How satisfying was the result
Good evening. We had the confidence. We were confident because we lost the chance to be in the top four on Sunday. We know it was going to be difficult but we took the possibilty. We were strong in our minds to prepare, in our focus and to work hard. We can be proud of the players. our supporters here today with us. It’s not finished yet. It’s one step more to play the final. We are happy but also it's continuing to be difficult to win.
Laca and Auba were unplayable...
Yes they are very good strikers. I am proud of them how they work defensively. We need big players today. When their commitment is like today, defensively also working to help us it’s amazing. And after their attacking moments was coming. I think all our players did perfect.
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Did you take motivation from Spurs...
No, not really. We were speaking that different situations can happen like the first leg. But our reactions was amazing in how we can come back. How we keep our gameplan, To be calm with a big atmosphere here. Our response was amazing. We take can some different examples like Tottenham or Liverpool. We spoke about that but above all we are creating a new step, a new history, a new moment. It's not easy to play finals. It's not easy to reach finals in Europa. And to give our supporters a good moment.
You must feel proud after one of the best results in Arsenal's European history - and what did you say to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after the match?
I said to everybody congratulations. I said to them before the match, we spoke in the hotel, about our moment, about our experiences. To take the best performances collectively and individually. And they made that. And after the match I gave them my congratulations because every player give us his quality. His all. They can do it 90 minutes. We can speak about individual players [apart from Aubameyang] but every player worked very well. They can be very proud of their work. And our fans. At home we played last week in a full stadium and they are coming with us over here 3,000 supporters and we can be proud of each single player and each single supporter.
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Will reaching the Champions League by winning the Europa League be the best way to qualify?
We have two possibilities to qualify. One we lost. The second is the Europa League here. I think the Europa League improve a lot. I started playing in the Europa League with Valencia eight/ten years ago. It was different. Very diffierent. I think now it is a good competition for teams who cannot play in the Champions League. Our objective is to go to the Champions League but also it is one title. I think matches like today with this atmosphere are amazing. Every player, every club wants to play in it.
Arsenal have showed character...
These two matches was amazing. Our mentality and how we responded in these two matches was perfect. But each competition and each match is different. We showed everyone our character and our capacity to be together. Defensively and attacking we can take good moments. Not one team has scored four against Valencia and only one time Atletico Madrid scored three goals and we did that last week. Valencia are a very good team. A very difficult team and we showed in these moments we can do that.
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