UCL: PSG Vs Arsenal 1 - 0 - Live
Laurent Koscielny should be fit to face Paris St-
Germain in Arsenal's opening Champions
League group game on Tuesday.
The defender, who suffered a facial injury in
Saturday's 2-1 win over Southampton, trained
on Monday.
New signing Shkodran Mustafi should partner
Koscielny, with Arsenal already without their
other centre-backs Per Mertesacker and Gabriel
because of injury.
Striker Olivier Giroud is pushing for his first
start of the season in Paris.
The France international, 29, has made two
substitute appearances for the Gunners so far
this campaign.
It was a foul on the forward that led to Arsenal's
late winner in Saturday's home win after
Koscielny's overhead kick had cancelled out Petr
Cech's own goal.
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who trained separately
from the rest of the squad on Monday, will not
travel to the French capital because of concerns
over a hamstring problem.
After a poor start to the season, which saw
them lose their opening game to Liverpool and
then draw with Leicester, Arsenal have won two
successive games.
In contrast, PSG won their first two Ligue 1
matches, but have since lost to Monaco before
drawing 1-1 with Saint Etienne on Friday.
The French champions have undergone many
changes during the summer, chief of which saw
Unai Emery take over as manager and talismanic
striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic leave to join
Manchester United.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes Ibrahimovic
represents a significant loss to the French side.
"They will be continue to be the dominant team
in France but they lost more than a player with
Ibrahimovic," Wenger told Arsenal Player.
"He was the leader, the captain, a charismatic
carrier of the ambition of the club and it's
always difficult to measure, when you lose a
player of that stature, how big the damage is.
"At the moment they have also changed
managers so they are trying to find their feet at
the moment."
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