Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta remarkably reasoned why he started David Raya over Aaron Ramsdale in goal v Everton
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00:00 "The same rationale that Fabio played here, or Eddie played, and Gabriel Jesus. I haven't
00:05 had a single question why Gabriel Jesus hasn't started. He has won more trophies than anybody
00:12 else, including me, in that dressing room. But they don't. So it's something that historically
00:17 is done like this, but I cannot have two players in this position and don't play them. David
00:21 has tremendous qualities like Aaron has, like Kyle has, but we have to use them. And it's
00:29 like this. I'm a really young manager. I've only been three and a half years in the job
00:33 and I have a few regrets for what I've done. One of them was that on two occasions I felt
00:39 after 60 minutes and after 85 minutes in two games in this period to change the keeper
00:44 in that moment. And I didn't do it. I didn't have the courage to do it. But I'm able to
00:51 take a winger or a striker and put a centre defender back and go to a back five to hold
00:56 that result. And we drew those games and I was so unhappy. And someone is going to do
01:02 it. And maybe it's, "Ah! That's strange. Why? Why not? Tell me why not." You have all the
01:09 qualities in another goalkeeper to do something, something has happened, you want to change
01:12 momentum, do it. And it's a regret that I had. And now my feeling is to get everybody
01:18 engaged in the team. They have to play, regardless of competition, and do it. And it's my message.