Mikel Arteta reiterates the claim of Arsenal “Best in Champions League”, says that Liverpool deserves the guard of honor – Firstpost

Mikel Arteta is not ready to go back to his claims that Arsenal was the best part of the Champions League this season, despite criticism. The comments of Arteta immediately after being eliminated in the semi-finals by Paris Saint-Germain earlier this week.

The choice of words after the elimination of the Champiosn league did not go well with fans and experts, but Arteta reiterated the same on Friday.

Arteta doubles the complaint “Arsenal Best in Champions League”

Speaking before Arsenal’s trip to the second row for the champions of the Premier League, Liverpool, Sunday, the Spaniard supported his assertion in the middle of the week according to which he had not seen a better team in the best competition of clubs in Europe.

“100%,” Arteta told journalists on Friday. “I looked at him back, I saw all the statistics. We had the best statistics and the best goal difference in the semi-finals, so it’s very clear.

“But this is not the winning probability or what you have deserved, it actually does and makes it count.

“When you look at the important statistics that normally give you the best platform to win football matches, it is clear that was better.”

Arteta said that Arsenal had intensified in the Champions League and that Wednesday’s semi-final defeat in the second stage was “one of the saddest, but one of the most proud moments I had as arsenal manager for many obvious reasons”.

The Gunners are 15 points behind Liverpool and only three away from Manchester City, third and four ahead of Newcastle United and Chelsea in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa also fight for the first five dishes with three games to play.

“In the Premier League, we took a step back. With the points we created, it is clear that we did not do as well as last season, it is obvious,” said Arteta, who thought that hadnan could have won two titles in different circumstances.

They recorded more than 80 points in each of the two seasons before this one, one more total than certain championship winning teams succeeded in the era of the Premier League. They are currently on 67 to 82 from Liverpool.

Arteta said Liverpool fully deserves an honorary guard of the Arsenal players in Anfield and that this would serve as an additional motivation for the next campaign.

“If someone is better, you have to approve and accept and try to reach this level,” he said.

The Spaniard said that Arsenal intended to finish on a high and “make sure that we are proud at least to compete and finish the way we deserve”.

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