Freddie: "It Has Been A Season Of Transition"

Freddie believes that our underdog status will help us against Barcelona on Wednesday...

He said: "In the past we have been seen as one of the favourites in the competition, maybe this season people have looked at us like underdogs because we had not done so well in the Premiership.

"A lot of teams had tried to stop us playing, and did not play their own football. Perhaps this year they thought 'Ah, we will beat Arsenal and play our own game' - that suited us quite well with the way we pass and play.'

"We are not maybe so happy with the league, because we want to fight for the title - that is how it is to play for Arsenal.

"But the way it has been in the Champions League has been great.

"We have played some really good football.

"In the Premiership where we struggled a bit was when we played really physical teams, maybe in Europe you are not allowed to play as physical in the games, so that has suited us a bit more."

"It has been a season of transition."

'You have to help the young guys who come into the team, with how we want to play our passing game.

'So I tried to help and educate some of the players, which is something I have not had to do in the past, but it has all been good and now we are in the Champions League final."