Arsenal dressing room's feelings on Champions League final after watching Bayern vs PSG

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Former Manchester City and England defender Nedum Onuoha reckons Arsenal will have no concerns about facing Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final, after witnessing their performance against Bayern Munich . The Gunners saw off Atletico Madrid 2-1 on aggregate to book their place in the Budapest showpiece later this month and will have watched closely as Bayern took on PSG on Wednesday night.

The French outfit held a 5-4 advantage going into the second leg in Germany, and an early strike from Ousmane Dembele handed PSG a two-goal buffer to defend. Harry Kane netted a late effort in the closing stages, but it wasn't enough to spark a comeback, and Onuoha was particularly taken by the defensive discipline PSG showed after a chaotic first leg in France.

Speaking on BBC's Match of The Day, Onuoha said: "If you are an Arsenal player watching this game, I don't think you are worried at all. They will just be feeling happy that they are in the final.

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"From their perspective, they have earned the right to relax and watch this tie play out. Then when it is all said and done, they can start to get excited when they know who they are going to face in Budapest."

At full-time, the former City player added: "I was so impressed with PSG defensively tonight. Their work-rate was incredible.

"After the fast start they made with their goal, there was so much commitment all around the pitch to defend properly, and not in a way where they just drop in and park the bus.

"Instead they went man-to-man and were trying to win their duels and that was all across the board - it wasn't just the defenders, the midfielders, the attackers, it was everyone. I think everyone played their role magnificently and as a consequence Bayern were nowhere near as creative as the side we saw a week ago."

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Arsenal know they have just a month remaining to make this season the most memorable in the club's history, and are in pole position to win the Premier League title. The showdown with PSG is a rematch of last season's Champions League semi-final, in which the French giants ran out 3-1 winners on aggregate en route to lifting the trophy.

Mikel Arteta's men will be desperate for revenge, and Bukayo Saka has already offered a telling hint that the Gunners are firmly focused on settling the score against Luis Enrique's side.

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