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Arteta: Champions League final loss still 'runs through my veins'
October 8, 2026 at 07:33 PM
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told The Athletic that losing the Champions League final to Paris Saint-Germain still pains him and fuels his ongoing project at the club.
- Arteta said the Champions League final loss to Paris Saint-Germain, decided on penalties, still "runs through my veins" and motivates him and the squad.
- Arteta said his work at Arsenal is incomplete, declaring "there is a lot to do and this is just the beginning."
- Arteta recalled Arsène Wenger's saying that the hardest defeats leave "a scar on the heart."
- Arteta described overhauling the club upon his 2019 appointment, saying he "turned the office upside down."

