Saints have great clear philsophy, Martin a  great coach - Arteta - video Dailymotion

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta paid tribute to Southampton boss Russell Martin and his philosophy ahead of their Premier League clash London Colney, London, UK

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00:00Last week before the Leicester game, you told us that you'd written lots of, or you'd got

00:05the players to write lots of words ahead of the Leicester game to make sure they were

00:09focused and there were no slip-ups. I wonder how much you've had to reinforce that, because

00:15it's another game after another big week where you simply can't afford to drop any points,

00:21can you?

00:22Yeah, we know the significance of the match, the difficulty of the match, obviously last

00:26week it was proven, the tough schedule that we have and that any opponent can cause you

00:33problems and even when you think that the game is under control, the game can get out

00:37of your hands immediately, so it was a good thing probably to happen the way it ended

00:42up and we know the quality of Southampton, in my opinion, a team that is extremely well

00:46coached, that they have a very clear philosophy, they've been very unlucky not to have many

00:54more points because there were moments in the game that they were far better than the

00:57opponent and in some moments they got the results away from them and it will be very

01:03tough.

01:04In terms of their manager, he's clearly got a very strong vision and he doesn't want to

01:10come away from that vision. When you arrived, you knew what you wanted your team to look

01:15like and you stuck by it through really tough times and I guess it's paid off for you and

01:22sometimes it will pay off in the end. It's a hard balancing act, isn't it?

01:28I love that kind of behaviour, at the end you have to do what you feel and he's proven

01:33that his philosophy is extremely successful, what he did with Swansea, what he did with

01:37Southampton, I think last year there were 25 games unbeaten. It was a joy to watch that

01:43team play, the same with Swansea and that's it. From what I've seen, they deserve much

01:49more than what they have already but this is the Premier League and the small details

01:54are so important to get results.

Saints have great clear philsophy, Martin a great coach - Arteta

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