Arsenal boss told his players to use the 'frustration, rage and anger' created by their damaging 2-1 loss at home to on Saturday as fuel for their do-or-die semi-final. travel to Paris to play on Wednesday, .
The Gunners in order reach the final in Munich and they're now facing a fight to finish second in the , with only three points behind with four games to go. Despite taking a first-half lead through , Arsenal capitulated and have now lost 21 points from winning positions this term.
Arteta wasn't a happy man post-match, urging his players to respond in France. "We started the game and a lot of the things we wanted happened," the Gunners manager told .
"We should have killed the game and we didn't. On top of that if you defend your box in two set-pieces in the way we have done you're in big, big, trouble. We should have put the game to bed.
"We defended really poorly, nowhere near the standards that we are used to. We wanted to generate the momentum and a really positive vibe today - we haven't. What we have created is frustration, rage and anger - make sure we use that on Wednesday."
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Arsenal captain described the loss as a 'massive disappointment'. "I think we started the game pretty well - we got the goal and felt like we controlled pretty much everything, but they score and we lose control of the game," Odegaard explained.
"We never find the rhythm after that, it is too chaotic and too sloppy from us. The second half is not acceptable. We have to move on as we have a massive game coming up. We have to get ready for that and analyse this game as well.
"This is what we want - we want to compete in every competition. We wanted to come here and do a good game and win, but that wasn't the case. It is a massive game on Wednesday, but we have to use today to be ready and beat PSG on Wednesday."
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Bournemouth's hero on the night, Evanilson, was in better spirits after netting the winner and told : "We had really good preparation through the week. We managed to do everything that we practiced and we managed to get a very important win.
"The style of play, the intensity that we bring to the game really helps. Since I arrived the manager and team-mates have been very supportive of me."
Huijsen, who scored the equaliser, followed-up by saying: "First of all we knew that we have never got a point here and that motivated us more.
"We're a team that always give our all. It's a really important three points for us. In the first half with phases we were good. In the second half, we put more rhythm into the match and it worked."
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