Mikel Arteta has suggested he won't be resting Bukayo Saka for their upcoming Premier League games as they prepare for their Champions League showdown against Paris Saint-Germain.

Both clubs threw away convincing leads in England last week. They need to get their seasons back on track quickly By Get French Football News Hubris cost Lyon last week and it almost cost PSG too. “We thought we were too good,” admitted Ousmane Dembélé after PSG conceded three goals at Villa Park and were nearly knocked out of the Champions League. “We eased off a bit. We thought it was over but big matches are like that,” said Malick Fofana after Lyon’s spectacular three-goal collapse against Manchester United did cost them a place in the Europa League semi-finals. “It is a match I won’t forget,” added Fofana, who knows that Lyon – like PSG – will have to re-engage if their season is to end well. With a derby at Saint-Étienne on Sunday, Lyon had no time for a postmortem. But for Paulo Fonseca, one thing was clear. “We led 4-2 with one less player on the pitch but we celebrated the 4-2 too much when the match was not finished,” said the Lyon manager after his team’s 5-4 defeat at Old Trafford. “We should have thought about continuing to manage the match. We lacked experience at this moment,” he added. Continue reading...

Mikel Arteta will have spent more arduous Easter Sundays attempting to hunt hidden chocolate eggs. Aside from a few minutes of brief concern for Bukayo Saka’s raked achilles – an incident for which Leif Davis received his very early marching orders – this was as undemanding an afternoon as the Arsenal manager could ever have envisaged as he navigates a path to the more important matter of a Champions League semi-final with Paris Saint-Germain later this month. The Spaniard will put his players through tougher training sessions ahead of that showdown than the exertions required of them at Portman Road. Continue reading...