"Good evening, wherever you are watching around the world," Darren Fletcher began, voice loud and clear over the TNT broadcast.
"Tonight, we find ourselves under the Parisian lights, with the Parc des Princes bracing itself for another European night of consequence.
Arsenal arrive here carrying the weight of a first-leg defeat. A defeat not only on the scoreboard but in spirit, as they fought much of that battle without their general at the heart of it all. What about you, Ally?"
"Yes, and that absence was telling," Ally McCoist answered.
"Without him for most of the game, Arsenal looked like an army without its commander, courageous but fragmented, unable to steer the tide. Paris took full advantage, striking with precision, and tonight they stand with the lead, the confidence, and the home crowd roaring behind them."
