Arsenal slammed over ’embarrassing’ tifo after defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League
Arsenal unveiled their huge cannon tifo before their Champions League game against PSG (Anadolu via Getty) Former Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor believes the atmosphere inside the Emirates Stadium during Arsenal’s defeat to Paris Saint-Germain was ’embarrassing’ and has branded the pre-match tifo ‘horrendous’. Mikel Arteta’s side now face an uphill task to reach the Champions League final following a 1-0 defeat to PSG in the first leg of their semi final on Tuesday night. Ousmane Dembele’s goal after just four minutes was enough to secure the win for Luis Enrique’s side, who now take a slender advantage back to the French capital for the second leg of their Champions League tie at the Parc des Princes next Wednesday. Meanwhile, Arsenal supporters were on the receiving end of criticism from Wayne Rooney after the game, with the former Manchester United and England striker saying that he was ‘disappointed’ by the lack of energy from the fans inside the stadium. For their first leg against PSG, Arsenal were keen to replicate the lively atmosphere in their 3-0 victory over Real Madrid at the Emirates in the Champions League quarter final earlier this month. Get personalised updates on Arsenal everyday Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro’s Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link we’ll send you so we can get football news tailored to you. The Gunners produced a huge tifo of a cannon which was suspended from the roof of the North Bank ahead of kick-off, while the ‘make it happen’ crowd-surfing banner was seen once again in the East Stand. But Agbonlahor has described the tifo as ‘something my seven-year-old had done at school for a project’. ‘It was embarrassing, they were quiet,’ Agbonlahor told talkSPORT when asked about the Arsenal supporters at the Emirates. Gabriel Agbonlahor says Arsenal’s tifo ‘looked like something my seven-year-old had done at school for a project’ (Getty) ‘Come on, it was a semi-final of the Champions League, look at what Liverpool have done at Anfield in semi-finals, Aston Villa against PSG. ‘Do they need a man with a speaking behind the goal saying, ‘sing, sing’? ‘It makes it embarrassing for the Arsenal fanbase that they need Odegaard every second, Raya was doing it, the manager was doing it. But what I would say is maybe if Odegaard put in a performance to lift the fans a little bit because he’s always a cheerleader, he’s always going like this, waving his arms. If you’re an Arsenal fan you’re like, ‘no offence, Martin, but maybe you can do something to lift us because you’re not having the greatest of games, greatest of seasons’. ‘I just felt the tifo was embarrassing, the atmosphere was embarrassing, for a semi-final the club should have done a lot more. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page ‘Imagine Celtic in a semi-final, you wouldn’t be able to hear the manager the whole game. ‘It’s incredible, how can you just not create an atmosphere for your players? ‘I’ve seen Odegaard, I saw Raya, I saw Martinelli a few times as well, Arteta, it’s like they were begging, ‘please, can you sing? Give us something, help’. ‘The tifo was embarrassing. It looked like something my seven-year-old had done at school for a project, like the parents have helped. ‘You’ve got to cover a lot more of that lower tier, not just a little bit. It was horrendous. It summed up the night for Arsenal, the tifo.’ For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Former Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor believes the atmosphere inside the Emirates Stadium during Arsenal’s defeat to Paris Saint-Germain was ’embarrassing’ and has branded the pre-match tifo ‘horrendous’.
Mikel Arteta’s side now face an uphill task to reach the Champions League final following a 1-0 defeat to PSG in the first leg of their semi final on Tuesday night.
Ousmane Dembele’s goal after just four minutes was enough to secure the win for Luis Enrique’s side, who now take a slender advantage back to the French capital for the second leg of their Champions League tie at the Parc des Princes next Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Arsenal supporters were on the receiving end of criticism from Wayne Rooney after the game, with the former Manchester United and England striker saying that he was ‘disappointed’ by the lack of energy from the fans inside the stadium.
For their first leg against PSG, Arsenal were keen to replicate the lively atmosphere in their 3-0 victory over Real Madrid at the Emirates in the Champions League quarter final earlier this month.
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The Gunners produced a huge tifo of a cannon which was suspended from the roof of the North Bank ahead of kick-off, while the ‘make it happen’ crowd-surfing banner was seen once again in the East Stand.
But Agbonlahor has described the tifo as ‘something my seven-year-old had done at school for a project’.
‘It was embarrassing, they were quiet,’ Agbonlahor told talkSPORT when asked about the Arsenal supporters at the Emirates.
‘Come on, it was a semi-final of the Champions League, look at what Liverpool have done at Anfield in semi-finals, Aston Villa against PSG.
‘Do they need a man with a speaking behind the goal saying, ‘sing, sing’?
‘It makes it embarrassing for the Arsenal fanbase that they need Odegaard every second, Raya was doing it, the manager was doing it. But what I would say is maybe if Odegaard put in a performance to lift the fans a little bit because he’s always a cheerleader, he’s always going like this, waving his arms. If you’re an Arsenal fan you’re like, ‘no offence, Martin, but maybe you can do something to lift us because you’re not having the greatest of games, greatest of seasons’.
‘I just felt the tifo was embarrassing, the atmosphere was embarrassing, for a semi-final the club should have done a lot more.
‘Imagine Celtic in a semi-final, you wouldn’t be able to hear the manager the whole game.
‘It’s incredible, how can you just not create an atmosphere for your players?
‘I’ve seen Odegaard, I saw Raya, I saw Martinelli a few times as well, Arteta, it’s like they were begging, ‘please, can you sing? Give us something, help’.
‘The tifo was embarrassing. It looked like something my seven-year-old had done at school for a project, like the parents have helped.
‘You’ve got to cover a lot more of that lower tier, not just a little bit. It was horrendous. It summed up the night for Arsenal, the tifo.’
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