{"id":96680,"date":"2023-11-28T22:54:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=96680"},"modified":"2023-11-28T22:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:54:06","slug":"arsenal-boss-mikel-arteta-hits-back-at-jamie-carragher-with-traffic-anecdote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/arsenal-boss-mikel-arteta-hits-back-at-jamie-carragher-with-traffic-anecdote\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta hits back at Jamie Carragher with ‘traffic’ anecdote"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mikel Arteta has come up with his most English excuse yet for why Arsenal are not as free-running this season. The Arsenal manager puts it down to traffic. Jamie Carragher pointed out on Sky Sports after the weekend that Arsenal have not been moving through the gears as easily as they seemed to last season.<\/p>\n

But Arteta hit back by saying while he is focused on racking up the wins and securing top spot in Champions League Group B on Wednesday night, the one place he does not want three points is on his licence. \u201cI take satisfaction from where we are,\u201d the Spaniard said. \u201cWe have to find a way to be where we want to be. This is exactly where we want to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be as fluent, it\u2019s not going to be as hectic because there\u2019s no space to run,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re sitting in traffic I want to go 100 miles an hour but I have three buses and 55 taxis and motorbikes around me, so it\u2019s tricky. We need to want to get to where we want to get. In order to do that we have to be really solid – and we\u2019ve been really, really solid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sometimes the 38-game long haul to the Premier League can seem like a trundle, whereas the Champions League final will be only meaningful six games away if Arsenal finish top of their group by beating Lens at the Emirates – plus a dead-rubber trip to PSV.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTo get to the final, a lot of things have to go your way and you have to perform at an incredible level to have the opportunity to do that,\u201d Arteta said. \u201cWe are going to try, that\u2019s for sure. Except for Real Madrid, who are normally the winners, for the rest winning the Champions League is a dream. But it\u2019s a possible dream. To win the Premier League is a huge marathon. But the Champions League is something special.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is moments that have to go your way and it is having that belief in your team that you can create that special atmosphere in those moments and having a lot of luck in those moments. A lot of things need to go your way and now I think the Premier League is so tough. But for us as a club, it is the Champions League because we have not won it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n