Arteta’s promise: “We’ll win against Munich”
Arteta’s promise: “We’ll win against Munich”
Arsenal played to a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their 2023-2024 UEFA Champions League (UCL) quarterfinal first leg at the Emirates Stadium in London, England, on Tuesday (Oct. 10). Arsenal and Bayern Munich will meet in the second leg on April 18th.
On this day, Bayern Munich nearly conceded a penalty in stoppage time. Arsenal’s Xhaka tripped over Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer’s knee. The Arsenal players argued strongly for a penalty kick, but the referee let the game go on.
Rio Ferdinand, who played as a Manchester United defender, told TNT Sport: “Neuer pulled his leg out (towards Xhaka). It should have been a penalty,” he argued.
Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown also said, 카지노사이트 “I’m very surprised the referee didn’t give a penalty.”
Xhaka, of course, strongly protested to the referee after the game, but the response was surprisingly lukewarm.
“It was the right decision not to give a penalty,” he told the BBC. “At first I thought it was a penalty, but replays showed that Saka made contact with Neuer. Neuer ran and then stopped, and Saka kicked him, so the referee made a good call.”
Arsenal were expected to be the dominant team before the game, but they were not as good as usual in attack or defense. They took advantage of a slow Munich defense, especially Dier, but couldn’t convert their efforts into goals. In many ways, it was a disappointing draw at home with a performance that was below expectations.
“The UCL is a different league,” said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, “and the opponents here are definitely at a different level. 메이저사이트 The teams here are definitely on a different level,” he said, “and we didn’t play as well as we usually do. We didn’t play as well as we usually do and we allowed them space,” he said, analyzing the defeat.
“We have to be different. We can’t give them space so easily against Munich, because then we can have a different result. We are confident that we can do well in Munich. We just have to prepare well,” he concluded.
