Hear from all the main managers ahead of Week 4 of the 23-24 Premier League season including Erik Ten Hag and Mikel Arteta ahead of the big clash of the weekend between Manchester United and Arsenal
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00:00 We know the history between the two clubs and the games that we had in the past as well.
00:10 Last year was a really good example.
00:12 So it's going to be an extremely competitive match, really a big battle on Sunday and obviously
00:18 we want to come away from that with three points.
00:21 Before the international break it's always very important to finish well, to win your
00:26 game and go back now in September with another block of games before the next one with a
00:31 high.
00:32 One of the biggest games in the Premier League and how we're really looking forward to that
00:38 fight.
00:39 It's always been an interesting game, intense games.
00:44 I think it's two teams who really play offensive football.
00:50 As a machine, counter-attack, good organised, everybody committed 100 per cent.
00:58 When they defend deep, they defend deep with all, from there they go.
01:04 I think everybody agrees when you look at the players Villa have brought in,
01:07 they make massive descents, have speed on the wings.
01:13 So it's a massive game, no doubt about it.
01:19 But yeah, we have to play a top game.
01:22 At the moment we need to, with all the circumstances we are happy.
01:27 But it's true that maybe now we are more focused on competing and trying to get good results,
01:33 because positive results, because that is going to help us to follow the players that
01:38 will arrive to the team to be in a different mood.
01:43 But of course, now is the process that we need to compete, are not the best circumstances,
01:49 but I'm not going to complain.
01:50 That's the circumstances that we have and we need to accept that and we need to be positive.
01:58 It's the same as the previous game, but with Pep, with more energy there would be more
02:04 energy with Pep.
02:06 We're in complete contact with Pep all the time.
02:11 We share as well, we share our responsibilities, he always likes to share.
02:15 We have our roles very well defined by him and we continue on the right path, but he
02:21 obviously continues to intervene.
02:25 We're not quite finished in our preparation for the game.
02:26 I love the way that Vincent Caponi went about tackling the championship.
02:31 It's a really tough league, everyone knows that.
02:33 I thought the way his team played and really had a clear identity, I thought was outstanding.
02:40 Looking at their first two games, that's how they're going to tackle the Premier League.
02:44 You know that there's belief within that squad, in the manager and in their methods.
02:49 There's no such thing as easy games in this league, so I think you've got to try and prepare
02:54 in the best way you think you can get a result.
02:57 Like I said, our team shows signs of having something really interesting, something to
03:04 look forward to.
03:06 We continue to build on that, whether it's Tottenham or any other opposition, for us
03:10 we're focused on our own improvements and we still think that we can get a result against
03:14 Tottenham of course.
03:15 An outfit that work very hard to get to where they've got to.
03:17 The manager there has worked hard with them, he doesn't mind playing direct when they need
03:21 to and that kind of working ethic football, which is something that should be a given
03:26 anyway, but they certainly do.
03:27 They work as a unit, they work very hard.
03:29 We'll see what's in, we can piece together and see if we can go there and take it on
03:32 with a proper performance like the last two out of three, but we've got to score goals.
03:35 We've got to set that all along.
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