Goalscorer Trossard focussed on PSG clash | Interview | News

Leandro Trossard immediately switched his attention to next week’s massive Champions League semi-final after our 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on Wednesday.

The Belgian looked to have scored the winner at Emirates Stadium when he scored a fine goal late in the first-half, only for the visitors to equalise for the second time on the night in the final ten minutes.

“I think overall it wasn’t a great performance by us today,” Trossard said at the final whistle. “It should have been better, especially if you have the lead twice, you need to defend it well. It’s not what we did, but we just need to focus now on the next game.

“We just need to start better after that (first) goal as well, to focus on the simple things. I think we might, as a team, take it too easy. Then you see they have the quality as well to punish us, and that’s what happened.

“Obviously it needs to be better.  Especially with the big game coming up, we need to rest up and prepare for that one.”

Leandro goes into Tuesday’s semi-final first leg against Paris Saint-Germain in great form personally, following his brace at Ipswich on Sunday with another well-taken strike against Palace. It made it ten goals for the season, and four in his last four league outings.

He said: “It’s always nice to be on the scoresheet, as I said in the other game as well, and to help your team moving forward. I’m pleased with that, but just not with the results.”

Trossard is now fully focussed on that meeting with PSG next week, and has called upon the supporters to play their part again as well.

“I think everyone is up for it,” he said. “We’ve now got a six-day lead up to it, we need to rest up now, prepare really well, and I think everyone will be up for it. With the home crowd behind us, there needs to be an electric atmosphere, and they will push us forward.

“We want the same as last time, they were incredible in the home game against Madrid. If we can do that again, it would be amazing.”