Arteta's Arsenal hungry for history against PSG after title win

(Reuters) - Arsenal are hungry to write history and win their first Champions League final having got a taste for winning following their ​recent Premier League title, manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday.

Saturday's clash ‌in Budapest has the newly crowned English champions go up against a swaggering Paris St Germain side that dumped them out of the competition last year in the semi-finals.

Arsenal's first domestic triumph in 22 years means ​they are going into Saturday's showpiece with their tails up and ​looking to confirm their status among Europe's elite.

They are also boosted by ⁠the return of right-sided Dutch full back Jurrien Timber, who has been out ​injured since March, who if he plays will be up against PSG's exhilarating Georgian ​winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

"We have the opportunity tomorrow to write a new chapter in the history of the football club," Arteta told reporters.

"We have to play tomorrow with such a clarity, a ​lot of courage and desire to win, but we have those three aspects."

The ​Spaniard said the Premier League win had not eased the pressure on his side; rather, it had fuelled the players' fire.

"The ambition ‌is bigger," ⁠Arteta said. "We have won and we want the second one, that is all we have been talking about. That has to be a platform to reach bigger destinations."

Much has been made of the demands of the Premier League compared to France's Ligue ​1, but Arsenal winger ​Bukayo Saka said ⁠there would be no fatigue given the trophy at stake.

"A game like this is not going to be decided on ​minutes, it is going to be decided by moments," Saka ​said. "It is ⁠a massive opportunity to do something special."

Arteta said he still felt Arsenal had been unlucky to lose to PSG last year and praised their manager Luis Enrique as ⁠an "inspiration" ​and architect of his side's success.

There was little ​room for sentiment otherwise though.

"They (PSG) are defending the trophy, they are the champions and we are here ​to take it away from them," Arteta said.