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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says It's only half time and  reacts to Arsenal 0 - 1 PSG in the Semi Finals first leg  29/04/2025  Emirates Stadium, London, UK

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00:01Mikel, what was your assessment of your team's performance this evening?

00:04We are half-time, half-time and my message being exactly the same post-Real Madrid at home, 3-0.

00:12We have to go to Paris and win the game and we are more than capable of doing it

00:17because I saw two very good teams where the margins are so small and they had efficiency in front of the goal

00:23and their keeper as well made a difference to see the result that we've seen tonight.

00:27Do you think your side was missing anything this evening?

00:30Yes, certainly we don't score a goal and concede one, you have to.

00:34But we did a lot of things very well as well.

00:36We had a spell in the first, I think the game had phases, the first 15-20 minutes,

00:41especially them scoring so early in a great combination, play when the margins are so thin,

00:46the finishing is unbelievable.

00:48And then we had especially one issue that we corrected after 15-20 minutes

00:53and we sustained that for the rest of the game,

00:56which I think it turned the game around.

00:59And you want to win the Champions League final, you have to do something special

01:03and we're going to have to do something special in Paris soon to be there.

01:06What was the issue that you changed?

01:14It's very rare to see a team play that way and dominate Arsenal in that first 20 minutes the way that PSG did.

01:20What was going through your mind at that point and were you worried about where that might lead?

01:25But if we don't correct that, it was an issue we had with the ball in a very specific moment,

01:29you don't have the chance to press them.

01:31And if you don't have the chance to press them, they start to bring all the midfielders back,

01:34you're going to struggle because that's exactly what they want to do to you.

01:37James, CBS?

01:38Hi, Mikel.

01:39I know you don't want to go into too much detail about what exactly changed,

01:44but could you maybe help explain more what was going wrong in those first 15-20 minutes?

01:49Not a lot.

01:50I'm telling you, it's just something that is very specific but very important,

01:53especially the way we played.

01:55We corrected it and it's not easy to correct it constantly, but we did it and we did it much better.

02:01And then at the end we have two hours from players, 1v1 with Dora Muna.

02:05The score of the goal is different and he made the saves like he did against Liverpool and Villa

02:10and that's the difference in the Champions League, the margin is so small.

02:13We had the disallowed goal as well and another two big situations that happened in the game

02:17that didn't go unfortunately our way.

02:19Mike Delimero?

02:20Is it still 50-50 the tie?

02:23I don't know the percentage, but we have a lot of chances to be in that final.

02:28And as I repeat myself, you have to do something, especially in the competition,

02:32to end the right to be in the final and the time to do it is going to be in Paris.

02:36Tom, Football London.

02:37Hi, Mikel.

02:38Can I just ask you about two moments?

02:40The referee became a bit of a target, I think, for the fans in the grounds.

02:43There was one moment where Bakayi Saka, in a one-on-one situation,

02:47the referee's whistle blows.

02:48The other one, Martinelli or Hakimi, has already been booked.

02:51Could you just get your thoughts on those at the moment?

02:53It's so clear.

02:54I don't think I have to give my thoughts.

02:58Okay.

02:59We've got Rodrigo here from TNT Mexico with a question in Spanish.

03:03Hello, Mikel.

03:04Here is Rodrigo Lara, TNT Sports Mexico.

03:06We are in middle time.

03:08What do you have to improve for the next game in Paris?

03:11And Wayne Rooney said that you were decepcioning with the atmosphere of the stadium.

03:16What do you think?

03:17What's up with you?

03:18You have to do with your team.

03:19There is always a great advantage, about the results, about the efficiency in the area.

03:22Because the margins are very small, they are two teams that are all in a single One line and

03:27every advantage can go from one side to the other, and you have to go from your side and

03:32we will be sure to make some adjustments.

03:33and depending on the context of the game, we will do more adjustments and from there,

03:38we will go with a lot of ilusion, with a lot of desire and with the feeling that we can do it.

03:49Hello Mikel, I know you don't want to talk about the árbitro.

03:52In English or Spanish?

03:54Spanish is fine, Mikel is fine with Spanish.

03:56I know you don't want to talk about the referee but it's not about crucial decisions

04:01but maybe he stops too much the game.

04:04Is that your complaint about the referee?

04:07No, there's no complaint. They are here to try to do their work in the best possible way

04:12and they certainly try it and sometimes we can have different opinions about certain situations

04:17and that's the case.

04:19Alex from the BBC and John Murray to finish off.

04:22Hi Mikel, before the match Declan Rice has picked up saying

04:26if we don't have the ball, we die.

04:29What was the message from you to your players about having control

04:32about every single minute against this PSG?

04:35You cannot.

04:36This is one of the best.

04:37This is beating all the English teams, the best teams in this country.

04:41So you cannot dominate this team in 95 minutes.

04:43Impossible, forget about it.

04:45And you have to understand what it means dominating them and in which area of the pitch

04:49and we have to be very clear.

04:51Again, what we have to do, where and when we cannot win it,

04:54make sure that we take the game what we want.

04:57Okay, finally, if John Murray leaves you ready, project John, project.

05:01Mikel, will the performance have to be significantly different next week in the Parc de France?

05:11I think the margin were so small, so I don't think so.

05:15But if it's significantly better, hopefully the result will be significantly different as well.

05:20Okay guys, thanks very much.

It's only half time - Arteta reacts to Arsenal 0 - 1 PSG in the Semi Finals first leg

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