Arsenal Champions League exit: Mikel Arta says Gunners was the best competition in the competition Football news

The frustrated Michael Arta believes that Arsenal was the best team in the Champions League this season, despite his departure to Paris Saint -Germain in the semi -finals.

The European Arsenal’s dream ended with goals from Fabian Ruiz and Akraf Hakami, who won the victory of Paris Saint-Germain per night 2-1 at the deadline of the Champions League with Inter Milan.

The French heroes were subjected to immediate pressure, as Dicanan Rice under the cross of Jurian was exposed to wood to head to the target, where they started a five -minute feverish talisman asking Gianluigi Donnarum, withdrawing distinguished stations to keep Martin Odegard and Jabriel Martinelli. The goal did not come early, and Arsenal did not always play with the knee from that point.

Gunners failed to advance from each of the last four points in the semi-finals of the Cup (2020-21 European League, 2021-22 League Cup, 2024-25 League Cup, 2024-25 Champions League).

ARTETA believes that his team deserves to make the final match based on legs with Arsenal and its tusks as the best team in the competition despite the exit.

“I don’t think there was a better team in the competition, than I saw,” I told ARTETA TNT SPORTS.

“But we are abroad. We deserved much more, but this competition revolves around the boxes, the attackers most of the time, the goalkeeper and the best player in both games.

“I am very proud of children, they deserve a lot of credit for what they are doing and the amount of injuries. We have come here in the worst situation. You have to get here with every decent person and available with a lot of minutes. We have passed a week. We came here in a different context. This gives me a lot of positivity for the future.”

Donnarumma has achieved eight rescue operations, creating Arsenal 4.77 of the expected targets across the legs, but the network only found once as the inability to be clinical with its completion that cost it dear.

ARTETA added: “The evaluation I will do when I am a little cooler, but the feeling I get from their seat is that we were much better than them.

“On the legs, the best player on the field was their goalkeeper – he made a tie.

“I am upset, you must hurt. If we want to win this competition and we have to realize this. If you understand that we are abroad is not the way I look at.”