WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.540 Hello and welcome to HYBR1D Powered by chinkseyMEDIA. 00:00:03.540 --> 00:00:06.780 Media. Right, this is my first post -match presser. 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:10.060 I thought I would do one because you guys seem 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:12.980 to like the pre -match press conferences. So 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:15.539 anyway, without any further ado, Mikel Arteta 00:00:15.539 --> 00:00:18.739 faced the media after our 1 -1 draw with Manchester 00:00:18.739 --> 00:00:23.019 City at the Emirates Stadium today. The boss 00:00:23.019 --> 00:00:25.399 was asked about the performance, his team selection, 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:28.660 the impact from the subs and more. Here's every 00:00:28.660 --> 00:00:31.460 word from his post -match press conference. On 00:00:31.460 --> 00:00:34.280 his assessment of the team, I'm extremely proud 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:36.460 of the players and the team. That's the overall 00:00:36.460 --> 00:00:38.840 feeling and I'm very disappointed with the result. 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:42.920 Yeah, I agree. It's a game we dominated. It would 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:46.070 have been a shame if we didn't. get anything 00:00:46.070 --> 00:00:48.130 from the result. It would have been a real, real 00:00:48.130 --> 00:00:50.750 kick in the teeth. But the boys showed great 00:00:50.750 --> 00:00:56.109 resilience and well, dug out a draw. A point 00:00:56.109 --> 00:00:59.649 is better than nothing. But yes, onwards and 00:00:59.649 --> 00:01:04.189 upwards, Crystal Palace take on Liverpool before 00:01:04.189 --> 00:01:06.030 we next play. So Liverpool could potentially 00:01:06.030 --> 00:01:09.349 be eight points ahead of us going into our game 00:01:09.349 --> 00:01:15.109 against our bogey side, Newcastle. On the similarities 00:01:15.109 --> 00:01:17.930 to last season's game at the Etihad Stadium? 00:01:18.510 --> 00:01:21.069 No, because that game we played, I think, 54 00:01:21.069 --> 00:01:23.590 minutes with 10 men. So that's a different story. 00:01:23.950 --> 00:01:27.010 The pride that I feel is to do and to play and 00:01:27.010 --> 00:01:29.250 to dominate the game the way we did against this 00:01:29.250 --> 00:01:34.430 team and with 11 players. So, yeah, I think it's 00:01:34.430 --> 00:01:39.250 partially Manchester City licking their wounds 00:01:39.250 --> 00:01:42.659 from last March. or February when we played them 00:01:42.659 --> 00:01:45.099 and beat them 5 -1. So they showed us a lot of 00:01:45.099 --> 00:01:48.760 respect and retreated to their box effectively. 00:01:50.659 --> 00:01:56.200 They ended the game playing 5 -4 -1. So we should 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:58.439 take that as a backhanded compliment, the fact 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:00.659 that Manchester City knew that they couldn't 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:03.480 take us on toe -to -toe in a football match. 00:02:04.540 --> 00:02:10.500 I quote football. Ideally, we would have wanted 00:02:10.500 --> 00:02:14.659 probably a more second side. But maybe it's because 00:02:14.659 --> 00:02:18.719 Arteta didn't anticipate Guardiola adopting those 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:22.699 tactics. But either way, it's over now. But one 00:02:22.699 --> 00:02:25.300 thing I do like is the fact that Arteta was proactive 00:02:25.300 --> 00:02:28.780 with his substitutions. He didn't wait too long 00:02:28.780 --> 00:02:35.379 to bring on Eze and gone blank. He brought on 00:02:35.379 --> 00:02:40.259 Eze. And I've gone blank. This is crazy, man. 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:45.840 I can't even think straight. At halftime, he 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:49.300 took off Noni Madaweke for Saka. That's the one. 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:51.759 I can't even think straight. It's actually mad, 00:02:51.900 --> 00:02:57.199 but yeah. On if the halftime substitutes was 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:00.020 an admission that... the team selection wasn't 00:03:00.020 --> 00:03:01.599 right. So it's funny enough I was just talking 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:04.379 about that. It's too easy to say that. I think 00:03:04.379 --> 00:03:07.280 it's very clear what we wanted to do and we started 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:10.060 the game very well. I think we completely dominated. 00:03:10.419 --> 00:03:12.860 I think after they scored the goal, doing absolutely 00:03:12.860 --> 00:03:15.520 nothing before that, we were a bit shaky for 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:18.240 five or seven minutes. And after that, we got 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:21.740 to the grips of the game again and started to 00:03:21.740 --> 00:03:25.949 dominate it. And the second half... it was a 00:03:25.949 --> 00:03:28.729 continuation of that with one different player 00:03:28.729 --> 00:03:32.330 and then two or three different players. So yeah, 00:03:32.430 --> 00:03:35.090 obviously Manchester City scored against a run 00:03:35.090 --> 00:03:37.990 of play, tried to hold out for the result. So 00:03:37.990 --> 00:03:41.650 it was important that... Well, Arteta's... Firstly, 00:03:41.810 --> 00:03:43.669 I just want to say Arteta's never going to admit 00:03:43.669 --> 00:03:46.930 that he felt the team sheet was wrong. But I 00:03:46.930 --> 00:03:50.539 did think... I don't want to say I know or knew, 00:03:50.659 --> 00:03:53.400 but I anticipated that he was going to start 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:56.659 with Mourinho. A lot of the fans weren't happy 00:03:56.659 --> 00:04:00.159 with the composition of the midfield being Mourinho, 00:04:00.340 --> 00:04:04.900 Zubimendi and Declan Rice. However, with Declan 00:04:04.900 --> 00:04:08.620 Rice and Zubimendi almost guaranteed a start 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:13.930 every match. Mikel Moreno is almost like the 00:04:13.930 --> 00:04:16.790 kind of odd one out there. A lot of the fans 00:04:16.790 --> 00:04:18.850 would probably want someone like a Wanyeri or 00:04:18.850 --> 00:04:23.009 Eze to come in at number 10. However, my gripe 00:04:23.009 --> 00:04:26.329 was if you're going to play that free and midfield, 00:04:26.470 --> 00:04:31.730 then you best have a very saucy attack. So having 00:04:31.730 --> 00:04:34.569 Trossard was a bit blunt. I was surprised. I 00:04:34.569 --> 00:04:38.790 was bemused, perplexed that Leandro Trossard 00:04:38.790 --> 00:04:41.579 started that game because even... Yesterday or 00:04:41.579 --> 00:04:45.720 two days ago, I was bold and said Trossard weren't 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:47.740 going to start. So that threw a span in the works. 00:04:47.939 --> 00:04:50.639 And anyone who thought Trossard was going to 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:53.000 start that game, I'd like to hear you say why 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:55.220 you thought he would start. Because there was 00:04:55.220 --> 00:05:00.879 no kind of information or there was no inkling. 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:03.879 That was a red herring that just threw everyone 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:06.779 off guard. But anyway, he did start. He did have 00:05:06.779 --> 00:05:08.579 the greatest of games, but for me, if you're 00:05:08.579 --> 00:05:10.120 going to have that free midfield, you should 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:12.860 have someone like an Eze Owanieri on the wings. 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:18.279 If the start in XI was safety first, I'll leave 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:20.360 that to you, but for me, it's a lot of attacking 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:24.120 players in that team. Yeah, I think Arteta wasn't 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:27.199 happy with that question. Obviously, clear is 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:33.819 a bit blunt. It's a bit bullish. Once again, 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:36.029 I think I've addressed it. composition of the 00:05:36.029 --> 00:05:39.209 midfield trio if you're going to have that midfield 00:05:39.209 --> 00:05:42.829 trio you best have attacking midfielders with 00:05:42.829 --> 00:05:47.310 flair such as Eze on if he was surprised by how 00:05:47.310 --> 00:05:49.850 withdrawn Manchester City went I think everyone 00:05:49.850 --> 00:05:51.870 tries to do their best to get the result that 00:05:51.870 --> 00:05:55.209 they want so it's fine so obviously Mikel is 00:05:55.209 --> 00:06:00.860 not trying to dig out his mate in Pep Guardiola, 00:06:00.980 --> 00:06:04.139 but effectively that's him saying yes without 00:06:04.139 --> 00:06:08.319 saying yes. So he's essentially saying he feels 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:11.579 that Guardiola kind of adopted that approach 00:06:11.579 --> 00:06:15.160 because that was the only method of getting something 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:18.439 out of the game for Manchester City. And if you 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:22.540 look at it, it worked. On Maduweke's half -time 00:06:22.540 --> 00:06:25.459 withdrawal, no, he had an issue very early in 00:06:25.459 --> 00:06:27.319 the match and he wasn't well enough to continue. 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:32.240 I'm not too sure about that. Something we'll 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:36.000 never know anyway. On if he sees Eze as someone 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:39.180 who can impact the game in a central role, yes, 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:41.639 that's why he played today in that position. 00:06:41.779 --> 00:06:44.620 I like the sound of that. So Eze in the number 00:06:44.620 --> 00:06:47.160 10 position going forward. Obviously, Eze's racked 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:50.100 up a few appearances now. I think it's three 00:06:50.100 --> 00:06:53.160 or four now. But I'd like to see him kind of 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.100 get a full 90 minutes, more training sessions 00:06:56.100 --> 00:06:58.779 under his belt, potentially play against Port 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:03.240 Vale. And eventually, for me, like I mentioned 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:06.180 in a few of the interviews today, for me, Eze 00:07:06.180 --> 00:07:09.699 starts in this Arsenal team. It's just a question 00:07:09.699 --> 00:07:14.060 of where. Whereas Odegaard now, for me, has a 00:07:14.060 --> 00:07:16.860 fight on his hands to get back in the team. Because 00:07:16.860 --> 00:07:20.160 when he is fit, I wouldn't personally put him 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:22.639 in per se. Not yet. I think he needs to kind 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:27.019 of earn his place back into the side. on facing 00:07:27.019 --> 00:07:30.259 Donnarumma again. He's so dominant in the box 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:32.160 and every ball that is in and around the six 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:34.540 -yard box, his timing, the way he executes the 00:07:34.540 --> 00:07:37.759 action, it is super efficient. It's very difficult. 00:07:37.860 --> 00:07:39.680 And today, again, he made some very important 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.680 contributions not to lose again. I mean, this 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:47.139 Gianluigi Donnarumma I spoke about in the last 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:51.639 analysis, he's a top keeper, fills a lot of the 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:56.459 goal. He was exceptional for PSG. in their run 00:07:56.459 --> 00:07:59.800 to the Champions League title last season, especially 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:05.019 against Aston Villa and us. So, yeah, he's proven 00:08:05.019 --> 00:08:09.819 to be a fawn in our side. Today, again, he made 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:15.139 some good saves, was very effective. But, yeah, 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:19.100 let's hope we don't have to worry about Donnarumma 00:08:19.100 --> 00:08:21.259 and we can just be efficient with our chances. 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:27.560 On the timing of Martinelli's introduction, we 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:30.800 had a very good momentum and we needed to time 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:34.159 that well. He's in a really good moment again 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:37.080 after the game he had in Bilbao and that period 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:40.440 of time probably he deserved more. But his energy 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:42.720 again, his attitude was really good and that's 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:45.440 why he made the impact that he made again for 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:49.519 the team. Yes. Gabriel Martinelli is in a good 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.779 moment. He is in a very good moment, you know, 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:56.159 a strong moment. But yeah, all jokes aside, Martinelli 00:08:56.159 --> 00:09:00.220 is built on that cameo against Athletic Club. 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:04.659 He's obviously got himself another goal. Big 00:09:04.659 --> 00:09:07.620 game player, usually scores, as Declan Rice said 00:09:07.620 --> 00:09:10.539 in his interview, he does usually score or contribute 00:09:10.539 --> 00:09:14.080 in big games. He scores a few against Man City 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:16.360 and Liverpool, to name but a few, Chelsea off 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:21.120 the top of my head. So, yeah, he's in good form 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:23.539 now. Hitting back at the Blue Boys, the critics. 00:09:24.220 --> 00:09:28.240 I was probably one of them. But it's just about 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:31.139 consistency now. Hopefully he can get another 00:09:31.139 --> 00:09:34.320 game in midweek, some time, some minutes, a goal 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:38.200 or two. And he might play himself into contention 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:44.559 for the Newcastle game. On Martinelli's impact 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:48.100 off the bench. We want consistency on that for 00:09:48.100 --> 00:09:49.879 every player that doesn't start the game to be 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:52.340 able to do that because you see how long the 00:09:52.340 --> 00:09:55.360 match is and the level that it requires to beat 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:57.659 them. And we're very happy with him. So yeah, 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:02.000 I've touched on consistency. Arteta touched on 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:06.000 what he deems the substitutes as, which is finishers. 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:11.340 So Gabriel Martinelli, once again, was a good 00:10:11.340 --> 00:10:14.840 finisher. Another double entendre. Good finish. 00:10:15.549 --> 00:10:20.149 Finish the game strongly. On his thinking behind 00:10:20.149 --> 00:10:22.789 the starting midfield three, because I thought 00:10:22.789 --> 00:10:24.789 it was the best one to start the game. Nobody 00:10:24.789 --> 00:10:27.210 asked me about the midfield three in Bilbao. 00:10:28.289 --> 00:10:31.450 So, yeah, when Arteta gets rattled, he's usually 00:10:31.450 --> 00:10:33.490 bullish. He's usually blunt. So that was like 00:10:33.490 --> 00:10:36.990 a kind of three sentence or two sentence answer. 00:10:37.649 --> 00:10:41.259 He's basically saying. That midfield, when we 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:43.379 won with that midfield, no one's talking. But 00:10:43.379 --> 00:10:45.500 because we didn't win with that midfield, everyone's 00:10:45.500 --> 00:10:52.740 running their mouth. What I will say is I don't 00:10:52.740 --> 00:10:55.299 mind too much going with Marino to accompany 00:10:55.299 --> 00:10:59.700 the aforementioned two, Rice and Zubimendi. However, 00:10:59.820 --> 00:11:05.070 like I said... It doesn't seem to have enough 00:11:05.070 --> 00:11:07.549 in the bigger games. So I think in the next big 00:11:07.549 --> 00:11:09.529 game that we have, whether it's Chelsea or whatnot, 00:11:09.850 --> 00:11:15.350 we probably want to go a bit more open, a bit 00:11:15.350 --> 00:11:20.450 more attacking. Probably get another attacking 00:11:20.450 --> 00:11:22.470 midfielder in there as opposed to a Mourinho, 00:11:22.649 --> 00:11:27.480 who obviously is playing. because of his form 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:30.580 for Spain and because Arteta's really adamant 00:11:30.580 --> 00:11:33.019 that he's trying to get the best out of him. 00:11:34.459 --> 00:11:37.659 On Jokeres' performance, well, there were a lot 00:11:37.659 --> 00:11:40.080 of very good balls in the box, especially, I 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:42.679 remember three of them that he was very, very 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:45.860 close to doing against City. To have very big 00:11:45.860 --> 00:11:48.799 open chances is extremely difficult, but he's 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:51.480 certainly trying his best and trying to do that, 00:11:51.580 --> 00:11:54.100 and we have to provide more for him. That's it. 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:56.440 There were a lot of situations where the chances 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:59.259 were there, and then the final pass was missing 00:11:59.259 --> 00:12:01.539 today. In many moments, it was very, very open. 00:12:03.769 --> 00:12:06.970 Victor Jocarez has scored three goals so far 00:12:06.970 --> 00:12:14.009 for Arsenal. And those came in two games. He 00:12:14.009 --> 00:12:15.649 scored against Nottingham Forest and Burnley. 00:12:15.710 --> 00:12:17.429 However, in the bigger games, he's not really 00:12:17.429 --> 00:12:19.049 getting a kick. He's not really getting a sniff. 00:12:20.769 --> 00:12:26.590 Ideally, it all ties into the fact that of the 00:12:26.590 --> 00:12:28.929 midfield and on the wings, you want more flair. 00:12:29.049 --> 00:12:32.379 The more flair there is, the more... Chance is 00:12:32.379 --> 00:12:34.899 created for someone like Jokeres who's waiting 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:39.100 there to pounce. So it's kind of linked, inextricably 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:42.720 linked with the composition of the midfield. 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:47.500 So that would affect Victor Jokeres more than 00:12:47.500 --> 00:12:51.940 anyone who needs service. So for him to be provided 00:12:51.940 --> 00:12:56.120 service, you need an additional attacking player 00:12:56.120 --> 00:13:00.980 in the midfield. On Eze's... Positional versatility. 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.740 Today, he played a little bit more shifted to 00:13:03.740 --> 00:13:06.700 the right, and there was a reason for that. When 00:13:06.700 --> 00:13:09.799 play shifted from the left, whether it is as 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:12.419 an attacking midfielder, as a winger coming into 00:13:12.419 --> 00:13:14.480 that space as well, he's someone that is very, 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:17.279 very efficient and very creative. We know that. 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:20.580 That's why we brought him here. So, we're using 00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:23.200 him in different spaces. Interesting. Everece 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:26.299 Eze was slightly on the right. Okay. I thought, 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:28.120 if anything, he'll be slightly off the left. 00:13:29.220 --> 00:13:31.600 but maybe that's because Declan Rice is kind 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:35.860 of occupying that area. On squad depth factoring 00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:39.019 into team selection, well, there are a lot of 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:41.679 factors, obviously. The first one is their performance 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.259 level and the emotional state that they are in. 00:13:44.340 --> 00:13:47.320 That's one. After that, it's what we believe 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:49.159 is the best thing in relation to the opponent 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:52.120 and the type of game that we predict. And after 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.899 that, there is, as well, chemistry and relationships 00:13:54.899 --> 00:13:57.679 that make each other better, and we need to understand 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:00.879 it. Okay, with regards to emotional state, I 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:03.620 think that's why Trossard got in because of his 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:09.039 kind of performance in Bilbao a few days ago. 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:13.519 In terms of performance level, and I think emotional 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:16.779 state probably covers Marino's inclusion, whereas 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:20.919 performance level, someone like Riccardo Calafiori 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:26.919 and obviously William Saliba's history of having 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:29.700 great performances. One love.