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Hello and welcome to HYBR1D Powered by chinkseyMEDIA.,

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Back again for every word from Mikel Arteta's

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post -Sunderland presser. Our 10 -match winning

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run came to an end with a 2 -2 draw against Sunderland

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at the Stadium of Light, courtesy of a late Brian

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Brobbey equaliser. After Dan Ballard had put

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the hosts in front... Bukayo Saka and Leandro

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Trossard's strikes put us ahead, only for Brobbey

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to net in stoppage time to ensure the points

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were shared. In his press conference after the

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game, Mikel Arteta was asked about our performance,

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the threat our opponents posed and our record

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-equalling run of eight consecutive clean sheets.

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On the 2 -2 draw of Sunderland, the last feeling

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is disappointment and frustration because we

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wanted all three points. We had to navigate through

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a really tough game. We knew that. It was very

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disruptive. We have to deal with situations that

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are difficult to deal with. They did really well

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and we conceded a goal that is not to our standards.

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But after that, I think the team reacted really

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well, showed a lot of personality and courage.

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They scored the first goal. They scored the second

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goal. We had totally dominated the game and then

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you have to rely on defending the box when they

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start to commit six or seven players there. It

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can be from direct play, it can be from a throw

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-in, it can be from any situation. We can defend

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the action better and today we haven't done it.

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We conceded the goal in the last... minutes.

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We had another massive chance with Ricky and

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Mikel to win it, which I think we deserve to

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do, but it didn't happen. I think it shows what

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we've done in the last 10 games, winning them

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in a manner that we've done it, with clean sheets,

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missing seven players in the front line. So it

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shows you how difficult it is. Very lengthy,

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very wordy two paragraphs from Mikel Titeda.

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Sunderland obviously proved a lot of fans' predictions

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right that it was going to be a tough game. I

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personally felt we was going to win the game

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but in hindsight we've had a lot of fixtures

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in a short space of time and as the manager said

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we've got seven players out. all in the front

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line. So it was just a case, could we kind of

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get this one over the line and then worry about

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everything else after the international break?

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It proved a little bit too much. Obviously, Sunderland

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gave us a really good game, a tough opponent.

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They're unbeaten at home for a reason, but I

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did expect us to win it. It's unfortunate how

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we succumbed to a late equaliser, but that's

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football. Everyone concedes last -minute goals.

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Everyone scores last -minute goals. It's just

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a shame that we was on the end of one on that

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occasion. On if he was annoyed with the players

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at half -time. It's not about that, no. We have

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to adjust certain things, and at the end, you

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have to create against the opposition as well.

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They are here unbeaten for a reason, and they

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do what they do really, really well. And they

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make it really difficult for you. You have to

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be very patient. You have to dominate certain

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things in order to earn the right to dominate

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the game in the manner that you want. We did

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much better in the second half. So basically,

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Arteta doesn't want to tell you that he probably

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threw a couple of teacups, smashed a few things.

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Well, probably not smashed because you don't

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want to get a fine or anything. But obviously,

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no. He wasn't happy with that first half performance.

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It wasn't the best performance. of our season,

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clearly. But we came out in the second half with

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a different mindset, mentality, and we looked

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like we did enough to win the game when Trussard

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scored. However, Sunderland threw caution to

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the wind and got themselves a draw, which some

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people may say they deserved. And some people

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will say that we should have saw it out. Depends

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if you see the glass half full or half empty.

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On his emotions after the equaliser, again, unsatisfied

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because I wanted to win and the game was almost

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there. But you know this is the Premier League

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and the manner that they play, they're going

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to harm you in their way. It's just one goal

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difference there. I'm frustrated because it's

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an action that we can defend better, but as well

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you have to give credit to the opposition to

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do what they've done. To put the ball there,

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to head the ball the way they've done it, and

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then the striker to do it, to do the action and

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to put the ball in the net. Sometimes you have

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to do that and recognize that as well. Okay.

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So a little bit like when he referred to Slavia

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Prague style of play, I've noticed he clearly

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is inferring that they're, you know, direct.

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The ball is in the air. Again, you know, they

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spend a lot of time with the ball in the air.

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Air. But you can't really say that, Mikel, because

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obviously you... incorporate those sort of characteristics

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in our play. Obviously, our primary type of play

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is a passing style. We want to be able to prize

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people open with tick -a -tack -a passing football.

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However, you've incorporated those elements of

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long throws, of corners, of set pieces, of a

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bit of physicality, dark arts in our play. So

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I don't think you have a leg to stand on to kind

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of... you know, not criticise, but send subtle

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shots or subtle digs at teams like Sunderland

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and Slavia Prague if we're incorporating that

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type of play in our game as well. On the threat

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Sunderland posed, we knew that from the beginning,

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but that's the Premier League. You don't get

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to any place in the Premier League where you

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think you're going to have a comfortable afternoon.

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However you want to call it. And again, it's

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not a coincidence what they are doing. They deserve

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to be where they are, and we do as well. It'll

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be interesting to see, though, if obviously we

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win the league and Sunderland finish high up

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in the league, whether it be second, third, fourth,

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fifth, or where they are now in fourth. who win

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manager of the season. I want to stick my neck

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on the line and say if Sunderland finish in the

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top 10, then the manager of the season should

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go to the Sunderland manager because I really

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couldn't see them finishing anything other than

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20th or 19th or at the very best 17th or 18th.

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So for them to be, you know, parring with some

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of the top clubs in the league in the top four

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is fantastic. However, though, I will say this,

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because the league is so condensed right now,

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they're fourth on 19th. They are only nine points

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clear of West Ham in 18th. So a bad month, a

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bad few weeks could see them fall. towards the

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bottom. And obviously, teams like Nottingham

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Forest and West Ham are capable of beating all

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these sides in the league, well, also rounds

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in the league. So there's points up for grabs.

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I wouldn't say they're quite home and dry yet,

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but they've set themselves a fantastic foundation.

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They've probably got half the amount of points

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that they need to stay in the division. So it

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should really be in their hands to do so. on

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if the result will hurt the players. Yeah, of

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course it hurts, especially when it costs you

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points. We know that we have to do better and

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even though we're conceding goals, there are

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things that we have to improve on the ball. I

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always mention that and that's it. Learn from

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the past and get back. Yeah, I think obviously...

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It was probably a game too much. And I think

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a law of averages will determine that you don't

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win every single game. No team in Premier League

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history has won every single game. Also, there's

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a reason why Chelsea's 15 goals conceded in a

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single season is unlikely to ever be beaten.

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And that's because it's almost impossible to

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beat that. That's essentially keeping a clean

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sheet in one third of your fixtures throughout

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the season, which is very hard to do. Obviously,

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we conceded two goals. against Sunderland. So

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we're on five now. So essentially he's saying

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we can only afford to concede nine or ten goals

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throughout the rest of the season. And I think

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we've got enough pressure on ourselves to make

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sure we end this 22 -year or 21 going on 22 -year

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Premier League trophy drought. So I think we

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just need to focus on that first. foremost, before

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we worry about clean sheet records, quadruples,

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Champions League titles, because I think the

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minimum requirement now is definitely to get

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over this line in the Premier League, in which

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we now have our lead stand at four points. On

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how he felt when the clean sheet record went,

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a pain in my tummy because I don't want to concede

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any goals. And it was a goal, obviously, that

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was putting the game in a difficult position.

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I don't think you're the only person associated

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with Arsenal to be disappointed that we conceded.

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But I mean, I felt like once we did concede,

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it was almost like, OK, the pressure's off our

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backs now. That eight -game winning run consecutive

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with clean sheets. is off our backs now so we

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can just focus on kind of playing our own game

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whereas you know especially on Tuesday when Slavia

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Prague looked like they got the penalty you could

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see how disappointed some of the boys was especially

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Gabriel but now obviously we've conceded we could

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just now focus on winning games whether or not

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we keep a clean sheets in addition to the win