“I’ll put them where they belong, I don’t know where it is…”

After reaching the final of the Champions League, the Arsenal players and coaching staff took to the pitch to celebrate access to the final after 20 years.

Given that, some ex-footballers like Wayne Rooney accused of celebrating in an “exaggerated” way. Those words did not go unnoticed, which the Spanish coach was asked about in a press conference prior to the match against West Ham in which Arsenal is playing in the league.

Arteta’s response

“I didn’t know it, but I think we have to respect all opinions and put them where they belong,” was the Gunner’s coach’s response to the words of many, including the former Manchester United footballer. Although where to put them, “I don’t know, that’s not important“, commented Arteta.

I think we have to respect all opinions and put them where they belong.

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal coach

Although criticism, both positive and negative, helps to improve. “That It’s what makes you improve when you want to establish higher standards and levels of performance that can give you the opportunity to compete in the two most prestigious competitions in Europe,” he says.

Some criticisms for which you have to be ready. “You have to be prepared for that. because you know the challenge and the difficulty, and that does make you improve,” declared Mikel Arteta.

That’s what makes you improve

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal coach

A celebration that does not distract them from their next objective, achieving the Premier League. “We will have time to prepare and be ready for that final, but Now the concentration, the attention, the details, the energy, everything has to be put into West Ham“There is nothing more, and we have made it very clear,” says the Asenal coach, who tomorrow will have the first of his three finals to defend a title that the Gunners have not won since 2004.