After a poor performance on the weekend, Arsenal head to Munich for their second-leg tie against Bayern Munich in this season’s Champions League quarterfinal.
The home leg finished in a thrilling 2-2 draw, with both sides feeling like they could have come away with the win.
There’s no better game than Munich away to bounce back after a shock defeat on Sunday, which crushed Arsenal’s title hopes.
Mikel Arteta spoke to the press about the upcoming game and what he is expecting from the second leg.
on what he wants to see from our players tomorrow night:
“A performance that puts us in the Champions League semi-final. All the preparation have been to achieve that, and earn it. We have been ready for 10 months and everything we did last season to start that journey in the Champions League after so many years, and tomorrow we have an unbelievable opportunity to make it happen.”
on the mood in the dressing room:
“We’ve thrown the game away and the one we played a few days ago because regardless of that result it’ll have no impact on what’s going to happen tomorrow. We’ll refocus and start to build the confidence, trust and understanding for the performance that we have to put in tomorrow to beat them and be through in the tie.”
on how we can look to improve our recent record in Munich:
“We have to change it and the opportunity comes there – it’s a lot of things that we can do to write that story very differently tomorrow. It’s going to be about putting in a very, very strong performance, collectively and individually to earn the right to be in the semi-final.”
on what sort of performance we will see tomorrow:
“Depending as well on their approach – for sure, I want my team to be ourselves, regardless of the stadium. Sometimes you want to do certain things and the opponent doesn’t allow you to do it, and we’re going to be very clear how we’re going to play the game, how we want to play the game, and what is going to give us the best chance to win it.”
on Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard’s fitness:
“Hopefully. We’ve had less than 48 hours to recover from the game, and we have had very little training, so we will assess them tomorrow and see how they are.”
on how transformative a win would be tomorrow night:
“Absolutely (it will make a statement) it will be unbelievable. If we make it happen tomorrow, we are in the semi-final, and we will be in a really highly emotional state – it’s something that we haven’t achieved as a club for the last 15-17 years and that’s the opportunity.”
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