‘You’re going to see a team that wants to be dominant’

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says the Gunners are properly positioned to achieve their second Champions League remaining once they face Atletico Madrid.

After the heartbreak of final season’s semi-final exit to eventual winners PSG, Arteta insists his squad is best ready for the strain this time around.

Final 12 months, Arteta guided Arsenal to their first semi-final in 15 years.

Now, after a disappointing FA Cup exit to Southampton, a gritty 1-0 win over Newcastle on the weekend has restored the feel-good think about North London.

Chatting with the press forward of the primary leg in Spain, Arteta was adamant that his group is peaking on the proper time.

“It was an enormous win for us towards Newcastle. You can sense immediately the power, the arrogance coming into this recreation. It’s an enormous privilege to be right here once more two years in a row within the semi-final of the Champions League, representing our membership,” he mentioned.

“What a possibility. We’re going to seize it with each arms. You’re going to see a group that wishes to be dominant, that wishes to win it, and that wishes to begin to resolve the tie tomorrow.”

Whereas Atleti come into this conflict having dumped Barcelona out within the quarter-finals, Arsenal boast a formidable file of their very own: they’re the one unbeaten group left on this 12 months’s competitors.

“We all know the problem of the match, however I feel we have now proven in Europe, in any floor, what we’re able to,” Arteta famous.

“We’ve been very constant, and tomorrow we have now to play with that confidence, with that want, and that can to return right here to win the sport.

“That’s the best way we’re all feeling, and that’s the power that I really feel amongst the group and the membership. That is the stage that we need to be in, and we have now earned it. By unimaginable work, ardour, and high quality.”

Whichever side wins through to the final in Budapest could be up against it after PSG and Bayern’s stunning first leg on Tuesday night.

The place to look at Atletico Madrid v Arsenal: TV channel, dwell stream

The match might be out there to look at dwell within the UK on TNT Sports activities, with protection additionally accessible by way of the invention+ streaming platform.

Kick-off is scheduled for 8:00pm BST on Wednesday.