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Mikel Arteta said Friday he has no regrets over Arsenal’s season despite missing out on silverware again and wants to finish as the “best of the rest” in the Premier League.

The Gunners, who face third-placed Newcastle on Sunday, have been the closest challengers to champions Liverpool all season.

But their league form has tailed off in recent weeks, with just one win in their past six games, either side of a Champions League semi-final exit to Paris Saint-Germain.

If Newcastle win at the Emirates, they would leapfrog Arsenal into second with a single game remaining, though both clubs are likely to finish in the top five and qualify for next season’s Champions League.

Arteta said his injury-hit team, runners-up to Manchester City for the previous two seasons, had been “phenomenal”.

“You probably have regrets in your life, and anything that you do in professional life as well when you haven’t done your best,” he said.

“I can guarantee and give you my word that we have all tried our very best. If you ask if we wanted a different outcome, especially with how close we’ve come again, then the answer is ‘yes.

But that doesn’t undermine a lot of incredible things that this team has done again in the context that we play, against the opposition that we play, with the circumstances that we had. It’s impossible to undermine.”

Arteta is anticipating a tough test from in-form Newcastle, who have beaten his side three times this season, once in the league and in both legs of the League Cup semi-finals.

The Spaniard said it was important to finish as high as possible in the table.

“You have to always be as good as you possibly can,” he said. “The dream of winning the Premier League this season is gone, so as we said, be the best of the rest and feel that pain to be better.”

He added: “It’s our chance to wrap up the Champions League, to put ourselves in a really strong position for the second place, and in a way to say thank you again to all of our supporters for the amazing season.”

Arteta said a decision would be made on Saturday as to whether forward Kai Havertz, sidelined since early February, would be involved against Newcastle.

BItt:
You win some and you lose some. That's game

dominique:
No regrets scatter your greasy hair there

as if na him team

dododawa1:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/epl-no-regrets-for-arsenals-trophy-less-season-arteta/%3famp

BItt:
You win some and you lose some. That's game

whodoesthat:
Na so... Arsenal is facing Barcelona at the final!

The pound of flesh must be exacted by the Gunners.


Arteta is close to being immortalised at Emirates.

Why is Arsenal always employing heart breakers without remorse as managers?

dibunotion:
I really feel sad for him
He's a great coach but needs a little luck

AMKAG66:
Which ones have you been winning that you should be loosing some ?

ElevationD:
Guardiola no see shishi. Even Mourinho the special one, nothing for him side. Man cannot kee himself. Life dey be like that sometimes.