After we booked our spot in the quarter-finals of the Champions League for successive seasons for the first time in 15 years, Mikel Arteta passed the plaudits onto his players for making that a reality.
Having been out of the competition for six seasons, we’ve now reached the last eight in both of our campaigns back in Europe’s premier club competition. You have to go back as far as a time before Mikel arrived in north London as a player for the last time that happened, and he’s delighted we’ve reestablished ourselves as one of the continent’s most consistent teams.
With Real Madrid confirmed as our opponents, the boss is already beginning to think about that huge game against the 15-time champions, and wants a special…