Arsenal won the Premier League and will aim for a domestic and continental double by facing Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Mikel Arteta said criticism of a defensive style is something to consider, but the priority is deciding how much weight to give it. He stated his job is to innovate and search for other formulas when one approach is not sufficient to win. He described the title as a mix of joy and relief after previous near-misses, using the momentum and hunger from the moment to pursue Champions League success. He also said the team’s sensation felt different from the start, while consistency remained similar.
"“I respect all opinions and then you must decide where to put them: give them importance, throw them away, leave them in the memory... you use them and they serve you... there is room for everything. “My job is that if one thing is not enough for us to win, I cannot be satisfied. My job is to look for other formulas to end up winning, innovate, look for other ways than the previous ones. And that's what we did this time.”"
"“It was part joy and another of taking off the weight, of relief. To say: 'We already have this' and we must use that now as a tsunami of emotion, illusion and hunger to win the Champions League.”"
"“Because someone, up there, aligned the planets so that it would be like this. Other years we have been close, but something was missing. The sensation has been different from the beginning, perhaps the quality of player... but the consistency has been similar.”"
"“I was convinced that we were going to be very close. Not to win, because that depends on many things. My job has been to convince them to feel like the best, because there were moments of doubt. I gave them energy and told them to have fun l”"
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