Arteta gives blunt response to Gyokeres questions

Arteta wouldn't be drawn into conversation about Sporting forward Viktor Gyokeres ahead of their UCL meeting.

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00:00How good is Victor Llores? And two, how do you stop him?

00:04Well, I would like to talk about the team, about the coaches and how phenomenal they've been.

00:09You know, the run that they are in is incredible.

00:12That tells you that it's not only the quality, it's the set-up as well as the ambition.

00:17It's something about the team energy that they have.

00:20And that's a great challenge that we have.

00:22Tomorrow to come here and make a statement and show that we are capable

00:26against this kind of opponent, be ourselves and win the game.

00:30Hi, Mikel. I know you're focused on sporting the team,

00:33but you're coming up against a very informed striker.

00:36He seems to have the pace, the power, the height.

00:39Is he, in your eyes, what a modern-day centre-forward looks like now?

00:43Like an Erling Haaland kind of mould?

00:46I understand the question. Obviously, they have a lot of individual qualities.

00:49That's why they are able as well to win games in various ways.

00:53And, yes, in a specific position, they have tremendous plays.