Arteta on Arsenal's 3-0 Zagreb win and qualifying for knockout UCL rounds

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Arteta on Arsenal's 3-0 Zagreb win and qualifying for knockout UCL rounds  22/10/2025  uefa24  emirates stadium, London, Uk

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00:00Just a reminder, we have the interpretation system for Croatian English.

00:05If you have a question, raise your hand and we'll come to you.

00:08We'll kick off with Jordan from Sunday.

00:10Co, another Champions League win, another clean sheet.

00:13How pleased are you?

00:15Yeah, very happy overall, obviously.

00:17It's a massive step, what we've done tonight, put us in a really strong position.

00:22Before we played the last game in Geneva,

00:25scoring three goals, creating plenty of chances, dominating the game.

00:29And don't consider that shots, and another clean sheet at home.

00:33So overall, very happy.

00:35We've been looking at the table trying to work out

00:37if you're mathematically confirmed, and we don't know.

00:40Do you know? Have you been told?

00:42I haven't had as much time as you probably, so we're struggling with that.

00:46I know that we are in a really, really good position.

00:49A lot of things have to happen.

00:51So still, we have to do our job, go to the donor and try to win the game,

00:56and then we'll have very much sense.

00:58Gary Oscar?

01:00Yeah, I know you've just literally come off the pitch,

01:02done interviews and come in here, and you're not a mathematician,

01:05but Opta...

01:06You don't know.

01:08Well, you need to be.

01:10But Opta, who are, say that Arsenal are 100% sure to be in the Round of 16.

01:18OK.

01:19So I don't know, you don't know, but it sounds pretty promising.

01:22Does that mean you can go ahead and speak to the travel agents

01:25about a warm weather break?

01:27I'm going to ask Opta to speak to them.

01:30I think that's a better idea.

01:32But couldn't have worked out better than I could.

01:35No, it's really good.

01:37And as well, we made certain changes for Fresnel

01:40to give minutes to certain players that they fully deserve them as well.

01:43We had some setbacks yesterday as well,

01:45with the players that we could use tonight.

01:47Three of them, they were on the pitch and they were on the bench,

01:50but not really to be used as well.

01:52So good that we won it, and enjoy it, and then let's go to Wolves.

01:56Sam Telegon?

01:58Mikel, on Declan, do you get the sense in the past few weeks

02:02that he's really kind of hit his stride again?

02:05Is he approaching it?

02:07His intent, his purpose, especially in attacking,

02:10the position he's taking, how he's driving with the ball.

02:13There is another bite to his game.

02:15And today he could have scored two goals.

02:18In the last few weeks he had some big, big open chances to score,

02:21to affect the game.

02:23So overall very happy, because we need to affect the game from those positions,

02:26and he's certainly capable of doing that.

02:28Is that because of the Euros and that niggling foot thing?

02:32It took him a bit of time to hit this...

02:34Yeah, that one, then he had another niggle,

02:36and then the demands of the game.

02:38He's played so much football in the last two years,

02:42and as well on top of that we have moving from one position to the other.

02:45So all the factors, but the good thing with Declan is he's so consistent,

02:49so reliable, he's always there.

02:51And when he can create those sparks, those moments as well in the opposition box,

02:55obviously it's a great thing to have.

02:58Hi, Mikel.

02:59Just on Declan, obviously he rested quite a bit around the turn of the year,

03:02Christmas and the new year.

03:04Was that with the end of January in mind,

03:07or was that just a natural thing because of, as you said,

03:10the load he had over the past couple of weeks?

03:12He needs that like the others.

03:15Sometimes it's related to freshen up,

03:18and sometimes it's related to saying we need another level,

03:21and if not somebody else is going to be there.

03:23So everybody has to be on their toes, and Declan is no different to that.

03:28You can see that when he's fresher and he's in the condition that he is,

03:32he's a big player for us.

03:34Both him and Martin were on the score sheet tonight,

03:37I'm just wondering, goals from midfield feel like they're really important

03:41to this Arsenal side over the past couple of years,

03:43how important will they be in the second half of this season?

03:45Yeah, we know that, and we know in the last two seasons

03:48when we scored that many goals, how we shared those goals,

03:50you could just tell by the reaction of Martin how much it meant that goal to him.

03:54So hopefully now we go and that's going to happen very often.

03:58Simon, just to check with Miles what the situation is,

04:02are you hopeful he's going to be back for the weekend?

04:06I'm not sure, he jarred his knee in the game against Villa,

04:10and he thought he was OK when he finished the game,

04:12the next day it wasn't bad, and then yesterday he wasn't feeling right,

04:15so he started the session and he wasn't feeling good,

04:18so we need some more tests tomorrow.

04:20Hopefully it's nothing big, but games are coming very fast.

04:24Do you need a scan on it?

04:25Yeah, we need to do one.

04:28Hi, Miguel, some more maths.

04:30Kai Havertz has scored 14 goals, 22 games faster than he did reach that time last season.

04:37Is it going under the radar, the improvements he's made on his goals?

04:41Sorry, repeat the stat?

04:42He's got to 14 goals, 22 games faster.

04:45Ah, than the year before, the season before, yeah.

04:48What does that tell us about him?

04:50What do you think about it? Brilliant.

04:52I think it shows he's improving.

04:54He shows the perspective against the reality sometimes,

04:57you know, that's what it shows.

04:59Good stat.

05:00Yes, Sam?

05:01He's only back from injury a few weeks ago,

05:04how promising is it that he's been able to bounce back so quickly?

05:07And obviously if you're forward line it gives you more options.

05:10Yeah, for sure, great to have him.

05:12He's been training really good the last few days,

05:14he's adapting to the position,

05:16you can tell straight away the strength that he generates,

05:19how he convinces people, the kind of ball that he can put

05:22from these areas as well, so really good to have him back.

05:25We need options, we need threat, we need competition there,

05:28so great to have him.

05:30Ed Guardia?

05:31If you do get through and play a playoff

05:34and you manage to get on the training camp,

05:37how important could it be for your squad

05:39to have a bit of time away and refresh at that time of year?

05:42Yeah, if we end the right to do that, that would be great,

05:44because obviously it's been a super busy schedule

05:47with a lot of demands and with things that happen,

05:50even more demands, especially on the players.

05:52So if we can achieve that, that would be great.

05:55We'll just take a call from a Croatian journalist.

05:59Can you just tell us a few words about Dinamo's side?

06:02Did you maybe expect them to be a little bit more dangerous?

06:05No, we didn't know, obviously,

06:07until yesterday we didn't really know,

06:09we prepared the game especially with two different formations,

06:12because it's what the manager has done in the past,

06:15but it's true that they were more focused on 4-3-3

06:18when we watched sets and games lately,

06:21but they were friendly, so expecting them to come here,

06:24I was more inclined that they were going to play with a back five.

06:27And then they tried, they generated some issues as well for us,

06:30because they moved quite a lot the structure,

06:32they did some clever things, and, yeah, that's good, we won the game.

06:36Congratulations. Did you maybe spoke with Fabio Cannavaro?

06:40Please, coach, give us something juicy after this.

06:43No, I just...

06:45I just say hello to him and wish him the best,

06:50he's someone that I admire a lot as a player,

06:53not only for the player and the career,

06:55but the presence that he has and the way he behaves,

06:58and you can see him in the touchline as well.

07:00And I like what he did,

07:02he did some very clever things to cause us problems,

07:06so, nothing, wish him all the best.

07:09OK, thanks very much.

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