‘I don't agree at all' – Luis Enrique disputes Mikel Arteta's claim Arsenal were better team
Paris Saint-Germain defeated Arsenal 2-1 (3-1 on aggregate) at the Parc des Princes last night to secure passage to their second-ever UEFA Champions League final.
Despite the scoreline, Arsenal performed well on French soil and looked the more dominant side until Fabián Ruiz opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a deflected strike from distance. A goal from Achraf Hakimi in the second half gave PSG some extra breathing room, even with Arsenal finding a goal through Bukayo Saka.
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For Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta, there was no question that his side had been the better team across the two legs. And he told TNT Sports as much in his post-match interview, 'The assessment, I will make it when I am a little bit cooler, but the feedback that I got straight away from their bench is that we were much better than them.'
He continued, 'There has not been a better team in the competition so far that I have seen, but we are out. We will say much more, but this competition is about the boxes and in the boxes are the strikers and the goalkeepers and [Gianluigi Donnarumma] was the best player in both games.'
However, Luis Enrique has refuted Arteta's claim that they were the better team in this tie. The PSG head coach said in his post-match comments, 'I don't agree at all. Mikel Arteta is a great friend, but I don't agree at all. I think they played in a clever way… and they got the match to the right moment for them because they played the way they want and the way they love to play. But I think in the two legs we scored more goals than them, and in football it's the most important thing.'
PSG will play Internazionale on the 31st of May in Munich.
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