A sentimental As the Gunners were eliminated from the Champions League, Mikel Arteta said his team was in tears and that Arsenal did not deserve to lose to Paris Saint-Germain.
It confirms that the north London club will go another season without winning anything, bringing Arteta’s losing streak to five years.
Arsenal needed a comeback after falling behind 1-0 in the first leg of last week’s semi-final. Fabian Ruiz’s incredible first-half goal put them up, and Achraf Hakimi’s goal in the 72nd minute put them ahead.
Arsenal had a slim chance as David Raya stopped a Vitinha penalty kick and Bukayo Saka scored late in the game, but it was in vain as the Parisians won 3-1 overall thanks to remarkable saves from goalie Gianluigi Donnarumma.
“From what I have seen, there hasn’t been a better team (than Arsenal) in the competition, but we are out,” Arteta stated.
The goalie was the same person that was the MVP and best player in both games, according to the analysis.
“And the Champions League is decided in the boxes, and it won the game for them because, of course, the outcome should have been very different after 20 minutes today and what also happened in London.” I’m happy of the squad and can see a lot of positives from it.
However, I’m also really angry and frustrated that we were unable to accomplish it.
“They were crying today, and I could see how much they wanted it.”
He went on to say, “I think so, yeah,” when asked if the top team lost. particularly over 180 minutes. They (the PSG bench) just informed me that, so they are stating it as well as I am.
Arteta also mentioned the injuries his team has sustained this year.
Given the circumstances and the number of injuries—possibly the worst shape a team could be in—they deserve a great deal of praise for their efforts. I am really unhappy tonight, but it provides me a lot of positives for the future to come here with a new setting and still accomplish that.
On May 31, PSG, who have eliminated three Premier League teams in this competition’s knockout stages, will play Inter Milan in the Munich final.
“Mikel Arteta is a great friend, but I don’t agree at all,” Luis Enrique said in response to Arteta’s assertion that the PSG bench had stated that Arsenal was the superior team.
“The most important thing in football is that we scored more goals than they did in the two legs.”
“The league of farmers, no?” he added in response to a question about defeating all four Premier League teams in the competition. The League of Farmers is who we are!