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Arteta on our Champions League strengths

We head into the knock out stages of the Champions League on Tuesday night, on the back of an excellent league phase during which we won six of our eight matches, scoring 16 goals and conceding just three.

We finished third in the 36-team league, and we trailed for just 65 minutes of the whole league stage, which is just eight per cent of total playing time. In addition we have the lowest average expected goals (xG) against per game in the competition this season, as well as allowing the fewest shots on target against per game (2.