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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta previews their upcoming Premier League match against Manchester United.
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07/03/2025
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00:00
Hi.
00:02
Hi Dave, how are you?
00:03
Good to see you.
00:06
Hi everyone, hope everyone's well.
00:10
Just about.
00:11
Just about? You're good? No?
00:13
Yeah, yeah.
00:14
Okay, good.
00:15
Camera's all in the back.
00:17
Good, we'll kick off with a normal live section,
00:19
then we'll go into a 10.30 to 9.
00:23
If we're ready, we'll kick off with Gail from Skype.
00:26
Afternoon.
00:27
Afternoon.
00:30
How has the mood lifted amongst the players
00:34
after what you did on Tuesday night?
00:36
And how helpful, given what awaits on Monday?
00:40
Yeah, obviously it was a great night for us.
00:43
An important competition that we have a lot of hope on it.
00:47
And the manner and the way we did it, obviously,
00:50
lifted everybody.
00:52
That's the past, unfortunately.
00:54
So it's about what we do today,
00:56
the preparation for tomorrow,
00:58
and try to replicate a great performance again on Sunday.
01:01
There was a lot of brilliant things you did.
01:05
Was the toughest thing having to take Miles and his skill
01:09
in that first half?
01:11
What was your thought process?
01:13
Did you get a chance to talk to him about it?
01:15
And how much do you have to work with him
01:19
to make sure this is the next part of his process and progress?
01:23
Because I know he's quite protective of you.
01:26
Yeah, I think it was quite clear that we have a liability there
01:30
with the yellow card and the next action.
01:33
It wasn't a moment to take any risk.
01:35
And to learn from that experience,
01:37
managing the game for so long,
01:39
especially with how important this competition is.
01:41
So, yeah, a lesson to learn from him, for sure.
01:44
We will support and help him.
01:46
But, yeah, the line is really thin in the sport
01:50
and he needs to understand that.
01:52
Yeah, he's obviously done so much good for you.
01:54
Do you get the sense that this sort of player
01:56
can learn quickly?
01:58
Yeah.
02:01
Yeah, because he's very intelligent.
02:03
He's extremely demanding of himself
02:06
and that's a fine, by the way.
02:08
And...
02:09
Yes.
02:11
How much? It's only £5.
02:12
I don't know. It's up to you guys.
02:14
Hopefully you have that in place.
02:16
£5 would be more expensive than £5.
02:18
I think so.
02:19
I think it's better for you guys to discuss with your colleagues.
02:22
Dinner.
02:23
Dinner, yeah?
02:24
Good dinner.
02:26
But, yeah, I know straight away his reaction is like that.
02:29
He's a perfectionist.
02:30
He's got a great environment around him.
02:32
They are here to learn as well.
02:34
I understand that Thomas Tuchel has a shortlist,
02:38
but it doesn't sound so short, of 55 players.
02:42
Would you expect both Manieri and Marcelo Scurri
02:46
to be on that list?
02:48
And how do you feel about that
02:50
in terms of the next step of their development?
02:53
Well, I have no idea.
02:54
Obviously, what I read and hear about...
02:57
Yeah, the noise that is around it.
02:59
So, it's Thomas who will take with his coaches
03:02
the decision and we'll support it.
03:04
But, obviously, somebody who's nurturing them,
03:07
would you like to see that?
03:09
Do you feel at this point in their career
03:11
that's good for them?
03:12
To be around a different environment,
03:14
to learn something a bit different?
03:16
Well, knowing Thomas and the coaching staff
03:19
and the environment they have created
03:20
around the England camp,
03:21
I think it will be an incredible experience for them.
03:23
If that's the case, whenever that is.
03:26
That's not my decision.
03:27
That will be their decision.
03:28
How we manage him here, it's ours.
03:31
It's in our control.
03:32
Down there, we'll leave it to coaches
03:35
and people that are super experienced.
03:37
Much more experienced than me.
03:39
Well, talking of experience,
03:42
Yeah.
03:52
It's gone fast.
03:53
Probably the number one is with the day
03:55
that I was sitting here on the first day,
03:58
just fulfilling that dream of one day
04:00
becoming the manager of this incredible football club.
04:03
And then there are many others.
04:05
But the other night was up there
04:07
with one of the best because of the way we did it.
04:11
A trophy, for sure.
04:12
And we won the first FA Cup
04:14
after everything we went through as a club
04:16
the last few years and the COVID period,
04:19
which was really, really difficult as well.
04:24
Win tomorrow, this is in this industry,
04:27
what happens and try our best.
04:29
I have a lot of energy still
04:31
and very driven to have more success.
04:38
Hi.
04:41
Yeah.
05:00
Yeah, obviously when you isolate data
05:02
and you're looking at certain aspects of the game,
05:05
that cannot reflect just the overall performance
05:08
of a player for sure.
05:09
But he's got the ability to do that
05:12
while you are talking about in that phase
05:14
and then still arrive in great positions,
05:16
in great situations to provide assistance,
05:18
to score a goal.
05:19
And he proven that many times.
05:21
And the other game,
05:22
I think it was a very good example of that.
05:40
Yeah, we need to look at threats from other areas.
05:50
And obviously we lost very important wingers
05:53
that provided a lot for us in that final third.
05:56
And we're looking to explore other options as well.
05:58
The team has this capacity to adapt.
06:01
A lot of players with great football intelligence
06:04
as well to understand when to move and why,
06:07
especially they do certain things.
06:09
And they certainly float.
06:11
And we saw actions and combinations
06:15
that are very difficult to defend.
06:32
Yeah, well, I mean,
06:33
that's the history of that football club.
06:35
And then the players that I have,
06:37
the coach that I have,
06:38
and watching the game last night
06:40
against Real Sociedad,
06:42
you come very clear
06:43
that they are very capable
06:44
to put a really strong performance
06:46
and beat you on the day.
06:47
So we know that.
06:48
We know the difficulty of the match.
06:50
And that's how we prepared.
06:53
Hi.
06:54
You mentioned on Tuesday night, last week,
06:58
that we'd gone from a situation
07:00
with zero goals in two games
07:01
to seven goals in one game.
07:02
That should be the beauty of football.
07:04
Do you have a few more days
07:05
to kind of reflect on that?
07:07
Do you have any more insights
07:08
into how we did go from zero goals
07:09
to seven goals in one game?
07:11
Yeah, and as well,
07:12
the way the game could have gone as well.
07:14
But that's the reality.
07:15
If they would have scored,
07:16
we were in total control of the game
07:17
in one action.
07:18
They had the big chance with Saivari
07:20
and they hit the crossbar.
07:22
That could have changed the game, you know?
07:24
And if Imas gets sent off,
07:26
it would have been a different game.
07:27
So that's why,
07:28
that you have to really understand
07:29
the context of the game
07:31
and how it happened.
07:32
We were super effective
07:33
as Imas said in the box.
07:34
And that's a massive strength,
07:36
especially in the Champions League.
07:38
And that's why we won the game
07:40
with a margin.
07:41
That's clear.
07:42
It feels like the intensity
07:43
of the Premier League
07:44
has been very high.
07:45
And the Champions League
07:46
maybe released some of that
07:47
different competition,
07:48
something new.
07:49
Returning to the Premier League
07:50
this weekend,
07:51
can you utilise that freedom
07:53
and that enjoyment
07:54
from that midweek win
07:55
to take into Sunday?
07:56
Yeah, I mean,
07:57
it goes through momentum.
07:59
And again,
08:00
what the game provides
08:01
because we win
08:02
is really good in certain games.
08:03
But the result wasn't coming
08:05
fast enough.
08:07
Things were coming
08:09
in the right moment,
08:10
at the right time,
08:11
in the right way.
08:12
And that's very helpful.
08:14
So every game is different
08:15
on that.
08:16
Simon, BBC Standard.
08:17
Hi, Mikel.
08:18
Can I just ask you
08:19
about Chido,
08:20
who you came up against
08:22
on Sunday.
08:24
What were your emotions
08:25
in the summer
08:26
when you left him
08:27
to play?
08:28
You had him jump
08:29
and play a lot of talent.
08:30
Yeah, I wasn't too involved
08:31
in that decision.
08:32
Obviously, when a player
08:33
decides that the best
08:34
pathway for him
08:35
is to leave,
08:36
there's not much
08:37
you can do.
08:38
Very unfortunate
08:39
because we want to keep
08:40
obviously our players
08:43
from the academy
08:44
and to be very successful
08:45
with the first team.
08:46
But in that case,
08:47
with Aiden,
08:48
we weren't able to do that.
08:50
There was a sort of
08:51
feeling at the time,
08:52
I think,
08:53
among some fans
08:54
that young players
08:55
maybe didn't have
08:56
a sort of pathway.
08:57
Do you think that
08:58
now this season
08:59
with Eden and Miles,
09:00
the perception has gone
09:01
and that there is proof
09:02
that if you're a young player
09:03
and you've got the talent
09:04
you can play in the first team?
09:05
I don't know what
09:06
the perception is out.
09:07
Internally, not.
09:08
And the reality
09:09
is very different
09:10
because those players
09:11
are always with us.
09:12
I mean, I guarantee you
09:13
that if there is a player
09:14
there that can help
09:15
and impact the first team,
09:16
he's going to be with us.
09:20
Just on Miles quickly,
09:22
is it a difficult challenge
09:24
to strike the right balance
09:25
with him because
09:26
physicality,
09:27
riding the challenges,
09:28
the winning duels,
09:29
is such a fundamental part
09:31
of who he is on the pitch.
09:33
How do you control that
09:35
without taking it away
09:37
from his game?
09:39
I think dominating
09:41
the situation,
09:43
that's it.
09:44
Control, I mean,
09:45
controlling the situation,
09:46
you need to dominate.
09:47
What space you are defending,
09:48
what is the level of exposure
09:49
that you have,
09:50
is the opponent facing you,
09:51
not facing you?
09:52
So what is the probability
09:54
to win that ball
09:55
and when you have to commit
09:56
to certain duels?
09:57
And there you have to apply
09:58
defensive principles
09:59
that are very clear
10:01
to most of the time
10:03
have the best possibility
10:04
to win the ball
10:05
and don't get any
10:06
excess exposure.
10:07
If you don't do that
10:08
at that level,
10:09
big problem.
10:10
Just on your other
10:11
question about Ricky,
10:12
I mean,
10:13
he's shown this incredible
10:14
attacking intuition,
10:15
like he looks like
10:16
a centre-forward at times,
10:17
the way he moves,
10:18
the way he finishes.
10:19
Is that something
10:20
you knew about him
10:21
or is it something
10:22
you've discovered
10:23
since he arrived?
10:24
No, he certainly has
10:25
that capacity
10:27
to flow in areas
10:28
that for a defender
10:29
is very unusual.
10:30
So that was something
10:31
that really caught my eye.
10:32
The other one
10:33
that is very unpredictable,
10:34
sometimes chaotic
10:35
and that can be
10:36
very difficult as well
10:37
from the position
10:38
and the eye on goal,
10:39
especially in open play.
10:40
To be fair,
10:41
I didn't have
10:42
that understanding
10:43
of the things
10:44
that he could do
10:45
but you see
10:46
day-to-day in training
10:47
that he's very capable
10:48
of creating things
10:49
that he's capable
10:50
of creating
10:51
that he's capable
10:52
of creating
10:53
that he's capable
10:54
of creating
10:55
that he's capable
10:56
of creating
10:57
things that
10:58
they are not there
10:59
in that moment.
11:00
And finally
11:01
in the last section
11:02
we'll go to
11:03
Nicola back there.
11:04
Hi, Miquel.
11:05
I don't think
11:06
this is too personal
11:07
but I saw you
11:08
yesterday encouraging
11:09
us to engage
11:10
in your wife's
11:11
first book
11:12
which must be
11:13
very exciting
11:14
for you and the family.
11:15
I'm just wondering
11:16
if there's any
11:17
sort of crossover
11:18
that you talk
11:19
to each other
11:20
about the house?
11:21
Well, I'm very proud
11:22
of her because
11:23
she's doing amazing
11:24
and she has
11:25
the opportunity
11:26
to do that right now
11:27
and to have the person
11:28
that I love the most
11:29
in this world
11:30
next to me
11:31
and giving everything
11:32
that he gives to me.
11:33
I feel very lucky.
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