Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal plan to finish Actual Madrid’s Champions League defence
Mikel Arteta has set out his plan for the way Arsenal can break a psychological block within the UEFA Champions League and get rid of Actual Madrid.
His facet stormed previous PSV Eindhoven within the final 16 to arrange 1 / 4 last showdown with the defending European champions.
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Arteta led Arsenal to the Champions League quarter finals final season, in his competitors debut as a Gunners boss, and he’s decided to take the subsequent step.
With Arsenal’s probabilities of successful the Premier League successfully already ended by Arne Slot’s Liverpool, , and he’s prepared for the problem forward.
“The dream is to win, to win the large trophies , and that’s what we’re aiming to do,” as per an unique interview with.
“This membership hasn’t been within the Champions League quarter finals twice in 15 years, which is a very long time. And like that, there are a lot of different issues we’ve accomplished.
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“However, we have now to create our personal historical past now, and which means reaching these knockout phases, successful them, and getting on into to the semi finals. That’s the subsequent step we have now to take.
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“I really feel excited. I feel we’ve been drawn towards the opponent we’re all most enthusiastic about, as a result of they’ve traditionally reigned supreme within the competitors, and on their very own deserves.
“Now we have an opponent who’s going to demand the utmost from us in Europe’s greatest competitors. So we’re going to go for it.
“Now we have to be higher than them, and consider in ourselves from the primary minute, and be efficient within the decisive moments.
“We all know that within the Champions League, matches are determined within the penalty areas, that’s what we take a look at.
Arsenal’s solely earlier Champions League assembly with Los Blancos got here within the 2005/06 final 16 stage