Arsenal face Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday after the quadruple hunt was cut in half.
losing streak Mikel Arteta’s side chased a Premier League double in the League Cup final and FA Cup quarter-finals. champions league.
They have always been a priority, but the danger for Arsenal is that they continue to slump.
Arteta said questions about his team were natural, despite leading the Premier League by nine points this season and winning all but one of their Champions League games.
“This has been the case for the past nine months and it will continue to be so. As long as we play at this level at this club, it will never change,” he said ahead of the match at the Estadio Jose Alvalade. “There’s always a question mark, but that’s it. You have to live in the moment and you have to deliver it every day.”
Arteta said Arsenal will be without injured Bukayo Saka and Julian Timber, but Declan Rice and Gabriel will be available.
The sporting world has never gone beyond the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Manager Louis Borges said: “We want to make dreams come true and continue to make history for this great club.”
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