A big week for Arsenal begins on Wednesday night when they take on Sporting Lisbon. champions league Quarterfinals.
Mikel Arteta’s team is premier league This season is double the Champions League.
major Lisbon match 1-0 After last week’s first leg in Portugal, Arsenal are close to reaching the semi-finals for the second consecutive year. Then on Sunday, they face Manchester City in a showdown between the top two in the Premier League.
Arteta said he had “zero fear” ahead of a potentially crucial few days.
“We’re in April and we have an incredible opportunity in front of us. Let’s rise to it and give it our all,” he said.
Arsenal have suffered a dip in form in recent weeks, losing to City in the English League Cup final and being eliminated by Southampton in the FA Cup. City lost at home to Bournemouth in the league last weekend, with this game remaining to close the gap at the top of the table to six points.
For now, the focus is on the Champions League, a trophy Arsenal have never won before.
“I said to the players: ‘Guys, we are trying to do something that has never been done in the 140-year history of the club and that speaks to the difficulty of what you are doing,'” Arteta said.
Declan Rice was absent from training on Tuesday and underwent a fitness test in the second half. Bukayo Saka and Julian Timber were also questionable starters.
Arsenal or Lisbon will follow the Spanish club and face Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals. Victory over Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate.
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