Leading the discourse was the widespread celebration and admiration of PSG’s manager, Luis Enrique, who has shown superhuman resolve and perspective after the death of his nine-year-old daughter Xana from cancer six years ago.
And then there were the posts mocking Mikel Arteta over his comments that Arsenal had been the “best team in the Champions League” this season after their semi-final elimination to the Parisians last month.
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He later added, “I am saying that because they (PSG’s staff) just told me that,” a version of events quickly debunked by Enrique.
Arteta’s pronouncement seemed blinkered at the time and hasn’t aged well after PSG became the first team in European Cup and Champions League history to win a final by a five-goal margin.
It was a brilliant, brutal performance from a thrilling young side that left absolutely no doubt that PSG are deserving champions of European football’s biggest prize.
"I don't think there's been a better team in the competition so far"
Mikel Arteta speaks on the progress of his Arsenal team, and believes they've been the best team in the Champions League despite losing to PSG
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It was the sort of rose-tinted remark you might expect to see on AFTV (formerly Arsenal Fan TV) rather than from the Arsenal manager. Arteta unnecessarily exposed himself to criticism and ridicule.
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They were especially impressive in the first 20 minutes of the return at the Parc des Princes, pressing with the sort of breathless intensity that PSG produced against a weary Inter in Munich.
But PSG were ruthlessly brilliant and could have scored more than the three they managed in London and Paris.
Although it ended before they wanted it to, Arsenal had an excellent European campaign, progressing one stage further than they did the season before.
It was Arsenal’s best performance in the Champions League since they finished runners-up to Barcelona in 2005-06. The Gunners reached the semi-finals in 2008-09 but lost by a larger aggregate score of 4-1.
The Emirates has never been louder than when Mikel Merino made it 3-0 against the reigning champions after Declan Rice’s incredible free-kick double.
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Other memorable moments included Gabriel Martinelli silencing the Bernabeu, beating PSG in the league phase, Myles Lewis-Skelly’s remarkable emergence on the grand stage and winning five games by three or more goals.
PSG emphatically quashed Arteta’s claims that his side were the best in Europe this season. They did their talking on the pitch, a lesson Arteta and Arsenal can heed as they seek to go one better in Budapest this time next year.
There are plenty of people poised and ready to taunt and mock Arsenal with the club’s trophy drought extending into a sixth year. There’s no need to provide the haters with any additional ammunition.
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