Mikel Arteta Invites Fans For FC Porto Champions League Match: ‘I think the impact they can make tomorrow is incredible’

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta invited their fans ahead of a Champions League match against FC Porto, saying ‘the impact they can make tomorrow is incredible.’

The Gunners will face one of Portugal’s finests at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday in the ongoing Champions League race, looking to get through them and thereby book a spot in the quarter finals.

In-form Arsenal would appear a hard nut for the Portuguese visitors, holding the first place on the Premier League table by 64 points and standing among the top favourites in the competition.

But Spanish tactician Arteta was not oblivious of the fans’ contribution to the team’s performance on the pitch.

The top gaffer said the following during the pre-match press conference where he mentioned that the club would have opportunity to advance to the quarter finals after 14 whole years:

‘That’s the opportunity that we have tomorrow, in front of our people and in our stadium. For 96 minutes bring your energy, bring your noise and let’s do it together.

‘I think the impact they [the supporters] can make tomorrow is incredible. I don’t think that they really realise so we need that noise and we need them playing every single ball with us.

‘We need that emotion controlled as well to understand that the game can go through certain phases and we have to be really intelligent to push in the right moments to get what we want.

‘It is a beautiful opportunity to live these nights – it’s been 14 years so everything that we put in is going to be worth it.’

FC Porto will stand ahead of Arsenal by a 1-0 aggregate before the match, but shall have to overcome one of the Premier League’s best of the best during the match.

More people would be supporting Arsenal around the globe or at least expecting them to come out on top, because of the toughness of the league Gunners play in.

However, the game would look like a national clash to some, especially patriots from both sides to whom the clubs represent bigger things.