Mikel Arteta has shared his reaction following the defeat to Nottingham Forest, which ended Arsenal’s hopes of clinching the title and handed it to Manchester City.
Throughout the season, Arsenal and City engaged in a captivating title race as the Gunners sought to end their championship drought and reclaim the English crown.
Arsenal occupied the top position in the league for a significant portion of the campaign, but the experienced Manchester City relentlessly pursued them until Arteta’s team ultimately relinquished the coveted top spot.
Upon realising that his team’s chances of securing the title had ended, Arteta took a gracious approach. He extended his congratulations to the reigning champions and disclosed that he reached out to Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, to convey his regards.
He said via Manchester Evening News:
“I called him to congratulate him and the staff because people may think things that happen are granted for them.
“They have to work so hard and all the hours they put in, how much they suffer and how much they have to think and think… and try to always promote that winning mentality that they are doing.
“Then at the end, you have to say congratulations, this is sport. He’s a really good friend of mine. I not only respect him but I admire him as a person, as a professional.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Losing the title to City hurts, but we must be proud of the boys for how they performed in this campaign after we exceeded every expectation.
We must recognise that City is far ahead of us in their development and we will get to their stage soon if we maintain our upward trajectory.
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Could you ever see Arsene congratulating Ferguson. No way.
Far too friendly.
Wenger and Fergy used to exchange bottles of wine every match…They had and still to this day have high esteem for each other
Arteta is a winner 🏆 while guadiola is also a winner 🏆 so there is nothing in congratulating him cos guadiola will do the same next season to arteta Insha Allah.
Rice only wants to play for Arsenal of fun his contract down. So if Rice stays at Westham then Arsenal will keep partey for another year and get Rice for free next year if West ham rejects a £75million bid. In the mean time Arsenal will bid for Caicedo, Diarby and 2 quality defenders and get the Man City captain for free. Arsenal will raise at least £50mil from selling players to add to the £200 million war chest.
I’m very happy that this phone call happened. We must not lose our Arsenal way installed for 20 years by the classiest of them all, Arsene Wenger.
Asking for new years tactics 🙂 just a joke settle down!