26/11/2025
Arteta: “Well, first of all, well, I have to praise our players because I think they had an incredible match against, in my opinion, the best team in Europe.
“Individually, we were immense to resolve all the challenges that this team brings to the table. And I'd say, yes, they know how hard we worked to prepare for every single game.
“We know that the margins are super small. We started the week really well, against the Spurs winning here at home. Two days, another massive victory. But that's it. Now go to... Home, have a nice dinner, and tomorrow morning we start to prepare Stamford Bridge.”
Arteta: “Well, we certainly have been very, very consistent in the competition so far, but it's just the beginning. We are so pleased with what we've seen today. Again, the energy that we created in in the stadium, what the team transmits, the energy that we bring, the quality that we play with, it's incredible, and we have to maintain that because it's still very early, and, unfortunately, every three days. You have to do it, and that's the beauty of it as well.”
Arteta: “Well, they [Bayern] are top side. I think they haven't lost in 20 or 21 games, no? and you see the record, so you know the difficulty of that.
“So we managed to do that in one game. That's great, and that shows as well the capacities that we have. I'm very pleased as well with some of the players that they have.
“They've been given the opportunity today with all the injuries that we have, the ones that they started. The ones that they came as well to finish the game. The impact was immense and that's what we need, everybody connected at that level.”
Arteta on Leandro Trossard’s injury: “He said he felt something. We didn't want to take any risk obviously.”
Arteta on Madueke: “Very happy. He's worked incredibly hard to come back. I think he was in a great moment before he got the injury. He's one of the players that he was performing at the highest level.
“And now we've got him back. He played on the left, he played on the right. He gave us something as a different edge in the front line and I'm very pleased to see him and hopefully many more to come.”
Arteta on Mosquera vs. Bayern and why he got the nod over Hincapie: “I think he [Mosquera] was really good, with Piero [Hincapie] as well. We need to understand where he's coming from. He came from Ecuador after playing two 90s, big trouble, played the derby, the first start that he had in the Premier League, and he finished the game very, very tired.
“That's a good thing that we have Mosquera, and he can play in different positions. He was superb, I think, both together with W***y [Saliba].”
Arteta on if he thinks Arsenal are ahead of where he thought they would be: “I don't know. Obviously, we didn't predict to have that many important players out, but the good thing is the way the team reacts constantly, and players have to adapt to different positions.
“I think, for example, what Mikel [Merino] has done today, I think it's incredible as a 9. So big compliment to all of them because they are so willing to play, so willing to bring joy to this club and to win football matches. That's what we have to carry on.”
