High on excuses and low on really big moments. That, in short, is the story of Arsenal’s season.
Mikel Arteta, the Arsenal manager, says his team were better than Paris Saint-Germain over two legs of their Champions League semi-final. They weren’t.
He says Gianluigi Donnarumma, the PSG goalkeeper, was the best player in the tie. He wasn’t.
He says Arsenal were the best team in the competition. They weren’t.
He says, in the Premier League, Arsenal were better over the last two seasons than Liverpool were this season.