A heavily-rotated Paris Saint-Germain squad fell to defeat in Ligue 1 for the second weekend running, with their focus clearly on Arsenal and the Champions League semi-finals.
Last weekend PSG sacrificed their unbeaten campaign to prepare for the first-leg meeting at the Emirates Stadium, which they won 1-0 through Ousmane Dembele.
Now with set to go to Parc des Princes and attempt to turn the tie in their favour on Wednesday, .
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"I'm very satisfied with the level we showed, against a very strong opponent, who are playing for Europe," said manager Luis Enrique afterwards, knowing full well his side have already won the Ligue 1 title and a treble is still available.
"We started with four players from the youth academy and finished with five. I'm very satisfied with their performance."
"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."
He made 10 total changes to the starting XI that faced the Gunners last Tuesday, but .
Midfielder Lee Kang-in was hurt in a late first-half challenge and was described by RMC Sport as not being able to run, as he was treated by the club's physios and was substituted at half-time.
This adds to .
"Ousmane Dembele has strained his right hamstring. "His condition is progressing well. A further assessment will be carried out shortly," it said of the first leg's goalscorer.
He was not involved in PSG's match at Strasbourg as a result.
As for his defensive teammate: "Victim of bone edema in the second metatarsal of his right foot, Presnel Kimpembe will remain at rest for the next few weeks."
As PSG did not pick up any red cards during the first leg last Tuesday, they will have no players suspended when they welcome Arsenal to the French capital this midweek.
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