REUTERS, London

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta hoped to carry positive momentum into Wednesday’s Champions League semifinal second leg at Paris St Germain, but instead, called on his players to harness their rage from Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat by Bournemouth.

Declan Rice marked his 100th Arsenal appearance with a well-taken goal to give the hosts a lead at the break as they sought to tighten their grip on second place in the Premier League.

But a nearly full-strength Gunners side conceded two sloppy goals from Dean Huijsen and Evanilson in eight second-half minutes, dashing Arteta’s plans to travel to Paris off the back of a much-needed league victory.

Arsenal trail PSG 1-0 after the first leg at The Emirates.

“A positive result would really help us to build what we wanted towards Wednesday,” he told reporters. “So what we have created now is a lot of rage, anger, frustration, and a bad feeling in the tummy.

“So (we must) make sure that we use that for Wednesday to have a massive performance in Paris, win the game and be in the final.”

Arteta made two changes from Tuesday’s defeat by PSG, one of which was full-back Jurrien Timber after he was withdrawn in the closing stages of the first leg.