“We have to value the fact that it’s very difficult to win away from home. “Two very different halves. The first one where we played at a really high level in terms of tempo, intensity, quality and clarity in what we had to do,” he added.
Noni Madueke and Viktor Gyokeres scored in the first half to hand Arsenal a 2-1 win at Slavia Prague in the Champions League on Wednesday. Arsenal got back to winning ways in Europe after a 2-2 draw at Bayern last month, reaching 10 points from four Champions League games so far, while Slavia have a single point in the standings.
We’ve done it against a really tough opponent, as we expected,” said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.
The Premier League champions were quick to take control of the game in chilly conditions in the Czech capital.
Madueke left the Slavia back four behind him with ease and beat diving Ukrainian teenager Nazar Domchak in the Slavia goal with a low shot. Slavia’s Polish midfielder Oskar Kubiak forced a diving save from Raya seconds into the second half. “(We) scored two goals. It should have been three, four or five.
It was the 23rd straight game without a win for the hosts in the Champions League, taking them within one of equalling AEK Athens’ all-time record from 1992-2006.
We didn’t make that gap,” said Arteta.
