It’s Champions League or bust in Arsenal’s desperate search for silverware

No time for a carnival party in Eindhoven as Arteta and Co. know that Europe is their only remaining route to a trophy

MANAGING EXPECTATIONS: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (centre) during a training session at at the Sobha Realty Training Centre, London. Pic: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

It may be carnival time in Eindhoven this week but Arsenal are definitely not in town to party. Having seen their hopes of chasing down Liverpool in the Premier League title race slip away, Mikel Arteta knows that it is Champions League or bust for their chances of bringing home silverware this season.

The Arsenal manager was in a positive mood before the first leg of their last-16 tie against PSV, even if he refused to contemplate the prospect of a quarter-final showdown with either Real or Atlético Madrid should his side progress.