Arsenal’s Arteta admits ‘blood pumping’ ahead of Inter clash | OneFootball

Mikel Arteta has admitted his ‘blood is pumping’ ahead of Arsenal’s clash with Inter Milan at the San Siro.

Arsenal travel to face the Italian champions tonight in one of the headline fixtures of matchday four in the Champions League.

Inter are three-time winners of the Champions League and finished as runners-up in 2023, before winning the Scudetto under Simeone Inzaghi last season.

Arteta said he cannot wait to take on the challenge of facing the Nerazzurri at the San Siro and admits these are the sort of fixtures Arsenal want to be involved in.

“My blood is pumping. This is the kind of game that we want to play,” Arteta said at his pre-match press conference.

“To come to Milan to play Inter, two years ago they were in the final of the Champions League, they won the Scudetto last year so to come here and show the team that we are right now and the ambition that we have. These are the games we want to play, that’s for sure.”

Arteta opened up on what he expects from Inter and said the Serie A champions are ‘tricky and unpredictable’ opponents.

“I think they have a really clear idea and identity and that for me is the biggest strength of Inter and that’s full credit to the manager. He has some very specific ideas, especially in ball possession, the way he moves the position of certain players to occupy different spaces and this makes it tricky and unpredictable.

“But to be fair, we face in the Premier League a lot of tactical issues that we have to resolve and hopefully tomorrow we’re going to do that as well.”

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