Arsenal I am again looking for something First League – Additional Owen Hargreaves Proves I give in too much to labeling Mikel ArtetaSide as competitors no Champions League.
Returning to Europe's premier club competition for a second successive season, after a seven-year absence, the Gunners are among the favourites to reach the final in Munich.
But Mikel Arteta will have plenty of work to do to get his two Arsenal players back into contention, after seeing the previous season end in all-too-familiar fashion, when they were knocked out. Bayern Munich beat him in the quarter-finals.
My mother is a stoic Non-derby win over Tottenham We will see on Sunday an Arsenal side capable of overcoming Vue, but Hargreaves credits Arteta's side with still having a lot to learn when it comes to non-continental success.
“I don't know if they're naive, but they lack experience at this level,” Hargreaves said. metro.co.uk Before the return of the Champions League TNT Sports.
“I can’t think of how many people I was before last season – maybe Jorginho was a two-faced player, Gabriel Jesus, but he was a City player – until now.
“I watched these few Bayern games, and Bayern were fighting at that moment, but it looked like they were deserved winners in the last two moments. So far it takes a little bit of time.
Arteta's search for experience will be driven by Nesi Raheem Sterling's recent acquisitionBut there are still questions about depth at key positions, especially the senior ones.
Kai Havertz has been impressed by the weight of responsibility now, but Hargreaves is not sure the German's achievements alone will be enough in the Champions League.
“Raheem Sterling is very interesting because he gives you extra experience and depth to give someone who is present and understands what he needs,” he added.
“Kai Havertz is doing some amazing work as a striker, but he’s probably a little surprised that he hasn’t brought in another player to help.
“We have seen that it is difficult (to win the Champions League) – we see Paris Saint-Germain, who invested a lot and failed to win.
“I hear Arsenal are going up – they will win trophies. But the competition is getting tougher every year and that lack of depth can cost you more.
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Both Arsenal and the players will have to make a slight adjustment this season, as the Champions League evolves from the traditional four-round group stage.
The move is not universally acclaimed, but Hargreaves sees no need for it, and the former Manchester United midfielder says that, in the final analysis, it could be good for the tournament.
'Oh, old fashioned without much success, isn't it? It seems that this is how the Melhoravam is prepared every year. We are used to it, and as they say, if it ain't broke it ain't no worse.'
“But we have seen the European competitions evolve constantly. You have more games, bigger games in the group stage and more times than you have had the chance before.
“Girona, Stuttgart, Brest” “And there will be legal stories. The first two games are Real Madrid vs Stuttgart, which is a very legal game. Defending a title in a time that only lasts a decade. Maybe this is an example of what is about to happen.
'Acho that there is no end as people love, but this step is very difficult, especially when it did not happen. Intao let's see.
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A two-time winner of the competition, with Bayern in 2001 and United in 2008, the 43-year-old knows exactly what it takes to succeed in the competition.
For Hargreaves, it was relatively simple in some ways.
“Play in good times?” the former England midfielder jumped in when asked what it took to beat the competition.
“To be honest, I didn’t think I would turn pro when I was growing up. So, being able to compete in tournaments and having to win sometimes was crazy.
“Sometimes I thought I was playing football in a certain way because it seemed longer, but I was very encouraged by playing in the big times and having unlucky teammates in the team.
“But we don't have a better time in less than two years,” he continued. “We have great teams like us – Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid – but we are very good when we need to be there at the right moment.
“I say it's the Champions League. Obviously you need to get through the group or the new league format now.
“And then, when you watch the playoffs, you'll have your best players, or your best time when you need them. That's my destiny.
'That's what we have. We had very good faces when it mattered, and it is said that it is about high-level sports, not just football.
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