Arsenal goes to the Bernabeu who sticks to a 3-0 lead of the first stage of their quarter-finals of the Champions League, and Thomas Partey admits that the game represents a crucial in their modern history
They will be angry with it in Madrid, and Thomas Partey says that Arsenal has reached a “beautiful moment” in the large design of Mikel Arteta to conquer Europe. In the modern Lexicon of Hipster Prattle, everyone in football nowadays talks about a 'project' as if forward planning was an optional alternative to bus it.
For most fans of a certain age, projects were the province of geographical excursions or extra homework. But it is not to be denied that Arsenal's Champions League moment of Truth against Real Madrid feels like a decisive pinpoint in the reign of Manager Arteta on Wednesday evening.
And midfielder Peny, a veteran of travel to the Bernabeu boiler in his previous incarnation with Cross-City Rivals Atletico Madrid, agrees that it will be a decisive test of the Gunners' Mentality. Arsenal has never lost an advantage of three goals of the first stage of a knockout draw in Europe, and Pedey says they are not in the mood to become the autumnguys in Madrid's coconut.
After he had dressed forward to open the score to Brentford from his beat as a Locum-Backback, he said: “It will be one of the biggest games, with the situation and the mentality and the management we have.
“We have to be confident, we have to go there and play our game and try to win. It will not be easy. We know how good they are and the quality they have from behind. Every stadium is intimidating if you are not at your best, but we know what to do.”
Stick or turn? The Dilemma of Arsenal is whether he should be stuck or applies the same game plan that has really destroyed with the Emirates.
Partey, who won three of his 14 meetings with Real for Atletico and Arsenal, was strengthened by the bravoure of his fourth goal of the season and shrugs: “I don't think it is difficult – if we are confident with our game, we will not play our game.
To really beat 3-0 and play them from the park, an explanation was that Arsenal is ready to go to the next level.
They missed the boat for three years in the title race, but as a force in Europe they will be considered potential kings, instead of pretenders on the throne when they end the track in Spain.
Partey said: “Well, I think (the first stage) was the first half. We know it will not be easy. They have some of the best players in the world, but every time we play our game, we are the best in the world.”
No lack of respect for Brentford or Lord Mayors, but for Arsenal a gloomy 1-1 draw after demolishing one of the aristocrats of world football would never cut. The bees earned the equalizer of Yoane Wissa, his 16th goal of the season.
But apart from semi-automated VAR, who made his debut to scrub the first half of Kieran Tierney for offside, and Arteta's snake competition with the opposite song Thomas Frank after the bad tackle of Christian Nordaard on Gabriel Martinelli, there was not enough incident to fill an anseicht card.
On the other hand, the Arsenal project will leave this week in Madrid, Gunners -fans will hang their postcards in the Tate Gallery -one of Tate that is the biggest hits.
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