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'They're the best in the world': Luis Enrique says nobody beats Arsenal out of possession

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PSG head coach Luis Enrique has lavished ⁠praise on Arsenal ahead of this month's Champions League final, dubbing them ‌the best team in the world without the ball.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] ‌ended their 22-year wait for the ‌Premier League title on Tuesday and Luis Enrique ‌told reporters it was no surprise they ‌had also reached the final of Europe's elite club competition.[/p][p][b]"We’ve got experience of playing against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arteta-mikel/lAbHYaQM/"]‌Mikel Arteta[/a]’s Arsenal, and we ⁠know full well ‌how good they are on the ball,"[/b] he ​said on Wednesday.[/p][p]"Off the ball, they’re the best team in the world, ​no doubt about it. With the ball, they’re capable of scoring plenty of goals.[/p][p][b]"And ⁠it’s only natural ​to see them in the final. It’ll be a very tough final with two teams approaching it in two different ways. ‌But I think we’re in for a cracking final."[/b][/p][embed guid="72da859c-7a8e-4865-a785-f4e58f782dc3" url="https://x.com/PSG_English/status/2057107085247074413" social-type="twitter" /][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]PSG[/a] boss stressed the importance of pressing and defending ahead of the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/psg-CjhkPw0k/?mid=EJZRaQ15"]Champions League final in Budapest on May 30[/a], highlighting star forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]Ousmane Dembele[/a]'s work rate.[/p][p][b]“He defends all the time, no matter the match or the minute,"[/b] the ‌Spanish manager said.[/p][p]"It’s important to have him ​because we tend to always highlight what ‌the forwards do when they score goals or provide assists, but we don’t highlight enough what he does as a defender. When a team doesn’t have ⁠the ball, you ⁠have to defend.”[/p]

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