Arsenal Did Not Make It Count Vs PSG – Arteta

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has doubled down on his claim that the club deserved to beat Paris Saint-Germain in their UCL semi-final. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he stands by his statement after watching the game back and checking all of the stats, and with an expected goals of five against three over the two legs, Arsenal more than deserved the final spot ahead of PSG.

Arteta added that while Arsenal was the better team vs PSG, his players simply did not make it count.

His words, “I stand by what I said, 100 per cent. I’ve watched it back, seen all the stats. When you look at all the important stats, the ones that give you the best platform to win football matches, it’s crystal clear who was better. With an expected goals of five against three, which we had over the two legs, normally you’re in the final.”

If you face PSG and they blow you away, you shake hands and say, ‘We’re not ready still’. When you look them in the eye, suffocate them in the way we did there, you were the better team. But it’s not about the winning probability, it’s actually making it count.”

WOW.

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.

After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.

In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.