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Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta described their return to the Champions League as very constructive after they wrapped up their Group B marketing campaign on Tuesday with a 11 draw at Dutch league leaders PSV Eindhoven.
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands: Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta described their return to the Champions League as very constructive after they wrapped up their Group B marketing campaign on Tuesday with a 1-1 draw at Dutch league leaders PSV Eindhoven.
Arsenal had already secured high spot within the group, and a spot within the final-16, after thrashing RC Lens 6-0 on the finish of final month.
The Gunners final competed within the Champions League within the 2016-17 season, reaching the final 16 earlier than being thrashed 5-1 in each legs by Bayern Munich.
They returned to the competitors this season after ending runners-up within the Premier League to Manchester City, and received their group with 13 factors, 4 greater than second positioned PSV.
“I think overall very, very positive, after six or seven years without being in the competition with a team that doesn’t have a lot of experience,” was Arteta’s evaluation of the London membership’s group marketing campaign.
“I think we have competed very, very well. I really liked the approach of the team in every single game, the way we try to play and dominated the opponents.
“We’ve had some big results and big experiences as well… overall finishing first with a game to play we have to be really happy, close that chapter, leave it until February and make sure in February when that chapter opens up again we are in the best possible place to compete against another top side,” he instructed the publish-match press convention.
Arteta made eight modifications from the facet that was crushed 1-0 by Aston Villa on the weekend.
“There were good moments, there were moments we lacked that cohesion and timings especially in the way we pressed against a really good side. When you don’t get the timings right, you have to defend awkward spaces and we had to do that a few times tonight which could have cost us the game,” he stated.
“I’m really happy with the attitude and behaviour of every single player, how they tried and in the end we could’ve won it,” he added.
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby Davis)
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
