PSG to deliver Ousmane Dembele injury update imminently for Arsenal and UEFA suspension latest

Paris Saint-Germain have stuttered, but so have Arsenal. Both teams passed on the chance to enter Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg with confidence behind them.

The way the two managers went about it is markedly different, though. PSG rung the changes with Joao Neves the only player from the first leg at the Emirates Stadium to keep his place in the French side's starting XI.

PSG even left one substitution spot unnamed.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Willian Pacho, and Vitinha were all unused. Gianluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos and Nuno Mendes were completely rested, not being included as part of the matchday squad at all.

Arsenal, on the other hand, do not have the depth to rotate as much. Mikel Arteta had already explained that he felt the best way to keep his squad going was to play them for consistency and sharpness.

Enrique took a similar approach before the first leg, building from fringe XI to almost full strength across three matches in the week prior. With a one-goal lead to protect at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday, he was in no mood to do the same again this time around.

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Although the changed team fell to a second successive Ligue 1 defeat, there was very little to worry about for Enrique. His side have already won the title and lost their unbeaten hopes eight days earlier at home to Nice. Beating Arsenal in Europe more than made up for any disappointment felt domestically.

Travelling to RC Strasbourg on Saturday, PSG were again second best. They went down 2-1 to Liam Rosenior's men, who are owned by the same group in charge of Chelsea. Strasbourg, unlike PSG, have plenty to play for and are in a tight battle to qualify for the Champions League. The priorities showed.

Arsenal will struggle to read too much into this game, just like PSG won't have looked too closely at the 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace in the build-up to the first leg. These things are hardly related. When Wednesday comes around there will be only total focus, energy, motivation, and determination to succeed in that game. The weekend's matches cannot say the same.

Arteta may have kept a strong team against Bournemouth but there are two things at play here. Unless he is to throw academy kids onto the pitch, there isn't much to work with.

Raheem Sterling could have started and so could Kieran Tierney and Oleksandr Zinchenko, but none of them have a future at the club, let alone a role to play in Paris. Arteta's thought process is surely that he is better grooving those who are in the plans. When not blessed with the options, it is an understandable decision.

Ultimately, getting through Saturday without further scares for Ben White or Mikel Merino is the real win, even if Jurrien Timber was absence with an unspecified problem.

"No [I'm not sure he will be okay]. Confident? At the moment, no, because he wasn't able to play here and we played him for four days." He continued: "I haven't had a chance yet to speak to the doctor giving me an update on that so I don't know."

PSG are in the same camp. They lost Ousmane Dembele in the first leg and he remains a doubt for the return meeting. "Ousmane Dembele has strained his right hamstring," a statement from the French giants confirmed over the weekend. "His condition is progressing well. A further assessment will be carried out shortly."

He unsurprisingly played no part in the loss at Strasbourg. Presnel Kimpembe is also out, though the defender has not been a first choice this season. "Victim of bone edema in the second metatarsal of his right foot, Presnel Kimpembe will remain at rest for the next few weeks," the club added.

Kang Lee-In also suffered a knock during the game.

The good news is that Thomas Partey will return from his suspension.

The midfielder missed the first leg after picking up his third booking of the Champions League season in the quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid. Although yellow cards are wiped at that stage, suspensions are carried over.

The rules mean that only those who are shown a red card will miss the final or semi-final second leg. Neither team has this to take into account, though.

The big question around selection for both teams is now the availability of Dembele. He is perhaps the form player in all of Europe and was the difference maker when it mattered in north London.

Enrique will face the press on Tuesday evening and will undoubtedly have an update of sorts on Dembele's fitness. Arteta will also go before the media and Timber's status will be a key topic.

Speaking over the weekend, Enrique was keen to move on from the defeat. "I'm very satisfied with the level we showed, against a very strong opponent, who are playing for Europe," he said.

"We started with four players from the youth academy and finished with five. I'm very satisfied with their performance." Enrique also added that "there's no point in dwelling on it too much; the goals I had set for ourselves have come true, apart from the result, even though we were close to a draw."

"Well I don't know, they won the league so they have the luxury to [rotate]," he said. "We haven't because we still have a lot to do in the Premier League. But we have four days and I'm sure we'll be fully recovered and our best to play the game."

Arteta added: