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'Their best player has been the goalkeeper': Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal were 'a lot closer' than the result suggested against PSG and Gianluigi Donnarumma was the difference maker

Mikel Arteta has claimed that goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was Paris Saint-Germain's best player and the difference maker as the French side dumped Arsenal out of the Champions League.

Arsenal lost 2-1 at the Parc de Princes and 3-1 on aggregate but were 'a lot closer' than the result suggested, according to Arteta.

The Gunners, who will now go yet another season without a trophy, started brightly and Donnarumma was forced into making a string of remarkable saves.

First the 26-year-old produced an impressive stop from Gabriel Martinelli before keeping out a long-range effort from Martin Odegaard with the hosts under pressure.