No pressure on Arsenal to win Champions League Arteta says

Arsenal are under no pressure to win the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League, manager Mikel Arteta says.

The Gunners are still yet to test ultimate victory in the Champions League. They managed to make the final in 2006 losing 2-1 to Barcelona but are yet to make it back to the final.

Last season they lost to Bayern Munich in the quarter finals and this year looks favourites to make it to the last 8 following a 7-2 demolition of Dutch side PSV in the first leg of their round of 16 tie.

With the Premier League looking like a lost cause, pressure is high as the Gunners aim to avoid a trophyless season but the Spanish coach is not fazed.

Arteta told reporters: "It's a competition that we have a lot of enthusiasm in. A lot of energy, we're very consistent.

"Winning tomorrow puts us in a very good position, that's it. It's not adding pressure, it's the reality of where we are and what we want to deliver. "We are very conscious that the demands of this football club is to reach the highest level and win competitions, that's it."

If they do proceed as expected, Arsenal could meet either holders Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid in next month's quarterfinal. The two Spanish sides meet in Madrid on Wednesday evening. Real leads the tie 2-1.

Arteta is not giving too much away even though either Madrid outfit offers stiff competition.

"Since the day we had the teams, you are looking at the others for sure, and then the ones we knew as well," Arteta said.

"We know them all because they are so good, so you put in your head 'what if?' But that's it, then you have to earn every right to be in that position."