WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.360 Yes, man. We're back in it. Right. Welcome to 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.320 HYBR1D, Powered by chinkseyMEDIA. Once again, 00:00:11.380 --> 00:00:16.239 we are back for the post -match presser between 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:21.320 Newcastle United and Arsenal. After seeing us 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:23.920 overturn what looked like another loss at Newcastle 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:27.160 United into three points, Mikel Arteta headed 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:30.300 to his post -match press conference. In a good 00:00:30.300 --> 00:00:34.380 mood. He was asked about his emotions after an 00:00:34.380 --> 00:00:36.899 exhilarating game, key decisions in it, cutting 00:00:36.899 --> 00:00:40.719 the gap at the top and much more. Here is everything 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:43.780 he had to say. On getting the result late on. 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:47.299 Unbelievable feeling. That's what football is 00:00:47.299 --> 00:00:50.179 about and a team. When you get what you deserve 00:00:50.179 --> 00:00:53.159 right at the end, it's not a better feeling than 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:57.079 that. Unbelievable result. Yeah, I mean, this 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:01.380 is the type of landmark result which befits champions. 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:04.459 You've seen Liverpool get a number of those this 00:01:04.459 --> 00:01:11.560 season. As me and Rakim spoke about, their get 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:14.120 -out -of -jail -free card, they've used it a 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.180 number of times. Well, we used ours today. In 00:01:17.180 --> 00:01:19.299 a game that I felt we dominated from start to 00:01:19.299 --> 00:01:21.400 finish, it looked like one of them hard luck 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:24.879 stories, you know, having all the ball, having 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:27.540 all the chances, bad luck, bad refereeing decisions, 00:01:27.819 --> 00:01:31.239 and we lose 1 -0 in the narrow margin. We had 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:34.939 a few of them last season. However, we dug in, 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:38.640 we continued to keep grinding in what was a gruelling 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:45.599 match. I felt we managed to make telling substitutions. 00:01:46.660 --> 00:01:50.879 Tactical changes. You know, Arteta changed things 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:52.519 in the second half where I didn't know who was 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:55.019 playing where. You know, I gather he was probably 00:01:55.019 --> 00:01:59.939 playing Rice in the back four. And he had people 00:01:59.939 --> 00:02:02.060 like Martinelli on one wing, Trossard on the 00:02:02.060 --> 00:02:05.019 other. He had Marino on. He just threw the kitchen 00:02:05.019 --> 00:02:08.080 sink at it. And he came up trumps, really. So 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:12.060 the main thing is we got the three points. We've 00:02:12.060 --> 00:02:17.080 got those. Tough six games out of the way over 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:20.000 to Liverpool to have their tough run of games, 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:24.620 you know. We've got a tough game against Olympiakos. 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:28.259 I watched them yesterday get a late winner in 00:02:28.259 --> 00:02:30.780 the Greek League. The thing about Olympiakos 00:02:30.780 --> 00:02:34.979 is the fact that you get a sense that they're 00:02:34.979 --> 00:02:36.819 the arsenal of the Greek League, wherein they 00:02:36.819 --> 00:02:39.919 can just score when they want. So basically, 00:02:40.099 --> 00:02:46.919 they won 3 -2. Both occasions when the opponent 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:49.919 equalized, they scored within five minutes after 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:53.199 that. So it just showed that they were playing 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.500 within themselves for most of the game. However, 00:02:55.699 --> 00:02:58.259 when they come to the Emirates, it's going to 00:02:58.259 --> 00:03:01.740 be a different game. But yeah, it's good to get 00:03:01.740 --> 00:03:05.520 the three points. Now we're in a situation where 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:08.060 if we can go and beat West Ham, who is another 00:03:08.060 --> 00:03:10.319 bogey team of ours, especially at home. We've 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:14.659 lost the last two there. we will go above Liverpool. 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:18.740 When, you know, some people were saying that 00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:22.379 the league was over. How quickly things change 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:26.030 in football, eh? On his heart rate before the 00:03:26.030 --> 00:03:28.770 winning goal was given, I'd seen the action very 00:03:28.770 --> 00:03:31.689 clear and fast. So I thought the referee wasn't 00:03:31.689 --> 00:03:33.689 going to intervene, but I don't know because 00:03:33.689 --> 00:03:35.750 obviously we had the example of what happens 00:03:35.750 --> 00:03:38.050 in the first half with the penalty. Regardless 00:03:38.050 --> 00:03:40.389 of that, I'm so proud of the team, the way we 00:03:40.389 --> 00:03:42.770 played, the way we competed, the way we understood 00:03:42.770 --> 00:03:45.889 the game, how we reacted to very difficult situations 00:03:45.889 --> 00:03:48.629 and decisions and still found a way to win the 00:03:48.629 --> 00:03:50.729 game with the players coming from the bench. 00:03:51.449 --> 00:03:55.389 Exceptional. giving a little dig at the ref. 00:03:56.770 --> 00:04:00.090 Yeah, I mean, the players were angry. I feel 00:04:00.090 --> 00:04:02.289 that they were feeling sorry for themselves after 00:04:02.289 --> 00:04:05.210 the decision was overturned to give the penalty 00:04:05.210 --> 00:04:07.750 for a foul on Victor Jocarez. I felt personally 00:04:07.750 --> 00:04:10.870 it was a penalty. But, you know, when you have 00:04:10.870 --> 00:04:13.409 such decisions go against you, you've got to 00:04:13.409 --> 00:04:15.090 kind of get your head together. So I'm happy 00:04:15.090 --> 00:04:18.110 that it happened before halftime so Arteta can 00:04:18.110 --> 00:04:21.120 kind of... get it out of the players' heads because 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:23.160 you could see it was frustrating. People like 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:26.480 Saka, Gabriel and things like that. It was getting 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:30.279 under their skin. So at halftime, we can kind 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:33.579 of get back, regroup, you know, and I had 45 00:04:33.579 --> 00:04:36.620 minutes to kind of know what the assignment was, 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:40.980 which is to get two goals and win the game. And 00:04:40.980 --> 00:04:47.370 we did. On his reaction throughout an up -and 00:04:47.370 --> 00:04:49.870 -down game, we're understanding that that's the 00:04:49.870 --> 00:04:53.110 game that we have to play. There are a few things 00:04:53.110 --> 00:04:55.870 that might be unpredictable with the line -up 00:04:55.870 --> 00:04:58.509 or the formation or whatever. There are certain 00:04:58.509 --> 00:05:01.430 things that are so predictable, what you have 00:05:01.430 --> 00:05:04.860 to do here to win a football match. We certainly 00:05:04.860 --> 00:05:07.100 did that from the start to the end. And on top 00:05:07.100 --> 00:05:09.959 of that, we added today so much quality from 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:12.199 various ways to generate the amount of chances 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:14.980 that we did. At the end, we found a way to win 00:05:14.980 --> 00:05:18.300 when I think we fully deserve to win the game. 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:21.579 I don't think that's within any doubt. We dominated 00:05:21.579 --> 00:05:26.000 that game. But the thing is, it actually was 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:29.399 similar to games at St. James in recent years, 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.350 especially the ones we've lost in. where there 00:05:32.350 --> 00:05:36.050 was not many clear -cut chances. We obviously 00:05:36.050 --> 00:05:39.449 dominated possessions on all occasions. However, 00:05:39.649 --> 00:05:42.089 they were missing that little spark of quality. 00:05:43.750 --> 00:05:46.810 Alexander Isak, who's been our chief tour mentor 00:05:46.810 --> 00:05:49.889 over the last two, three years. So him not being 00:05:49.889 --> 00:05:52.029 there kind of made me confident going into the 00:05:52.029 --> 00:05:53.910 game, especially after I saw that starting line 00:05:53.910 --> 00:05:57.069 -up, that we would join Barcelona and Liverpool 00:05:57.069 --> 00:06:01.600 in the teams to beat. newcastle at st james's 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:06.579 park and incidentally it's actually um i don't 00:06:06.579 --> 00:06:08.300 know if it's a good or bad thing on newcastle 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:11.439 fans is from newcastle fans point of view the 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:15.319 fact that their three home losses this season 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:17.740 have come against three teams that are definitely 00:06:17.740 --> 00:06:21.500 in the top five best teams in europe you know 00:06:21.500 --> 00:06:25.620 barcelona arsenal liverpool and probably psg 00:06:25.620 --> 00:06:28.850 and real madrid are the top five sides in europe 00:06:28.850 --> 00:06:33.290 so newcastle have you know they've been ousted 00:06:33.290 --> 00:06:37.689 on all three occasions anyway that's just a thing 00:06:37.689 --> 00:06:41.709 that i noticed during the game on how good last 00:06:41.709 --> 00:06:44.509 minute winners feel mentally we discussed to 00:06:44.509 --> 00:06:46.629 go to the next level first of all you have to 00:06:46.629 --> 00:06:49.050 learn from the past and certainly we take some 00:06:49.050 --> 00:06:52.360 lessons i'm very different and sore moments in 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:54.800 this ground. Today was an opportunity that the 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.360 game brings you again in a really important week 00:06:57.360 --> 00:06:59.740 in the Premier League after all the tough places 00:06:59.740 --> 00:07:02.279 that we've already been very early in the season 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:07.300 to show who we are, who do we want to be, our 00:07:07.300 --> 00:07:10.540 ambition, and the way that we want to play. I 00:07:10.540 --> 00:07:12.620 think the team has done that today in a remarkable 00:07:12.620 --> 00:07:15.819 way. Yeah, I mean, I felt in the first half, 00:07:16.019 --> 00:07:18.439 we played some really, really exceptional football. 00:07:18.540 --> 00:07:20.879 Probably... Our best football of the season, 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:25.220 maybe, perhaps, given taking into account opposition, 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:27.279 I would say is our best football of the season. 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:30.279 You know, we played really good football. And 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:33.860 I did actually say in a number of my post -match 00:07:33.860 --> 00:07:39.060 interviews that this stodgy pedestrian so -called 00:07:39.060 --> 00:07:41.709 style of play. It's because we're forced into 00:07:41.709 --> 00:07:44.790 it. You know, this long throw type of thing, 00:07:44.889 --> 00:07:49.550 the corners, the set pieces, it's just a way 00:07:49.550 --> 00:07:52.110 to prize open your position. But I feel like 00:07:52.110 --> 00:07:54.829 the way that we want to play is the way we played 00:07:54.829 --> 00:07:56.990 in the first half. And we've shown it on a number 00:07:56.990 --> 00:08:01.189 of occasions last season where when we're at 00:08:01.189 --> 00:08:04.829 our best, we are a formidable opponent. Ask PSG. 00:08:05.310 --> 00:08:08.689 I mean, I still maintain to this day. that I 00:08:08.689 --> 00:08:11.509 felt we are a better team than PSG and I felt 00:08:11.509 --> 00:08:14.769 we were the better team against PSG. It's just 00:08:14.769 --> 00:08:18.930 a poor 20 minutes to 30 minutes and them scoring 00:08:18.930 --> 00:08:21.550 against the run of play in Paris was the reason 00:08:21.550 --> 00:08:24.290 we wasn't in that final. But hopefully we can 00:08:24.290 --> 00:08:26.569 meet again at some point and put that right. 00:08:29.250 --> 00:08:32.389 On the Jokeres penalty decision, I watched it 00:08:32.389 --> 00:08:34.250 live and then I watched it on the screen and 00:08:34.250 --> 00:08:37.309 for me, it was a penalty. We were instructed 00:08:37.309 --> 00:08:39.909 very clearly again this season that unless it's 00:08:39.909 --> 00:08:43.210 a clear and obvious error, the VAR is not going 00:08:43.210 --> 00:08:47.169 to intervene. It's not. So that's my opinion. 00:08:47.309 --> 00:08:49.870 Thank God we found a way to win the game. The 00:08:49.870 --> 00:08:52.710 team is still emotionally very calm and very 00:08:52.710 --> 00:08:55.190 composed. And that's a lesson that we took as 00:08:55.190 --> 00:08:58.269 well, probably from a few years ago. I mean, 00:08:58.330 --> 00:09:00.690 yeah, I agree that was a penalty. I feel like 00:09:00.690 --> 00:09:02.750 the journalist is probably trying to provoke, 00:09:02.950 --> 00:09:08.889 you know. A headline out of Arteta criticising 00:09:08.889 --> 00:09:12.149 the referee. Yeah, it was a penalty. I did, like 00:09:12.149 --> 00:09:15.230 I said earlier already, I felt it did affect 00:09:15.230 --> 00:09:17.769 some of the players, especially Saka, Gabriel. 00:09:17.990 --> 00:09:20.549 It rattled them and they needed half -time to 00:09:20.549 --> 00:09:23.370 get their heads together and get themselves back 00:09:23.370 --> 00:09:26.409 in a mental, clear state of mind where they can 00:09:26.409 --> 00:09:29.629 focus on finding a route back into the game as 00:09:29.629 --> 00:09:32.250 opposed to dwelling on that decision which went 00:09:32.250 --> 00:09:35.070 against us. But having said that, it's good to 00:09:35.070 --> 00:09:38.610 show that despite adversity, we can kind of still 00:09:38.610 --> 00:09:42.289 dig in and get what we need to do out of the 00:09:42.289 --> 00:09:44.649 game. And now we don't need to visit St. James' 00:09:44.789 --> 00:09:47.929 Park for another season, at least in a league 00:09:47.929 --> 00:09:50.490 that is. And we've got a good run of fixtures 00:09:50.490 --> 00:09:53.009 coming up. They were against a few sides that 00:09:53.009 --> 00:09:55.129 have caused us issues in the last few years, 00:09:55.350 --> 00:09:59.289 namely Fulham and West Ham. So hopefully we can 00:09:59.289 --> 00:10:04.759 go on a run now and really... try and push for 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:07.820 this title. And, you know, I think I checked 00:10:07.820 --> 00:10:12.600 the odds before the game and had Liverpool as 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:17.399 slight, slight, slight, slight favourites at 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:22.139 7 -4, whereas we were 15 -8. That's like a little 00:10:22.139 --> 00:10:26.419 fraction above us. That was before the game. 00:10:26.460 --> 00:10:30.419 So now... You could argue the title is in our 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:32.120 hands because if we were to win every single 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:35.220 game this season, we win the league. It will 00:10:35.220 --> 00:10:37.419 probably have us neck and neck. I will have a 00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:41.360 look after this podcast, but it's close. You 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:43.019 know, it's close. Don't forget Liverpool now 00:10:43.019 --> 00:10:46.919 have to come to the Emirates. They've got to 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:48.919 go to Stamford Bridge next week, whereas we've 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:52.259 got a home game against West Ham. And also they've 00:10:52.259 --> 00:10:55.100 got Manchester United, Galatasaray. Yes, it's 00:10:55.100 --> 00:10:56.860 coming thick and fast for them. And I did say 00:10:56.860 --> 00:11:00.620 that. I did anticipate this situation because 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:03.840 they haven't been playing well, albeit they have 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:06.039 a lot of quality and they're a formidable side. 00:11:06.379 --> 00:11:09.019 And I expect them to be with us till the end. 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.779 But I believe in us to take it to them. And for 00:11:13.779 --> 00:11:18.740 me, it's 50 -50. It's six to one half, a dozen 00:11:18.740 --> 00:11:21.820 to the other. It makes for a great title race 00:11:21.820 --> 00:11:26.019 and I'm all for it. On closing the gap on the 00:11:26.019 --> 00:11:28.620 league leaders, speaking of the league leaders, 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:32.419 I believe the conviction of the team that we 00:11:32.419 --> 00:11:35.919 are and that we can play various types of games 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:38.840 and the team can still deliver and win it in 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.419 a convincing way. For me, today is one of the 00:11:41.419 --> 00:11:44.840 most difficult grounds. Again, praise to Newcastle, 00:11:44.899 --> 00:11:47.200 the way they play, compete, how difficult it 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:49.909 is to play in this place. But the team really 00:11:49.909 --> 00:11:52.409 took the game to a different level. And I'm very 00:11:52.409 --> 00:11:59.110 proud to see that. Yeah, I mean, yeah, it's good 00:11:59.110 --> 00:12:01.950 to have like those tough games out of the way, 00:12:02.009 --> 00:12:04.850 like the Old Traffords, the Anfields, the St. 00:12:04.990 --> 00:12:08.129 James's, places that we traditionally do badly 00:12:08.129 --> 00:12:12.980 at. But it's now about... Getting over the also 00:12:12.980 --> 00:12:15.379 -rans, the type of teams that would lose narrowly 00:12:15.379 --> 00:12:18.159 to or draw to in recent years, Fulhams and the 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:20.960 West Ham's and the Bournemouth's and the Crystal 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:25.000 Palace's, the mid -table type of sides have all 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:28.279 improved. So it's about being able to break them 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:30.159 down, break down the lower blocks. And that's 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:32.779 where people like Eze and Odegaard coming into 00:12:32.779 --> 00:12:36.899 the team and changing the way we're playing and 00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:39.679 the way we're attacking the opponents is going 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.590 to play a pivotal role, I think. Ebeleche Eze 00:12:42.590 --> 00:12:44.690 is going to be vital in these type of games. 00:12:44.750 --> 00:12:48.409 So we just need to kind of make sure he's as 00:12:48.409 --> 00:12:52.009 confident as possible, as fit as possible. People 00:12:52.009 --> 00:12:56.029 like Nwanyeri as well will be vital for these 00:12:56.029 --> 00:12:59.610 type of games. So I think we will learn a lot 00:12:59.610 --> 00:13:04.509 about Arsenal now, especially in the coming weeks 00:13:04.509 --> 00:13:07.350 and months where... We've got a clear run of 00:13:07.350 --> 00:13:09.669 games now, so there's no excuses about having 00:13:09.669 --> 00:13:11.529 a tough start to the season because we've kind 00:13:11.529 --> 00:13:17.690 of got over the worst as we speak. On substitutes 00:13:17.690 --> 00:13:21.049 making a difference, we certainly did that and 00:13:21.049 --> 00:13:24.149 I would have to make a few adjustments and substitutions 00:13:24.149 --> 00:13:26.950 as well for different reasons. The ones that 00:13:26.950 --> 00:13:29.970 are coming in, they really come in fully focused. 00:13:30.309 --> 00:13:33.210 My duty is to win the game for the team and all 00:13:33.210 --> 00:13:36.200 of them did it in an incredible manner. Martinelli 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:38.480 comes in and it shows from the beginning, his 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:41.960 threat. Saliba comes in, 45 minutes, and I think 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:44.799 it was outstanding. Again, Martin comes in after 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:47.759 a long period and delivers two goals that are 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:50.879 goals. Mikel Moreno comes in, which is a massive 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:53.440 threat in the box and delivers a winning moment. 00:13:53.580 --> 00:13:56.480 So credit to all of them. That's true. You know, 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:00.340 Mikel Arteta has improved in terms of... The 00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:03.039 substitutions, the timings of when he's making 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:05.360 the substitutions and the tactical adjustments 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:09.779 that he's making during games. So in recent weeks, 00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:13.259 for instance, at Man City, we've got a late winner, 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:18.440 Martinelli, coming on. Against Athletic Bilbao, 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:22.620 Martinelli, Trossard come on, change the game, 00:14:22.700 --> 00:14:26.580 win us the three points. And then also today, 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:30.559 where Mikko Marino comes on. So Odegaard came 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:32.620 on and looked really bright. I'll be real. I've 00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:35.679 been a detractor of Odegaard for his performances 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:38.100 in the last year, but I'm no mug. I know what 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:41.399 he is capable of on top form. But the issue is 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:44.879 he hasn't been on top form for a long time. So 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:47.159 if he can continue to play like this, and I like 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:50.399 the way he kind of correlated and dovetailed 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:54.720 well with Ebereche Eze. I mean, that is a formidable 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:58.820 duo if those two can get a kind of connection 00:14:58.820 --> 00:15:02.460 going. So, yeah, I mean, Odegaard's probably 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:04.779 played himself into the starting line -up for 00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:09.860 Olympiacos on Wednesday. So hopefully he can 00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:12.899 play himself into some form. And, yeah, it's 00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:14.399 looking really bright for Arsenal right now. 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:19.340 On whether there was more pressure on us today 00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:22.799 given other results. There are moments in the 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:25.820 season and obviously with the start that we had 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:28.059 already and the difficult fixtures that we had 00:15:28.059 --> 00:15:30.820 today, we had the opportunity to close that gap 00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:33.639 and do it in a stadium that has a very recent 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:36.539 and difficult path for us. I think it shows how 00:15:36.539 --> 00:15:39.299 much the team wants it. Yeah, I mean, I saw before 00:15:39.299 --> 00:15:43.139 the game the teams that have done damage to Arteta 00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:46.259 and not surprisingly, Man City were top with 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:51.549 five. So Man City have... Arteta has lost five 00:15:51.549 --> 00:15:54.169 times at Man City, but second on that list was 00:15:54.169 --> 00:15:58.210 St. James' Park with four. I'm not sure if I'm 00:15:58.210 --> 00:16:02.409 surprised, surprised by it, but it goes to show 00:16:02.409 --> 00:16:04.570 that Arteta has done really well at grounds like 00:16:04.570 --> 00:16:07.269 Anfield, Old Trafford, which you probably would 00:16:07.269 --> 00:16:09.389 have thought would have been second. But St. 00:16:09.470 --> 00:16:12.809 James' Park has been a real, real bogey ground 00:16:12.809 --> 00:16:15.370 for Arteta and Arsenal in the last few years 00:16:15.370 --> 00:16:18.309 because... With the exception of the last three, 00:16:18.350 --> 00:16:21.509 four years, we had a formidable record against 00:16:21.509 --> 00:16:25.570 Newcastle as a whole, whether it be in at home 00:16:25.570 --> 00:16:29.590 or in Sir James's Park. So for us to arrest that 00:16:29.590 --> 00:16:32.049 poor record and get a win there, it means now 00:16:32.049 --> 00:16:35.169 we've beaten them twice in a row in a league 00:16:35.169 --> 00:16:38.149 and also three times in a row in recent months, 00:16:38.230 --> 00:16:42.889 if you include the friendly in the summer. On 00:16:42.889 --> 00:16:46.190 potentially silencing any critics, I don't know. 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:48.240 I think the way we played against Manchester 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:52.519 City and Newcastle, two of the teams were outstanding. 00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:56.960 That's my view on it. Very clear. Well, Mikel, 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:59.360 there's only one way to silence the critics. 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:03.240 The Boo Boys are on mute right now. But whenever 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:08.799 we draw a game or whenever we don't win, they'll 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:12.160 be out on full force. There's only one way to 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:16.640 silence the critics and that's in May. Not even 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.180 February, March, because the Carabao Cup will 00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:21.900 not suffice. There's only one way to silence 00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:26.480 those critics, and that is lifting major honours 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:32.559 in May. By the way, I just want to thank everyone 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:36.039 that's downloading my podcast, which enabled 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:40.460 me to get ads on my podcast in a very efficient 00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:43.859 and quick manner. I'm so grateful. Please keep 00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:48.089 streaming. 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