'Difficult to take for Arsenal'
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Arsenal still need a striker if they are to "go to the next step", says former defender Matthew Upson.
Having lost the semi-final first leg 1-0 to Paris St-Germain, the Gunners needed to win in Paris to progress to a first Champions League final in 19 years.
However, despite producing an xG of 3.14 in the game on Wednesday night, Arsenal could still not outscore PSG and succumbed to a 2-1 defeat and 3-1 loss on aggregate.
"It is difficult to take for Arsenal. Another semi-final they end up losing. It's becoming a little bit of a habit, which is not great," Upson said on BBC Radio 5 Live.
"It just didn't happen for them in this game.
"There are so many positives about what Mikel Arteta has done with this Arsenal team, they're a very good side.
"For them to go to the next step, it is looking at the finer detail, but for me there is one glaring thing. It's that position that we are always talking about - a player that is going to produce those goals. Other players will benefit form that as well, Bukayo Saka will get more space, Gabriel Martinelli will have more space.
"When PSG break away you always feel they are going to put the ball in the back of the net. Arsenal don't have that level."
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