Gabby Agbonlahor Destorys Arsenal Fans for One Massive Mistake in Clash Against PSG | OneFootball

Paris Saint-Germain will return to the French capital with a narrow edge after beating Arsenal 1–0 on Tuesday night at Emirates Stadium in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal.

The visitors struck early through Ousmane Dembélé, who capped off a move he started just four minutes in. After slipping a pass to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Dembélé kept his run going. Kvaratskhelia cut inside and delivered a slick return ball with the outside of his foot, setting up Dembélé to finish with a low shot that glanced off the post and in.

Arsenal thought they had equalized later in the match, but VAR intervened to rule the goal out, preserving PSG’s lead heading into the return leg at Parc des Princes.

Gabby Agbonlahor calls out Arsenal supporters

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While much of the post-match scrutiny fell on Arsenal’s performance, talkSPORT’s Gabby Agbonlahor pointed fingers at the home crowd, criticizing the Emirates atmosphere for falling flat in such a high-stakes moment.

“The goal goes in, and you’re like, okay, we’re flat for a couple of minutes,” Agbonlahor said on Wednesday. “Then you have to get going. I was at both legs for Aston Villa. Villa conceded early, but after a couple of minutes, the fans got over it and started singing. I remember John McGinn went and took someone out, and it lifted the fans. We were all singing in the stadium.

“Arsenal fans, like, come on. You’ve got the manager giving this big speech, Arsenal fans putting up the tifo—whatever that was. That was horrendous. It was like my seven-year-old had done it at school for a project and brought it to the stadium. It was embarrassing.

“They were quiet, listening on my iPad last night in my room, watching it. I’m like, come on, it’s a semifinal in the Champions League. Look at what Liverpool have done at Anfield in semifinals. Aston Villa against PSG—do they need a man with a speaker behind the goal saying, ‘Sing, sing’?”

In contrast, PSG’s traveling fans were in full voice from the start, trying to bring a slice of the Parc des Princes energy to North London. Whether it was nerves or the early Dembélé strike that silenced the Gunners faithful, Mikel Arteta’s side now face a daunting task in Paris if they want to reach the final.