Arteta frustrated after Arsenal held at Chelsea

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Arteta frustrated after Arsenal held at Chelsea  Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal  10/11/2024  Stamford Bridge, London, UK

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00:00Well, disappointed with the results because I think we deserve more and at the same time

00:09very proud about the team. The way we played here against this opponent in this stadium,

00:14they have battered every opponent here and obviously it wasn't the case today. But after

00:19doing the most difficult thing, scoring the first goal, very disappointed how we conceded

00:23the goal. Nowhere near the standards, our defensive habits, how we allowed it and the

00:28moment you allow the space and time to any of their plays with the quality they have,

00:31you're going to get punished. So that's not bad luck. But then the team shows its teeth,

00:36you know, how much they wanted, they took risks, full determination, put Chelsea under

00:40every problem, were very aggressive, we created three big chances and unfortunately weren't

00:45able to put the ball in the net to win it but I think the team deserved it.

00:48Just on Martin, I think many of us weren't even sure if he'd be in the line-up, to play

00:5390 minutes to the standard he just did.

00:57I don't know any other player in the league that is capable of doing that. After six weeks

01:00out he had a day and a half, 29 and a half, to be able to do it just physically, mentally,

01:07to be connected the way he was with the team, unbelievable.

01:10Tom, Mikel has eight points from winning positions this season, how frustrating is that?

01:16Because you're clearly putting yourselves in a winning position.

01:19Yeah, there's nobody much like us but I think today on that sense and the way we concede

01:23we have to fault ourselves and that's something that we have to certainly do better, especially

01:29when you're not scoring two and three goals, at the moment we are not.

01:33Where does that leave you? I mean it's nine points behind Liverpool, do you feel it's

01:38still a season that is going to follow up?

01:40There's nothing that we can change today about that. What I'm just praying is that after

01:44the international break I have the team fully equipped physically, that they are available

01:49and they are fit because it's been an absolute nightmare for eight weeks, patch after patch,

01:54issue after issue, not only the ones that are not able to play but the ones that are

01:57able to play only for certain moments, only for certain days, not able to train. So I'm

02:03just asking that because the team, the desire that they have and how much we want it is

02:07just no question about that. So it's going to come, we just need that on our side to

02:12be able to be more consistent.

02:13I think it was four games, three games without a win, do you feel that was a step in the

02:20right direction given the manner of the performance?

02:23Today, well it's about winning and about how you perform and against Inter we were much

02:26better than them, 100% and watching it twice back, more convinced about that and today

02:32I think we deserve more. But this is football, the margins are so small so you cannot give

02:35anything to the opponent.

02:38Can I just ask Miquel, how's Rakaio and Declan, will they be able to go on international duty?

02:43It doesn't look good because two players of that importance to tell you that they cannot

02:49continue in the game, obviously it's not good news.

02:51Would you expect them to go on international duty?

02:54Well two players that they just come off. I don't expect them to be fit because if not

02:59they don't come off.

03:00OK, in glasses.

03:03Hi Miquel, Jamie to you. Great game today, it was very competitive, you had a lot of

03:08support from the away fans, but what do you think Arsenal need to do to bridge that gap

03:13now?

03:14Win, win, win, win, win and win, because these guys they don't stop winning, so that's what

03:20we have to do.

03:22Miquel, you've used that phrase showing their teeth quite a lot in the past few weeks about

03:27the players, I was just wondering, is that something you and the coaching staff have

03:30to do as well with all the things, all the circumstances?

03:34Yeah, when it gets nasty show your teeth and show how much you want it.

03:40When it's Disneyland it's very easy, everybody's next to you and telling you how beautiful

03:43you are, when it gets dark and difficult and everybody's questioning it, that's when I

03:48want to see people, that's when I'm always looking around who's going to step in that

03:52boat, yes or no.

03:53OK, last two.

03:54Yeah.

03:55One there.

03:57Regarding Martyn and the national team, as you spoke about on Friday, that you and the

04:02national team and Martyn himself have decided it was right for him to be called up for the

04:08team now, what is your view on this after the game now?

04:11I haven't spoken to the player yet.

04:13But what would you prefer, would you prefer that he got the time to recover here in London

04:20or is it OK to go back?

04:21I will speak to him and then I can tell you what I prefer.

04:24OK, and finally to Arthur here.

04:26What are the reasons for you that your team found it so difficult to score goals right

04:29in the end?

04:30Well, that we don't put the chances away and some of the times we haven't had that determination

04:35inside the box to make it happen.

04:37And we are just hoping that it was to happen, which is something very, very different in

04:42football.

04:43But certainly the team is in the right direction.

04:45That team doesn't do that because I haven't seen any team again like against Inter to

04:48do what we've done today here.

04:50So now we have to transform them into winning matches.

04:53OK, thanks everyone.

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