Declan Rice, Arsenal midfielder, expressed his great happiness after his team's qualification to the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League, confirming that the team aspires to continue the journey and reach the final match.

Rice said: "I am extremely happy, very happy, it was a tough encounter over two matches, but reaching the semifinals for the second consecutive time is a great achievement for this group, and now we want to go one step further and qualify for the final."

He continued: "We faced Atletico Madrid this season and we know what to expect, so we are fully prepared for the coming weeks."

In response to the talk about the difficulty of the match, he explained: "Frustrated? No, we have qualified for the semifinals, and everything is positive, who cares what others say? What matters is what this group thinks, what the coach thinks, and we are in the semifinals again."

He added: "We will keep progressing, we will keep playing well, and we will continue achieving results, and we are ready for whatever comes next."

About the pressures surrounding the team, he said: "In any big club, there is always noise, this is Arsenal, and there is talk around every match, if you don't perform well, you have to ignore that and keep going."

He continued: "The coming weeks will be full of ups and downs, and no one will give you anything in this game, we have to keep going, and what will happen will happen, but we must continue strongly."

Rice concluded his statements by talking about the upcoming match against Manchester City, saying: "Of course, we must win every match, we want to win all Premier League matches, our record this season has been amazing, and this is why we play football, it's about how much you want it, and I know I will be ready, as will my teammates, so let's go."