Timing is reason for Arsenal’s lack of trophies – Arteta

According to Mikel Arteta, timing is at play in why Arsenal haven’t won as many awards as they would have liked in recent years.

By overturning a 1-0 deficit in the opening game of the Champions League against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday (20:00 BST), the Gunners will attempt to make it one last silverware win of the season.

The Spaniard argued that success comes down to being in the right place at the right time, and that Liverpool’s record-keeping allowed them to win this season’s Premier League.

“We are going to try to do it this season, but winning awards means acting at the right time and place,” Arteta said.

“Liverpool have won the title with fewer points than we have in the previous two seasons.” So we currently have two Premier League titles for the past two seasons.

“It’s possible that we will be in the right place in Paris at the right time and get that spot in the final.”

In their previous two Premier League seasons, the Gunners finished second to Manchester City, which is currently behind Liverpool, who are already defending champions.

They finished the previous campaign five points behind Pep Guardiola’s side, finishing two points behind Manchester City.

However, they are 15 points behind Liverpool, who could still surpass Arsenal’s 89 points last season and 84 in 2022-23 with 82 points and three games left.

Since winning the FA Cup in the Spaniard Arteta’s first season in charge in 2020, Arsenal have not collected any significant silverware.

However, Arteta has now reached the competition’s first semi-final since 2009 after reaching the Champions League quarter-finals last year.