Barcelona on Tuesday defeated Arsenal at the Emirates by two Lionel Messi goals. Speaking after the match, Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger has this to say:
“Barcelona is a great team. We put a lot of energy in the game and technically we were very average.
“The regret I had was once we looked like we dominate the game, we give the goal away. Similar to Monaco last season, naive, and that is frustrating. When we looked like we could win the game, we just gave it away.
“Realistically it is very,very difficult, if not impossible. We have to go there and fight. We had the chances, we didn’t score.”
“We knew we could not afford to give them counter attacks and that is exactly what we did. It is too easy to blame, you have to respect the effort. They always can kill you when you think you are on top.
“In their transition they never make a bad pass. They are better than us, there is no shame, they are European champions and that is no coincidence.”
