Arsenal Manager Mikel Areta argued that his team was the strongest team in the Champions League this season after being closed on Wednesday her semi-finals by Paris Saint-Germain-a claim by Luis Enrique.
The Areta team shot 1-0 in the Emirates Stadium in the first leg of the semi-finals and could not tip over this deficit on the back leg in Paris, with a 2-1 setback releasing them from the competition and ensuring that they ended another season without great silverware.
Despite the disappointing defeat, Areta came out after the game and insisted that no side of Arsenal’s level in the Champions League fit this season.
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In his press conference after the game, Areteta went so far that those on the PSG bank had admitted that the Gunners were the better of the two sides.
“I’m saying that because [PSG] I just said that, “he said when he was asked if he was sticking to his claim that the best team had lost.” Today I see how much my players wanted because they were in tears. “
The comments from Arteta were not well received by a number of prominent figures, namely the PSG manager Luis Enrique, who was one of the first to question the Arsenal Manager’s claims.
“I am not agreed at all,” said Enrique. “Mikel Areta is a great friend, but I don’t agree at all.
“They played in a clever way, but in the two legs we got more than they did and that is the most important thing in football. Arsenal played a great game and we suffered, but we deserve to get to the final.”
Legendary former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who works as an expert Leg sports, Page with Enrique: “Overall, I would say in the two games, I say [PSG] Were better than arsenal, had more chances and were never really in danger, so congratulations to Paris Saint-Germain. “
The PSG middle field player Joao Neves was firmly convinced that the Ligue -1 Champions “were the better team”, but respectfully the efforts of the Gunners by adding “Arsenal are a very strong team, a lot of individual quality and as a team”.