Uría: 'It's a long season – less drama, more hard work'

After Bayern's 2-0 win at the Metropolitano, Rubén Uría is calling for calm. He recalls Arsenal's 4-0 win last September and defends the club motto: 'I fight and I get back up.'

With the defeat to Bayern Munich still fresh, Rubén Uría refuses to stage a funeral. His argument rests on recent memory: last season Arsenal put four past Atlético de Madrid in September, yet by May, in his view, only a refereeing robbery stopped the team from reaching the Champions League final.

From that he draws his conclusion: the season is long, and there is no point sitting around crying, feeling sorry for yourself or looking for someone to blame. What is needed now is work and improvement, knowing that climbing higher demands a great deal more work.

Uría hits out at the mood of the last few hours, with talk of burning down the Metropolitano, claims that the coach is not up to the job and suggestions that the players are little more than rubbish. And he points to what lies ahead: Barça, an excellent side, but with a huge prize at stake, because if Atleti beat them they will go top of LaLiga. They were not the best team in the world before Bayern, and they are not the worst now, he sums up, before repeating the motto: 'I fight and I get back up.'