Arsenal dumbfounded by Dembele, Donnarumma

Paris SaintGermain are leaving England on a high after Ousmane Dembelersquos early goal helped them beat Arsenal 10 in the first leg of their semifinal clash at the Emirates Stadium on TuesdayThe Parisians could have left London with a greater advantage had substitutes Goncalo Ramos and Bradley Barcola buried their late chances when Arsenal were pressing for an equaliserAlso ReadChelsea hope to avoid slipup vs DjurgardenPSGrsquos Ousmane Dembele celebrates his goal vs Arsenal on Tuesday PicAFPldquoIt was a great night We could have scored more but we are glad with 10 and we will do everything in our power to go to the finalrdquo PSG midfielder Vitinha saidThe Portuguese midfielder was a crucial cog for the visitors in the middle of the park as he helped pull the strings in a game that was largely dominated by PSGRapid start by visitorsLuis Enriquersquos side showed no hesitation in taking the game to Arsenal from the start Dembele opened the scoring in the fourth minute after he was left all alone in the area and was picked out by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for a firsttime finish that snuck in via the far postKvaratskhelia caused the Gunners plenty of problems throughout and had a penalty appeal turned down in the 17th minute and a shot saved by David Raya in the 26th The Arsenal custodian then made an even better save to thwart Desire Doue in the 31st minuteThereafter the Gunners grew into the game It took a monumental save from PSGrsquos Gianluigi Donnarumma to deny Gabriel Martinelli on the stroke of halftime while Mikel Merinorsquos header was ruled out for offside in the 50th minute The Italian made another excellent save to deny Leandro Trossard six minutes laterPSGrsquos subs fail to fireBarcola and Ramos both had chances to double PSGrsquos lead late on when sent clear through on goal But Barcola shot narrowly wide while Ramos rattled the crossbarEnrique was full of praise for his young side following the final whistle ldquoWe showed the kind of team we are We tried to play our way and scored the goal early playing the way we playrdquo Enrique saidMeanwhile Arteta expressed confidence in his teamrsquos ability to turn the tie around next week in ParisldquoWe have to go to Paris and win the game We are more than capable of doing itIf you want to be in the UCL final you have to do something special And we are going to need to do something special in Parisrdquo said ArtetaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params