Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta stated that his team will be facing Paris Saint-Germain at the “highest level.”
The Gunners will take on the French champions on Tuesday evening, following a draw in their Champions League opener against Atalanta two weeks ago.
PSG secured a 1-0 victory over Spanish side Girona in their first match and has reached the semi-finals of Europe’s premier competition in three of the past five seasons.
“The opposition we are facing tomorrow is probably the highest level you can find in European football,” said Arteta, who played for PSG between 2001 and 2002.
“But it is a great opportunity for us to see how we deal with it and how prepared we are and how we can impose ourselves in this kind of context.
“They’re really tough. They are exceptional and they dominate every phase of play.
“They have a very clear intention of how they want to dominate the game through the ball and when they don’t have it, they want it straight back.
“They are really aggressive with it and they confront you.
He added: “Everybody is looking forward to it. We missed it for a number of years, and last year was the first one after so many years that we had the experience to do it.
“The group stage is a bit different this season and the opposition we are going to face tomorrow is probably at the highest level that you can face in European football.
“But honestly, it’s a good opportunity for us to see how we deal with these nights, how prepared we are and how we can impose ourselves in this kind of context.”
On his time at PSG as a player, Arteta said: “It was my first professional experience.
“It was an unbelievable time that I spent there and I loved every minute of it.
“I will always be grateful to the club and Luis Fernandez because he was the one who believed in me when I was 17, 18 years old.
“I played professional football and from there it was a platform to share an experience in a club of that size and a city that is probably the most beautiful in Europe.
“It was an experience that will stay with me forever, with teammates who helped me and shaped who I wanted to be as a player, and ignited something in me to become a manager in the future.
“There were some very important individuals in that part of my career.”
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