Mikel Arteta obviously did not have a smile to the ears this evening at the end of the meeting against PSG. A week after the defeat of the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium (1-0), the players of the Spanish technician suffered again the law of Parisisians, even if this time, they were surely not paid up to their production (2-1).
Dominant globalizations, Saka and his teammates each have their turn given the goal of refusing them, the fault of a huge Gianluigi Donnarumma, as exceptional as in front of Liverpool in Anfield, or facing Aston Villa during the previous round. And even if Saka reduced the gap in the second half, Paris was able to put the ingredients to validate its ticket for the Champions League final in Munich, the second in its history.
Arteta still wishes Paris to win the Champions League
Nevertheless, in the Gunners, especially at Mikel Arteta, it was the grimace soup after the match. Spent at the microphone of Canal+the Spanish coach struggled to digest this elimination, which he did not consider it deserved: “Bravo to them first, they qualified. We were better than them, but they had the best player in the match on both games, it was their goalkeeper. This is the story of what happened. I am so proud of my players, what we did, we played with great courage, character, intelligence, but reality is the result. You can't be happy. “
For Arteta, Arsenal above all missed luck in this double confrontation, where the Spanish technician had to deprive himself of 7 injured elements: “We were better than them tonight, we were unlucky, we have to see what we can do better because we have the level even with 7 injured players. Paris ? I hope they will win (the final) for my past here, which they will finally win. Say “Go Paris”? Now is not the time to say go Paris, but when there is the final, of course I will push for them. »» Answer on May 31 in Munich.
