“I have to make it clearer?” Arteta defends the lack of signings and says Arsenal was better than PSG again

Mikel Arteta said that Arsenal’s superiority over Paris Saint-Germain was “crystalline” despite the departure of the Champions League and reacted with more questions about the failure of the Gunners by signing a striker during the January transfer window.

Arsenal on Wednesday dominated the early stages of his second part of the semifinal in PSG before granting any part to make sure that the late response of Bukayo Saka was only a consolation in a 3-1 Aggregate defeat.

“100%,” Arteta responded when asked if he still believed that Arsenal was the best side. “I’m seeing it, I’m seeing all statistics. It’s very clear.

“But this is not the winning probability or what you deserve, it is about doing it and counting. When we look at the important statistics that usually give you the best opportunity to win football games, it is crystalline that we were better.”

“I don’t think there is a better team in the competition so far”

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Arsenal transfers: “They are not as many” forward

Arsenal ended with a expected goal of 3.14 to 1.74 of PSG and had 19 of the 30 target attempts between the teams during the second stage, but the French champions had six of the ten efforts in the target, giving rise to an inevitable scrutiny on whether the lack of a breakthrough and out of departure has cost Arteta.

Forward Kai Haviertz and Gabriel Jesus are injured, while Saka is the highest scorer in Arsenal in Europe with six goals and no player has reached double figures in his distant candidacy for the Premier League title. The Liverpool champions have the main score in the division in Mohamed Salah.

“I have to make it clearer?” Arteta replied -when he was pressured to not add forward. “Was it clear in January or not?

“I want the best team, the best players. If we have three goals of more than 25 (goals), we bring them; we will be a much better team. There are not many Premier League. “”

Arsenal “Super Strong” without signings

Arteta said he had been impressed with the way Arsenal had been able to “play the way we did and quench them in the way we did” against PSG, for whom goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made several exceptional savings.

“I will try to improve, however, undoubtedly improve and love those we have right now,” he said, suggesting that the Arsenal will persevere with the attack options they have, including the use of the midfielder. Mikel Merino in front.

“Especially after losing, it is too easy to go somewhere else and not use the moment to judge. Everything is related to the context and at the moment and why you want the narrative that you will generate.

“We are a super strong team. I am very, very positive in this regard. We could have been easily in the final of the Champions League with these statistics, doing exactly the same.”

Arsenal Visit Liverpool Sunday (16:30 BST) to the first of its last three games of the season.