'15 minutes in hell' - French media revel in Arsenal pain as brutal PSG verdict delivered

Arsenal have received plenty of plaudits from the French media for their semi-final second leg performance against .

The way 's team started the match is coming in for praise from across the Channel, with most outlets acknowledging how difficult they made it for PSG, albeit without scoring. Like the Gunners manager, most have highlighted how vital was in keeping out.

, though, is facing criticism after a below-par display on his return from suspension. Here is a round-up of the post-match response in France to the Champions League semi-final second leg:

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acknowledges that "PSG weathered one attack after another and showed remarkable adaptability to hold off and defeat an inspired Arsenal". They added that "deprived of the ball possession it so often enjoys, PSG looked in trouble early on but found the right answers to hurt the Gunners. It relied on counter-attacking football and an excellent Gianluigi Donnarumma to prevail."

concurred. "Dominated and stifled as rarely this season," they said of PSG.

"In search of a goal to turn the match around, Arsenal's Gunners, thanks to the return of Thomas Partey, deprived the Parisians of the ball. Feverish in their passes and clearances and dominated in duels, the capital's players were sometimes unrecognisable, irritating on his touchline. But they never completely collapsed."

"Shaken but qualified" is how put it, adding that Enrique "probably didn't imagine that his players would be so overwhelmed from the start. A mess. 15 minutes in hell."

The outlet noted: "At the quarter of an hour of play, 70% possession for the Gunners, the only ones on board. PSG stifled. The exact opposite of the start of the match in the first leg."

However, on PSG responding, they said: "Failing to find its game, Paris got its head above water. And struck on the counter. The kind of stab that hurts."

Whereas were more bullish than most: "In this second leg of the semi-final, the newly crowned French champions did not have to climb the curtain, not only superior in every way but driven by a conviction that was out of all proportion to what an Arsenal team put into the game, resigned after the first half hour. And who did not even give a false impression."

, meanwhile, singled out Partey as "the disappointment" as "the X-factor Arsenal were hoping for, finally ruined the Gunners". He "was expected to be the one who could initiate an Arsenal revolt, but his defensive blunders precipitated the Gunners' defeat".

They continued: "More generally, the Arsenal midfielder failed to fulfil the primary mission entrusted to him, namely to promote the defensive base of his team, due to his lack of impact in duels (he only won 44%), his propensity to lose the ball (19 on Wednesday, a record for both teams) and his slowness on his first steps, quite evident when Vintinha easily eliminated him in a series of wild dribbles (56th).

"We can still give Partey credit for achieving his second goal, which was to give his midfield colleagues more freedom of movement. was more aggressive than expected, as was ".

"In the end, this hoped-for 'great performance' gave way to a very disappointing performance, far from those he has offered throughout the season".