„Monaco“ defender Aymenas Abdennouras considers London's „Arsenal“ to be one of the best teams in the world, but he believes that on Tuesday his team deserved to eliminate the English from the UEFA Champions League.
Leonardo Jardim's players triumphed in the first match in the English capital with a 3-1 result and were clear favorites to advance to the tournament's quarterfinals. Monaco's Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey came close to the necessary result for the "gunners," but they ultimately lacked a third goal.
„With players like Alexis Sanchez or Theo Walcott, they are very fast on the flanks,“ said the Tunisian. „We missed two goals due to a lack of concentration, but fortunately, that didn't ruin our chances of progressing further.“
„For me, „Arsenal“ is one of the best teams in the world, so I think we deserved to be in the quarterfinals just because of how we played against this team.“
„Now we have to focus on a new page and concentrate on the upcoming „Ligue 1“ match in order to finish the season in the top three and return to the Champions League.“
„Monaco“ will face „Reims“ in the French championship on Sunday."
