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That was
Real good says jubilant Freddie
Arsenal victory at Bernabeu
in Champions League first leg
GUNNERS hero Freddie Ljungberg reckons Arsenal have finally
adapted to life in the Champions League and should have scored
more goals in their surprise win at Real Madrid on Tuesday night.
He said: “When I saw the draw, I said I thought Real Madrid
would suit us quite well. They give us the chance to play, there
is a lot of space and you can take a couple of touches of the
ball. It is more open and we were able to play football again.
We did well.”
Ljungberg, without a goal all season, turned in one of his best
performances of the campaign as the Gunners ran out 1-0 winners
in front of a near 80,000 crowd at the Bernabeu Stadium.
He told the New Journal afterwards that the Champions League
had become the perfect tonic to Arsenal’s poor domestic
form.
The Gunners have been beaten nine times in the Premiership and
have been knocked out of both English cup competitions.
In contrast, Arsenal have won six out of seven matches in Europe.
Ljungberg said: “In the Premiership this season I think
we have had problems with the physical game, I don’t think
that is a secret, everybody talks about that.
“But when we play in Europe there is not so much need for
it, a lot of teams try to play against us and that suits us
very well.”
He added: “We were the underdogs after our recent form
in the Premiership. We hopefully can take this back to the Premiership
but it’s a different type of football. This result can
hopefully help the belief of the younger players.”
The midfielder is
guarding against over confidence with everybody at Highbury
fully aware that Real Madrid have the talent to reverse Arsenal’s
narrow advantage.
But Ljungberg insists the Gunners could have bagged more goals
in Spain.
He said: “I don’t want to speak about whether its
going to be our year to win it or not. It feels good but it
is only half-time. If anything the only bad thing is that we
didn’t score more goals.” |
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