ARTETA'S LAST SHOT AT GLORY UP IN SMOKE

AMID the smoke in the Paris night, one thing was painfully clear. Above the din of the Parc des Princes, a plain truth could be heard loud and clear.

- ANDY DUNN in Paris

This is a very good Arsenal side - but this is a team ill-equipped to claim the game’s biggest prizes.

The shortage of high-quality striking options gives this side an imbalance that has now seen them fall short in both the Champions League and Premier League this season.

Not that far short here, to be fair.

For good parts of this contest, Mikel Arteta’s men were more than a match for Paris St-Germain in an environment that was wonderfully hostile.

When, a couple of hours before kick-off, the police had fired tear-gas into the air outside the stadium, it was almost as though they were just getting into the spirit of things.