Watching Euro football without Arsenal hurts – Arteta

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he will use the pain of his team’s lack of involvement in European competition this season as motivation to avoid being in the same situation next year. Arsenal finished eighth in the Premier League last campaign, failing to qualify for Europe for the first time since 1995. Arteta said it […]

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he will use the pain of his team’s lack of involvement in European competition this season as motivation to avoid being in the same situation next year.

Arsenal finished eighth in the Premier League last campaign, failing to qualify for Europe for the first time since 1995.

Arteta said it was difficult to watch this week’s European games without Arsenal, adding that he would use it as a catalyst to guide the club back to that level.

“In the past few days it was hurting to put the television on and see those teams in there and not see Arsenal there, it was painful,” Arteta told a news conference on Thursday.