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 Mikel Arteta says he spoke with Pep Guardiola ahead of Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid in the UCL quarter-final first-leg tonight.

Arteta: "We talked coming into this, I wanted to talk to him. He's someone who admires the good things we've done and it's important to learn from the best, learn from people who have that experience.

"He's a very intelligent person and I've had the good fortune to work with someone like that who has been able to help me much..."

Mikel Arteta says he spoke with Pep Guardiola ahead of Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid in the UCL quarter-final first-leg tonight.

Arteta: "We talked coming into this, I wanted to talk to him. He's someone who admires the good things we've done and it's important to learn from the best, learn from people who have that experience.

"He's a very intelligent person and I've had the good fortune to work with someone like that who has been able to help me much..."

William Saliba: “We want to go there [Madrid] and win the game. We won 3-0 today but we know it’s not finished. The Champions League there’s a lot of things that can happen so we have to go there and win and to not defend all the game.”

Wesley Sneijder on Declan Rice's free-kick🗣 “I don’t think the free kick(s) were that impressive. This may sound strange, but it’s extremely easy to curve a ball like that as long as you know how to take a shot, and I know all about this. The wall was at fault here. The same for the 2nd free kick, you saw Courtois moving to his right just before Rice took it, a mistake by the goalkeeper.”

: Jude Bellingham: “We’re lucky to get away with only 3

: Confirmed: 5th placed in the Premier League will qualify for the UEFA Champions League. (

: Declan Rice: “Martin [Ødegaard] said to cross, and I said to Bukayo [Saka], ‘it doesn’t make sense to cross!’ - and he said ‘if you feel it, hit it’!” 🤣❌

: Canal+ "Jurriën Timber completely shut down Vinícius — the Brazilian was invisible throughout the match

: Mikel Merino has scored more goals against Real Madrid than any other opponent in his entire career

: David Raya:  

"It's only half-time, the job is not done." [BeIN

: Wayne Rooney: “Arsenal were excellent tonight. I think you have to give the crowd a lot of credit, I thought the atmosphere was fantastic, the crowd really pushed the team. It could have been more, it could have been five or six!” [Amazon

: ❗️Vinicius and Rodrygo both completed ZERO dribbles vs Arsenal!

: Mikel Arteta after beating Real Madrid: “We had the opportunity to make a lot of people happy and proud, and we certainly did that

: Arteta on Rice's free kicks: He's been very determined [to take them]. We haven't scored a direct free kick since September 2021. To score two goals of that magnitude... what are the odds. I'm a big believer. I think the crowd gave us something

: Mikel Merino: "We had a few free-kicks in the past week that we didn't score. 

"He [Declan Rice] has one of the best shooting abilities that i've seen in my career. I'm not surprised, maybe you are. 

"Hopefully more will come in the future."

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