He Arsenal of Mikel Arteta conquered the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon in 0-1 victory against Sporting de Portugal in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
Sporting de Portugal 0-1 Arsenal I quarter-final Champions League
“I am very happy. We have won in a very difficult field, we have won in a field in which they had 17 consecutive victories. They have not lost for a long time. It tells you about the difficulty of what we have done,” declared the 44-year-old Spanish coach to the microphones of Movistar Plus+ Sports.
I made it very clear the things we stopped doing in the two games we lost and today we recovered them. That is our greatness
“Naturally”Arteta responded to the question of “how have you managed these days in which we have read everything in the British press: that if the project fell apart, that cracks appeared…?”
The Gunners’ coach recalled that “we have played more than 50 games and it is the first time that we have lost two, I think we are the only English team that has achieved this. And this is the reality and difficulty of football.”
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Mikel Arteta opted for “tranquility and temperance” to “go back to what you have brought us here: identity”.
“I made it very clear the things we stopped doing in the two games we lost and today we have recovered them. That is our greatness,” he stressed.
Havertz defines David Raya as the “best goalkeeper in the world” in the last two seasons
Arteta did not hesitate to highlight the level of the Spanish goalkeeper David Rayawhich He made stops that the English press described as “world class”: “It’s huge. It helps us in all phases of the game.”
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“David Raya had two moments in which he made two crucial saves. And that’s the Champions League; the Champions League is always decided in the area, and there is a lot of quality here. At this moment he is phenomenal and extraordinary since he arrived. We are very lucky to have him,” he explained.
Havertz defined Raya as the “best goalkeeper in the world” in the last two seasons.
“I’m here for this and I made the stops I had to make,” David Raya, whose five saves (1.63 goals avoided) they were worth it to be designated by UEFA as MVP of the match against Sporting de Portugal.
David Raya’s save map against Sporting CP
