The striker gave the French title holders the lead after 42 seconds, but it was his wastefulness that meant the Gunners escaped a Paris battering with a point
Edinson Cavani’s time with Paris Saint-Germain was rather summed up in Tuesday’s Champions League draw with Arsenal.
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The Uruguay international striker opened the scoring after only 42 seconds for the hosts, glancing in an inch-perfect delivery from Serge Aurier. The quality of the delivery was such that the former Napoli striker could barely miss, and he spent much of the rest of the match squandering chance after chance.
Even after he had rounded David Ospina in the first half, he could not find the target from 18 yards. While he was unbalanced and on his weaker left foot, the net was entirely unguarded yet he contrived to plant the ball wide of it.
This miss started a sequence of woe for the No.9 and once again served to highlight the error that the Ligue 1 champions made in allowing Zlatan Ibrahimovic to depart without finding a replacement. His €64 million signing fee, paid in 2013, is looking bigger with every passing match.
Before the first half was finished the striker wasted another fine opening with a fresh-air kick when unmarked barely 10 yards out, and after the break he managed to outdo himself by missing two opportunities when clean through on David Ospina.
Such a performance is by no means a one off for the forward this season. He was incredibly profligate against Metz in his first Ligue 1 start of the campaign, while he was also poor against Monaco in a 3-1 defeat, despite getting on the scoresheet.
Source: Goal
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