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Mikel Arteta Post Match Reaction & Interview | Real Madrid vs Arsenal UCL reaction, Arteta interview

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00:00Arsenal boss, where does this one rank for you?

00:03Two legs and you've beaten the holders Real Madrid.

00:06One of the best nights in my football career for sure.

00:10And a really special one.

00:12I mean, we played against the team with the biggest history.

00:16That has been an inspiration, I think, for all of us in this competition.

00:19And to be able to win the time in the manner that we've done it,

00:22I think we have to be very proud of ourselves.

00:24And that's it. It's the manner that you did it.

00:25You looked in control from start to finish against this Real Madrid side.

00:31And ordinarily, at your ground, you did it.

00:33But here at the Bernabeu, with the noise, with the expectation,

00:36how proud are you of the way that the players conducted themselves?

00:40I'm really proud because it's very difficult.

00:42It's my first time in that touchline, so I have no experience before to be there.

00:46And after two or three minutes, you realise that anything can happen in this stadium.

00:51And I think you have to be there to realise that.

00:53And I got a feeling straight away, if something goes wrong,

00:56they score a goal, game on, and anything can happen.

00:59Fortunately, a lot of things went for us.

01:01A part of Bukayo's missing the penalty.

01:04But I think overall, we did what we had to do to win the game.

01:06We were talking, I think, listen, in all of our careers,

01:09there were moments in our careers, our club careers,

01:11where you go, that was a big moment for us

01:13that really changed the dynamic and the belief in the squad.

01:16Could tonight, over these two legs, actually, be part of that for you guys?

01:19I hope so.

01:20I think, obviously...

01:21Do you sense that feeling?

01:22I have that feeling.

01:23And, obviously, the history we have in this competition is so short.

01:26It's the third time in our history that we've done what we've just done.

01:29So we need to build on that.

01:31And we are really hungry.

01:32We want more.

01:32It's a really young team that is very determined.

01:35And all these experiences, including me, for sure,

01:37is going to help us a lot to try to achieve something big.

01:41Mikel, Macca was saying, and, of course, he's won this thing two times already,

01:44that it's only a quarterfinal, by the way.

01:47But last year's quarterfinal, we went out to Bayern Munich.

01:50And in that first leg, we didn't seem to know whether to attack or to sit.

01:53The game was 2-2.

01:55And this time around, you were so emphatic in that first game.

01:58How much are you learning in the Champions League through last season?

02:02Are you questioning his tactics last year?

02:04It's a difficult situation when you're in the first games at home.

02:07It's a positive night.

02:08Well, I think last season, I think we started the game really well against Bayern.

02:12But then we made two crucial mistakes that cost us the penalty and a really sloppy goal.

02:17And then, yeah, we started to doubt a little bit how to play the next game,

02:20and especially the second game against Bayern.

02:22I don't think it was good enough.

02:24Today, I think, and the game in London, we had a very different mindset.

02:27I think we had full belief that we could beat this team,

02:30that we could be better than that, we could dominate them.

02:32But then you have to do it, and the players did it.

Mikel Arteta Post Match Reaction & Interview | Real Madrid vs Arsenal UCL reaction, Arteta interview

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