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"Bayern PSG was probably the best game I've ever witnessed, but when I look at the amount of minutes I'm not surprised" 🤔 Mikel Arteta says it's "night and day" when it comes to the freshness of his players compared to Bayern Munich and PSG.
Arsenal will have to play their strongest XI as they are still in a title race They are heavy favorites to beat Fulham today with a 69% chance
Arsenal All time 11 in the 21st century.
🗣️ Mikel Arteta on Bayern Munich vs. PSG: "Bayern vs. PSG was probably the best game I have ever watched. The quality of two teams, and especially the individual quality that the players delivered." "I've never seen something like this. But when I look at the amount of minutes and the freshness of those players, then I'm not surprised." "To deliver those moments of quality, you have to be very fresh. The difference in the leagues and the way they're competing, it is night and day." "We are competing in two different worlds, so you cannot compare one part of that without giving any context to the other."
Good question, Yegha. And I’ll be using this response to answer to everyone who asked the same question. At a certain point in life, the things you choose to amplify say more about your orientation than your wit. A line like that may pass as edgy banter in your twenties, when everything is still framed as conquest, performance, and the endless proving of masculinity. But nearing fifty, it stops reading as clever and begins to read as arrested. There is a difference between experience and maturity. Experience gives you stories; maturity refines what you choose to glorify. When a man has lived long enough, seen enough, lost enough, and understood enough, his words begin to carry weight, restraint, and perspective. Not everything is reduced to sex, not everything is framed as a competition between warmth and lust, not everything needs to be said for applause, for validation. What his statement is really doing is this: it positions emotional intention as foolish and physical pursuit as superior. It suggests that depth is naivety and that calculated indulgence is wisdom. And that is a posture you expect from someone still trying to figure himself out, not from someone who should already understand that human connection is not a binary of flowers versus flesh. Yes, while it is true that as a man, you should know the particular type of women to date, to have sex with, and to commit to long term, as that decision can be life defining, it still does not justify shaming those who choose differently, those who come with flowers where others would rather come with desire. At the end of the day, it is a personal choice, one no one is obligated to respect, but a personal choice nonetheless, one shaped by intention, by values, by what a person believes connection should look like. And for someone like Jim Iyke, who is old enough to understand that nuance, however uncomfortable, however distasteful it may seem, it was somewhat beneath him to say that. At the stage he is, you would expect a man to have outgrown the need to trivialize sincerity for effect. You would expect him to recognize that people move through life at different depths, and that not every situation is reduced to desire and gratification. You would expect a certain level of evolution in thought, in tone, in what he chooses to put forward. That is the point. It is not about policing humor, age-shaming, or denying people their voice. It is about alignment. When your age, your experiences, and your platform suggest depth, but your words reflect something far more shallow, it stands out. And people like me will question it.
