Mikel Arteta emphasizes Arsenal's strong defensive record in the Champions League as a vital component for their success in the knockout stages. Having finished third in their group behind Liverpool and Barcelona, Arsenal posted the best defensive figures, with only three goals conceded from eight games. Arteta highlights the importance of maintaining this solid defense to complement their attacking strengths, despite injuries hampering their Premier League efforts. Arsenal's ability to score while being defensively strong offers a promising platform as they aim for European success this season.
If you look at the history of the teams who have been very successful, the defensive record is critical. Then we have shown we have the capacity to score a lot of goals in the competition, obviously the options are different but the team still has a lot of resources to do that.
We have been much more consistent, we have scored a lot of goals, we have conceded hardly anything, I think we have conceded three goals and had the lowest expected goals against in the group stage, which is great.
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