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Mike Arteta on Arsenal cruising into quarter finals after draw sees 9-3 aggregate win over PSG
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12/03/2025
Mike Arteta on Arsenal cruising into quarter finals after draw sees 9-3 aggregate win over PSG
12/03/2025
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Hi everyone, hope everyone's well. If you're ready, if you have a question, raise your
00:13
hand and I'll come to you.
00:15
Oh yeah, thanks.
00:17
These ones as well?
00:19
Yeah, just move them.
00:21
Sorry guys.
00:23
Was that a surreal atmosphere? Did it feel a bit like a phony war tonight?
00:39
Well, it's obvious that with the result that we had from the first leg that it wasn't going
00:46
to be full, but we had to continue and do the work in the manner that we wanted to finish
00:51
the competition. Unfortunately we haven't managed to win the game, but we decided to
00:58
make a lot of rotation as well. You could tell in the second half that we were tired,
01:02
we were late to be much more dominant in the opposition half and much more consistent,
01:07
especially when we didn't have the ball. But overall, very happy because we are for the
01:11
second consecutive season in the Champions League quarter-finals. We're going to travel
01:15
to Madrid, but unfortunately we don't know who against yet.
01:20
You must have been very pleased with Raheem Sterling's performance for most of the game
01:26
until the very end when he got booked.
01:30
Yeah, I was and I'm very happy for him and for a lot of individuals as well that they
01:35
haven't had a lot of minutes recently. You could tell in the second half that we lacked
01:40
that physical capability to make certain efforts and arrive to certain spaces at the right
01:45
time. But overall, very happy that they got the minutes and they responded.
01:50
With Raheem, did you see his confidence coming back after he was involved in the first goal?
01:57
Yeah, in the second one and then he does the last final action as well that he can score
02:01
the third goal and the keeper makes a save. The way he tracked back as well as to the
02:05
corner in the last action when he got booked, that's the kind of play that we want to see.
02:11
When you first came back to the club as manager, I think this was one of the aims to get Aston
02:16
consistently qualifying for the latter stages. How proud are you that you're managing to
02:21
do that now consistently? I think it's the first time in 15 years that you've done it
02:24
back to back.
02:25
Yeah, well that shows you the difficulty of it. We have to value that and recognise that
02:30
it is very difficult to do it. We've done it consistently and now we want to make the
02:35
next step, which is going to be really difficult but we are very capable of doing it.
02:40
Do you have any preference?
02:42
No, because they are so different, both of them, the styles, the managers, the history
02:46
of them. We know about the difficulty for sure but I cannot tell you one other than
02:51
that.
02:53
Zinchenko on the scoresheet tonight, playing in perhaps the most advanced role we might
02:57
have seen him in, in that attacking midfield position. Striking from outside the box,
03:02
Martin Oligar has been a lot of focus around his ball striking this season as well. Is
03:06
that the type of scenario that you'd like Martin to get into what Zinni did today and
03:09
score that type of goal?
03:11
Yeah, and he's done it, Martin as well. I think Alex's finish was great. He's got this
03:17
ability to do that, to carry the ball and those spaces to put the ball in the back of
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the net. Really happy because we find another solution as well to fit his qualities and
03:26
what the team is demanding at the moment. So really good to have him in that condition.
03:31
What do you feel you've learned from your experiences from last season's knockout stages
03:38
of the Champions League that you could take into such an experienced side in either Real
03:42
or Atletico Madrid?
03:45
Well, the first thing that you have to be at your best when it comes to that. For the
03:50
two games, for every minute, don't give anything away because they're going to take it. And
03:55
today we've seen with the two goals that we conceded as well. So that's a big learning.
04:00
At the end of the game, it's going to be decided in the boxes. Individual talent, individual
04:04
performance is crucial. And then creating an unbelievable atmosphere when we have the
04:10
opportunity to play at home. That is crucial.
04:14
Can you tell us why it is important for you to be in the last eight again?
04:24
Why it's important? Because we want to win. And to win you're going to have to go through
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the stages because the club needs it. We are a club, a team that wants to be the best and
04:39
wants to be competing with the best clubs in the world. In order to do that you have
04:43
to constantly be there. And it's very difficult but we've done it for two years in a row and
04:48
we have the capacity and the ability to do it even better.
04:55
I just wanted to know if you see him in the long term in midfield or at left back?
05:03
Both. He can play in both positions. And in relation to the player he plays as a full
05:08
back as well, they can interact and change positions. He played as a six. He was developing
05:13
the academy as a six as well. While he's doing this season, it's something new for him. So
05:18
I think there's much more to it to play in midfield. He's done really well tonight as
05:22
well. I think he was very consistent in his actions and I'm really happy with what he's
05:27
doing.
05:32
You said you want to get even better than the quarter-finals. How can you do that?
05:36
Independently from which Madrid side are you going to play?
05:40
Last year we played Bayern and with the history of those clubs and how consistent they've
05:44
been in the last 20-25 years being there. And we were right in there in the home game.
05:49
We had them under the ropes, they escaped and when we were there we were a bit short
05:54
to get to that final stage. Hopefully we'll learn. We are better than them and we can
05:58
make it happen.
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