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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta discussed how losing the Champions League final to Paris Saint-Germain can motivate his team for future success. In the penalty shootout, Gabriel missed a crucial kick that cost Arsenal the match. Despite this defeat, Arteta sees it as a learning experience and a driving force moving forward. He also reflected on Arsenal's Premier League title win last season, which was secured after a VAR decision in their favor against West Ham, ensuring they stayed ahead of Manchester City in the race for the championship.
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Mikel Arteta, Arsenal's manager, reflected on his team's loss to Paris Saint-Germer in the Champions League final this year, which ended with a penalty shootout where Gabriel missed the decisive kick. The defeat was particularly painful given that Arsenal won their first Premier League title after a 22-year wait last season, but still fell short of European success. Arteta echoed former manager Arsene Wenger, who described such losses as leaving a "scar in the heart." He emphasized that the pain from this loss would fuel future ambition and success for his players and himself. Arsenal had previously secured three consecutive second-place finishes under Arteta's leadership before clinching their first Premier League title last season, highlighting how close they came to achieving even greater glory but narrowly missed out on sealing it with a Champions League victory.
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The Gunners ended their 22-year wait for a Premier League title last season, surviving all the nerves and expectation that came with that to get over the line.
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A season that was historic could well have gone down as the greatest the club have ever had, had the Champions League final played out differently.
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Arsenal took the lead against Paris Saint-Germain but went on to lose in a penalty shootout in Budapest, where Gabriel missed the decisive spot-kick.
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Arsene Wenger described defeats in big matches as a "scar in the heart" and Arteta has similarly felt that pain in the aftermath of missing out on European glory.
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"I still have that poison in my veins.
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It has to stay there because that’s when you learn and that probably is going to be a massive driver for me and everybody.”
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Arteta led Arsenal to three second-place finishes in a row before taking that final step in the Premier League last season.
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At times early in the season, it looked as though the Gunners would pull away from their title rivals.
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However, by April that lead at the top had been wiped out.
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Victory over West Ham proved to be a decisive moment.
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The Hammers had seemingly equalised deep into stoppage-time, only for VAR to come to Arsenal's rescue.
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That ensured the title race stayed in Arsenal's hands after Manchester City had dropped points to Everton.
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It was also a match that convinced Arteta it was meant to be for his side.
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"This is football elevated to its best version," Arteta said.
"When a journey, a moment that can change so many people’s lives, goes one way or the other.
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You just pray because you know if it goes the wrong side, probably it’s gone again.
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“That day when I went home, I said, ‘We’re going to be champions.
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This has happened for a reason, and we’re going to get it done’."
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