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Paul Merson delivers ‘dangerous’ verdict as he predicts who will go through between Arsenal and PSV in their Champions League tie
Arsenal get their Champions League last-16 campaign under way on Tuesday night as they take on PSV Eindhoven in their first leg in the Netherlands.
The Gunners’ Premier League title hopes are now hanging by a♔ thr🌟ead after Liverpool built up a 13-point lead at the top.
In addition, Arsenal are out of the FA Cup and League Cup, meaning the Champions League is now the Gunners’ mos⛦t realistic chance ♉of silverware.
Arsenal a🌃re also having to navigate the business end of the season with severely d🌺epleted attacking ranks.
Paul Merson has now told Mikel Arteta who he’d start up front for the Gunners as he predicted💖 the winne✅r of the tie.
Paul Merson backs Arsenal to beat PSV as he calls for Raheem Sterling to start up front
Merson has previo💫usly made clear his dislike of Mikel Merino play🐼ing up front for Arsenal and he did so once mཧore in his latest article on .
The Highbury legend urged Arteta to start Raheem Sterling up front for Arsenal, and backed the Gunners to get past PSV, though👍 it wouldn’t be easy.
“This would be a nice draw for Arsenal if they had a full team but with no firepower now, I don’t see them blowing PSV ♕away,” wrote Merson. “It’s turned into a💝 tricky tie.
“Arsenal have failed to score in their last💃 two games and they only scored against Leicester, who h♔ave been letting goals in for fun, in the last 10 minutes.
“I hope Mikel Arteta stops playing Mikel Merino up front. I can’t get my head around that one. I know he came on against Leicester and sco🎃red twice but Leicester are Leicester, t🤡hey’re not very good.
“I would play Raheem Sterling up front. He’s lively. Defenders will be happy to play against Merino ꦉevery day of the week. He’s not a centre forward. At least Sterling’s played up there before.
“This is going to be a dangerou𒀰s game. I’d expect Arsenal to go through but I don’t think it’s as much of a foregone conclusion as what it was. I canও see it going a long way.”
Arsenal team news v PSV
Arsenal have Myles Lewis-Skelly back again from suspension after he sat out th💖e Nottingham Forest game.
However, the Gunners remain without the inj✃ured Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martin🦋elli, Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz and Takehiro Tomiyasu.
PSV are currently missing two key p💖layers due to long-term injuries – Riccardo Pepi and Malik Tillman.
Mauro Junior has missed the past two games, ♔wh🥂ile Esmir Bajraktarevic has a shoulder problem.
Sergino Dest, who has sat out most of the camp﷽aign with an ACL injury, has returned to training.