Mikel Arteta believes timing is the reason Arsenal have not managed to win as many trophies as they would have liked over recent seasons.
The Gunners will seek to keep alive their last hope of winning silverware this season by overturning a 1-0 first leg deficit against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday (20:00 BST) to reach the Champions League final.
The Spaniard said success was about being in the right place at the right time and pointed out that Liverpool sealed this season’s Premier League with fewer points than Arsenal amassed in each of the past two seasons.
“We are going to try and do it this season but winning trophies is about being in the right moment in the right place,” Arteta said.
“Liverpool have won the title with less points than we have in the last two seasons. So for the past two seasons we have two Premier League (titles).
“Hopefully we will be in the right place in the right moment in Paris and earn that right to be in the final.”
The Gunners finished second to Manchester City in the past two Premier League seasons – the position they currently hold behind already-crowned champions Liverpool.
They finished two points behind Manchester City last season, having ended the previous campaign five points behind Pep Guardiola’s side.
But they trail 15 points behind Liverpool, who with 82 points and three games remaining could yet surpass the 89 points Arsenal achieved last season, and tally of 84 in 2022-23.
Arsenal have not won major silverware since lifting the FA Cup in Spaniard Arteta’s first season in charge in 2020.
But after reaching the Champions League quarter-finals last season, Arteta has guided the club to a first semi-final in the competition since 2009.
Inter Milan await Arsenal or PSG in the Champions league final after beating Barcelona 7-6 on aggregate in the other semi-final.
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