Mikel Arteta stated Arsenal are targeted on “preventing to win each recreation” though their Premier League dream seems to be over as they eye the following spherical of the Champions League.
The second-placed Gunners path Premier League leaders Liverpool by 15 factors after Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Manchester United prolonged their winless league run to a few matches.
It’s a crushing disappointment for Arsenal, who’ve completed as runners-up to Manchester Metropolis for the previous two seasons.
Arsenal, who’ve one foot within the Champions League quarter-finals after their 7-1 first-leg away win over PSV Eindhoven final week, host the Dutch aspect on the Emirates in Wednesday’s reverse fixture.
“We’re going to keep on preventing to win each recreation,” Spanish coach Arteta stated at his pre-match press convention on Tuesday.
“There are the calls for we placed on ourselves in each competitors. We’re very a lot aware that the calls for for this soccer membership are to succeed in the very best stage and to win soccer matches.
“There’s all the time enchancment. We now have talked about what we are able to do higher, it is about execution. My job is to offer the gamers as many instruments so we are able to ship once more.”
Regardless of lacking injured forwards Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz, Arsenal had six completely different scorers of their crushing victory over PSV.
The Gunners, who’ve by no means gained the Champions League, will face the winners of the tie between Actual Madrid and Atletico Madrid within the subsequent spherical ought to they advance, as anticipated, on Wednesday.
“It is a competitors that we have now plenty of enthusiasm for. We now have been very constant and tomorrow can put us in an thrilling place,” Arteta stated.
France worldwide defender William Saliba is eager to assist information his aspect to their first trophy since Arsenal’s 2020 FA Cup triumph towards Chelsea.
“I believe we’re very shut, we have to maintain going,” Saliba stated, referring to Arsenal’s trophy ambitions.
“We won’t cease working. If you’re shut and do not win trophies it is unhappy. With work we are going to make an enormous step and I’m positive we are going to arrive there.
“Everybody needs to win the Champions League, it is a competitors that is laborious to win, something can occur.”
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