Rabu, 15 Februari 2012

Arteta ready for Milan test

Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta says his side face a tough task in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie away to AC Milan.
English Premier League club Arsenal lost just one match on their way to topping Group F, ahead of Marseille and Borussia Dortmund.
But Arteta feels with three representatives in the last 16, the Italian clubs have a legitimate claim to be title challengers.
"Italian sides are very tough and very experienced," Arteta told the club's official website.
"If you give them half chances, they take them. We know we cannot make any mistakes over the two legs so we really have to concentrate."
"Italian teams have been really successful but in the last few years England have been up there with the best, having three teams in the semi-finals or quarter-finals every year."
"This year it has changed, so it means that Italian teams are really strong again."
"It won't be easy and they have some really good players that we need to be careful of, but I think we are capable of going through."
With the second leg at the Emirates Stadium on March 6, Arteta knows an away goal at San Siro would dramatically increase his team's chances of going through.
"Scoring a goal in Italy could make a big difference," he said.
"So we need to be really concerned about what we do from the first minute, knowing there is a second leg at home and we will have our fans right behind us."
"We are playing a really good team. We need to go with a winning mentality and (know) that we can score goals over there."

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