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Mikel Arteta learnt the hard way that Arsenal cannot confect a fortress

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Arsenal lost 1 -0 to Paris St-Germain in the Champions League semi-final at the Emirates .

Manager Mikel Arteta demanded a fortress, but in the end PSG stormed the ramparts with alarming ease.

Arteta's rabble-rousing served only to make his players too het up, too emotional, too skittish as they spent the first 15 minutes chasing shadows.

The atmosphere felt horribly lukewarm, with anticipation replaced by foreboding for the second leg.

Arsenal were beaten 1 -0 by PSG in their Champions League last-16 clash at Parc des Princes .

Gunners boss Pep Guardiola is fearsomely exacting with his players, berating them even when they are having the games of their lives.

But he has known better than to pre-record some rebel yell for fans before a ball has been kicked.

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