Arsenal’s Spanish midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mikel-Arteta-c25715 has gone on to admit that the North London club simply weren’t good enough in their game against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
The Gunners went into the game as the underdogs, and following a very brutal opening few minutes, they found themselves trailing by two goals to nil in the first twenty minutes of the game.
The team managed to score a goal back in the second half, but Munich went on to restore their two goal cushion, as they scored a third goal before the game came to an end.
"We are very disappointed with the result,” the midfielder said, when talking about the match and the way it played out.
“I think for them [Bayern] to be 3-1 up is not good enough from us. We made some mistakes that cost us a lot in the game. That was the difference.”
However, the midfielder did go on and defend his team mates, as he feels they went on to give it their all in the second half, and that the final score didn’t do justice to the way the team played out the game.
“I think we put everything into the game,” the 30-year-old continued.
“I think we started the game well and the first time they got around the box they scored. Then we conceded a sloppy goal at a corner again. Once it is 2-0 to a big team like this, it is a difficult game to play.”
"We kept trying, kept believing and we got in the game through Lukas [Podolski] and we kept trying to get the [second] goal. We took some risks and we paid for it on the break."
Despite the Gunners needing to win by a three goal margin, Arteta has not lost all hope, as he feels the team has what it takes to push teams when they least expect it. He admitted that the performance against Milan in the second leg last season was a proof
of this, and that the team could end up stunning everyone.
"We have to go for it,” added the Spaniard. “We know it is very difficult at the moment but you never know in football. We may score early in the game."
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