Topping Champions League group is unlikely admits Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger

“What is more disappointing is that we didn’t win the game”.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger acknowledged The Gunners have had a dip in their form after his side failed to get the better of Paris Saint-Germain at home in the UEFA Champions League.

“At the moment we are second, but it is not over”.

Thiago Motta was the architect for Edinson Cavani’s opening goal at Emirates Stadium and the veteran Italian midfielder “saw a very good PSG side” that “made life hard for Arsenal”.

“But we played a good side”.

“No [I will not be glad when November is over]”.

“I have to be careful about not saying we are having a stutter [in November] or it comes back to me”.

“It’s just about how we did that more consistently”. They didn’t create nowhere near enough. It makes you scratch your head sometimes when you look at them and you ask; what are you waiting for? It’s down to us to continue without losing a game but also to transform the draws now into wins.

Arsenal, who are now fourth in the Premier League with 25 points from 12 games, just three adrift of leaders Chelsea, will next face Bournemouth on Sunday.

“After, the last 20 minutes of the first half we pushed up and came back to 1-1”.

PSG had the better of the 1-1 draw between these teams in September and started better here, Cavani nearly converting Thomas Meunier’s cross and then Kieran Gibbs being forced to hook off the line from a corner. We have 90 percent chance to finish second, and we wanted to finish first.

Cavani, who wasted several chances to bury Arsenal in the 1-1 draw in Paris in September, should have done better when he was clean through on goal but his attempted chip went straight into the hands of Ospina.

PSG now need to beat Ludogorets in Paris next month to wrap up top spot in the group and leave Arsenal open the prospect of another potential last-16 meeting with Barcelona.

He added: “You could see when we picked up momentum we looked very unsafe”.

Arsenal are still to suffer a second loss of the campaign, but performances over recent weeks have done little to inspire confidence.

As you can see, there isn’t a massive difference between finishing first or second this season with the danger of facing Bayern Munich or Real Madrid even if you top your group.

“We still have to play against Ludogorets, but we’re now top and that’s important”, Emery said.

“The players met my expectations”.