Jurrien Timber says Arsenal can “change the narrative” of their season in the event that they beat PSV Eindhoven of their Champions League final 16 tie.
The Gunners have suffered accidents to a number of of their key attackers with Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus dominated out for the season, whereas Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli have hamstring accidents to maintain them on the sidelines.
Arsenal have failed to attain of their final two matches and fallen 13 factors behind leaders Liverpool on the high of the Premier League.
Nevertheless, they have been one of many standout sides within the Champions League group part, ending third on 19 factors and solely conceding three objectives.
Earlier than Tuesday’s first leg at PSV’s Philips Stadium, Dutch defender Timber mentioned: “I believe the motivation is there and it is a tremendous league to play in. I believe we confirmed as properly within the group levels that we did very well and now we have a superb crew.
“I believe tomorrow is a fantastic sport to alter the narrative and to win.”
Timber has performed 36 instances for Arsenal this season after solely making two Premier League appearances within the final marketing campaign after struggling an anterior cruciate ligament harm on the opening day.
And the 23-year-old doesn’t suppose his facet have to do something sophisticated to get the nice feeling again.
“I believe now we have a lot high quality in our group, in fact now we have lots of accidents, particularly up entrance, however it’s a fantastic problem for us to place our entrance gamers – or anybody – to attain objectives and hopefully we are able to present that,” added Timber.
“We now have to attain tomorrow, now we have to win and within the Champions League you solely have two video games, so you do not get second probabilities. So now we have to go for it on this sport.”
With out their first-choice forwards, Arsenal have been criticised for his or her latest performances, however Timber stays excited for the problem of taking up PSV.
“I do not consider it as a unfavourable, however now we have been by means of quite a bit – particularly within the final couple of weeks,” mentioned the previous Ajax participant.
“However what I mentioned is I believe it’s a problem for us and we simply must take it. Tomorrow is gorgeous sport to point out that – and we will certainly present that tomorrow.”
