a through ball, but Ángel Di María is caught offside.
  • 74': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thiago Motta replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  • 77': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
  • 77': Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
  • 77': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Arsenal 1. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 78': Delay in match David Ospina (Arsenal) because of an injury.
  • 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 79': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Javier Pastore replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak.
  • 81': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
  • 82': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
  • 82': Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Attempt saved. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  • 83': Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
  • 84': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thomas Meunier replaces Serge Aurier because of an injury.
  • 85': Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Mesut Özil.
  • 88': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
  • 88': Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  • 89': Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 90': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Shkodran Mustafi.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 90'+2': Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal).
  • 90'+3': Second yellow card to Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
  • 90'+3': Second yellow card to Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
  • 90'+5': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Nacho Monreal.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range misses to the left following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Arsenal 1.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 1
0 Offsides 4
7 Corner Kicks 11
3 Saves 2
47.5 Possession 52.5
10 SHOTS 11
3 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
423 Accurate Passes 496
511 Passes 562
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
8 Accurate Crosses 3
15 Crosses 21
0.5 Cross % 0.1
42 Long Balls 56
25 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 4
10 Effective Tackles 12
15 Tackles 19
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
0 Interceptions 0
15 Effective Clearances 14
24 Clearances 18

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 46,440

UEFA Champions League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Liverpool 8 +12 21
2 Barcelona 8 +15 19
3 Arsenal 8 +13 19
4 Internazionale 8 +10 19
Full Table

Line-Ups

PSG Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)

No. Name
16 Alphonse Areola (GK)
2 Thiago Silva
5 Marquinhos
17 Maxwell
19 Sèrge Aurier
4 Grzegorz Krychowiak
25 Adrien Rabiot
6 Marco Verratti Yellow Card
9 Edinson Cavani
14 Blaise Matuidi
11 Ángel Di María

ARS Arsenal (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 David Ospina (GK)
6 Laurent Koscielny
20 Shkodran Mustafi
18 Nacho Monreal
24 Héctor Bellerín
11 Mesut Özil
19 Santi Cazorla
34 Francis Coquelin Yellow Card
7 Alexis Sánchez
17 Alex Iwobi
15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

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