Arsenal manage, Mikel Arteta, believes, if his side puts in “strong performance, collectively and individually”, the Gunners will make it to the semi final of the UCL 2023/24.
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| Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, with his player. Photo: arsenal.com |
Arsenal will fight for a spot in the semi final of the Uefa Champions League 2023/24 when they meet Bayern Munich in the quarter final second leg on Wednesday 17 April, 2024 at Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany.
Both sides shared points after a 2-2 outcome in the first leg of the tie at Emirates Stadium, London, on Tuesday 9 April, 2024.
At the Press conference, according to arsenal.com:
on what he wants to see from our players on Wednesday:
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 he alleviates the pressure from his players:
Most of our players haven’t experienced a night like this and it’ll be their first one. They’ll be super motivated, they are prepared and confident and it’s something that tomorrow we have to show against an opponent that has experience, but we’ve got to make it happen.
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’ve had very little training, so we will assess them tomorrow and see how they are.
