Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta congratulated North London Rivals Tottenham Hotspur to win Europe League, but he insisted whether the team won the trophy should not determine whether the season was successful.

ArtetaIs currently another in the prime league behind the champion Liverpoolwill end up without any silver software but Spurswho had a sad local campaign and sat in 17. years, they ended up the season on a high European trophy.

“They are (Europa League) champions and when you get to this you have to do a lot of things right. I think they go through the season with a lot of obstacles and difficulties. And they have, in the end … a wonderful moment“Arts said.

But on Thursday he asked at a press conference, which of the two teams had a better season, Artetus avoided a direct comparison between Tottenham and their own side.

“I don’t like to compare to other teams. I have to analyze my team, that’s my job“said Spanish, who led Arsenal on the semifinals of the Champions League in which they eliminated Paris Saint-Germain Earlier this month.

Arts said that the team should not be judged exclusively on their trophy number in the season, stating the example of his side, who never won the Champions League and did not raise the Prime Minister League since 2003/04.

“Where is the joy then? Because if I have to analyze myself … We missed the last 20 years in the Premier League and did not succeed in the Champions League in all our history“Arts said.

“Who are we then? Where is our brand, where is our club … Where is our value, our way of playing? Where are the moments we lived along with our people?“

Arts said Arsenal, which has so far received only 33 goals of the league this season, seven less than Liverpool, is motivated to end with the best defensive records in the upper flight while finishing the campaign in crossing Southampton on Sunday.

“We want to have as many points as possible. We still want to achieve the best defensive record … Complete the season on high“He added.