Declan Rice reaction after the Champions League final loss to PSG.
He knows how close Arsenal were to winning it. He knows we'll be back.
All the most recent UCL runners-up have bounced back and won it.
Chelsea, Liverpool, and even PSG all lost and came back to win it.
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It took Pep until the 22nd of March to figure out the best way of playing for his team.
By that time, City were already knocked out of the Champions League by an Mbappรฉ-less Madrid.
This idea that coaches ALWAYS get it right is nonsense.
Less eyes on City. Less pressure.
But the broader point centres around Arteta.
He is the reason Arsenal are in this position in the first place.
He is the reason Arsenal got their highest ever points tally in Premier League history. The reason Arsenal are competing for major titles every season. The reason Arsenal are in the Champions League semi-final for two consecutive seasons. Even though, when he arrived, the club were physically, technically, culturally, and psychologically inept.
Be grateful for what you have. And the fact that you are competing in the first place. With a club that has the fourth of fifth biggest wage bill in the league. With a club that plays by the rules. With a club that says 'no' when their coach or director wants a player for several seasons because of financial limitations. With a club that hasn't won the Premier League since 2004. Or a Champions League in their history.
Imagine if Arsenal lose the league on goal difference and lose the Champions League final.
Should Arteta be sacked? That's what people are discussing. Despite what I've said above.
Arteta is one of the best coaches in the world. In fact, he is the most complete in the world. GOOD LUCK replacing him. Similar to when Klopp left Liverpool. The foundations are so special that the next manager may succeed in the short-term, but all the best maintaining what he built over a long period of time. The only way that is possible is by replacing him with another one of the best managers in the world.
Wake up. Some people don't know what reality is, even if it slaps them in the face.