Mikel Arteta rejects sympathy over Champions League exit as Arsenal end 2024/25 without a trophy
9 May 2025, 21:01 | Updated: 11 May 2025, 17:30
"I don't want anybody talking about it."
Mikel Arteta is taking little solace from Arsenal's first Champions League semi-final in 16 years. It has been a season of progress in Europe for his side, who not only reached that milestone - for only the third time in their history, too - but also saw off 15-time winners Real Madrid on their way.
But it is not enough. When the curtain comes down on 2024/25 it will do so with Arsenal about to enter their sixth season since they last lifted silverware. What will likely be a hat-trick of Premier League runners-up spots, and that run to the final four in Europe this season, has cemented a feeling of being always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
Speaking to Sky Sports ahead of a trip to league winners Liverpool and what Arteta admits will be a painful guard of honour for the newly-crowned champions, the Gunners boss says he is more interested in talking about why they missed out on Champions League glory - and does not dispute the outside noise about the need for greater attacking threat.
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