Nick Ames was at the Allianz Arena tonight. Here’s his report. Thanks for reading this MBM. Nighty night.
Mikel Arteta gives TNT his verdict. “At the moment it is a gutted dressing room … I cannot find the right words, I wish I had them … we tried against a team with a lot of experience … through the tie the margins have been very small … in moments we have been better … we gave them two goals … that’s a big advantage to give away … the margin of error was zero … we made a mistake defending the box, a big one, and we conceded a goal … this is a moment to stay next to the players … they are the ones who have taken us on this journey … in the first tie we were better than them … the club has been without Champions League for seven years … you want to play in the first year and be in the semi-finals or the final … we all wanted that so badly … but you can see with many other clubs that sometimes it takes six or seven years to get to that stage … we were very close, that is the reality … what we have to play [in the Premier League] is beautiful … we have six games to go and we are two points behind City … it’s a very difficult schedule for everybody … we have to go through the pain tonight, and tomorrow get up and come with the same attitude that we came with here and hopefully beat Wolves.”
