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The ball is in the air. Back again for

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every word from Mikel Arteta's pre -Crystal Palace

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Carabao Cup quarter -final match presser. The

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ball is in the air. Today we're going to hear

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every word from Mikel Arteta and what he said

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on Arsenal v Crystal Palace, the striker dilemma

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and fixture chaos. Here is every word from Mikel

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Arteta's pre -match press conference. before

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the quarter -final later on today. Mikel Arteta

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faced the media ahead of Arsenal's match against

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Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup quarter -final.

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With the hectic schedule over Christmas limiting

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time, the Gunners' boss spoke to reporters immediately

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after his post -match Everton press conference,

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which is understandable. The match against the

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Eagles, the schedule, the cup priority and Gabriel

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Jesus... were the main focus of the discussions.

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The Brazilian has a great chance of starting

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his first game for the Gunners since his return

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from injury. This will be Palace's third game

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in seven days after their draw on Thursday in

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the Europa League and then defeat away to Leeds

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United on Saturday evening. The winner of the

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match will face Chelsea in a two -legged semi

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-final across January and February. Here is every

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word from the Arsenal manager's press conference.

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Gabriel Jesus made three appearances off the

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bench. Do you think he's ready to start? Yes,

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he is. You can see now, not only in games, every

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day in training, how much he wants it. He's going

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to deserve a chance soon. I've been saying this

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for months, that I felt like this was the game

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that he was to get his first start in 11, 12

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months. I earmarked it for the game for him to

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start. But having said that, he may not start

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because we've got some good options. Jocker has

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got off the mark in recent games. Also, Mikel

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Moreno has been phenomenal up there. So what

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personally I do think is a flip of a coin between

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Moreno and Jesus to start up front. Although

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I do actually have both of them starting. I have

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Moreno in midfield just to give people like Zubimendi.

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arrest have you been surprised at how sharp he's

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looked considering how long he's been out no

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because i was watching when he was seven months

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already on the pitch and the way he was moving

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and how much he wanted it I think he wrote a

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beautiful letter there explaining what football

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means to him and how it affects his life. I think

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it was something beautiful. Yeah, I mean, I love

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Jesus because he's so infectious. It's like he

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wants it so much. He's so passionate. Every time

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he gives his best, you know, he's so flary, exciting

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player to watch. He always makes something happen.

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He's going to give you some verve, some effervescence,

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some spark in the team, which I wouldn't say

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he's been lacking, but something that is... How

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much could he shift the dynamic? Obviously, he's

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a very different player to Victor, for example,

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and Mikel Moreno. How much could he shift it

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and maybe unlock a few players that haven't quite

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hit their top form? Okay, obviously, that question

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was linked to Gabriel Martinelli, clearly. I

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think that's probably the biggest quality of

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Gabi, bringing people together, connecting with

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people and generating a lot of uncertainty in

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the opponent. When you see him today, the amount

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of spaces that he was involved in, that's his

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biggest quality. So we need to exploit that.

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I think two players that will automatically have

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their lights turned on when Gabriel Jesus is

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in the team are definitely Gabriel Martinelli,

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which is why I think Jesus will start because

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I think Martinelli will start. And also Martin

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Odegaard, because I know they're close. I know

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they like to do their tricks together. They've

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got a connection in that sense, where they're

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probably the two most skilful players at the

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club. Well, Madaweke's up there as well. And

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yeah, obviously he's one of the senior members

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of the squad. He's 29 now, I believe. Next year

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he'll be 30. He's been out for so long. So that

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commands respect. He's also one of the few players

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to have won the Premier League. So you can say

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he's one of the leaders of the squad. I'm sure

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he'll be chomping at the bit. I'm raring to go

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to have a fantastic six months to lift trophies

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for Arsenal so he can squeeze himself back into

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that Brazil squad. Because if he's at his best,

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he'll be at the World Cup. It's a quick turnaround

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for what is a really important game against Crystal

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Palace tonight. They've played a lot of games.

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They've played Thursday. They've played Sunday.

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How do you think that's going to affect how both

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teams go into the game on Tuesday? We are used

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to it. I think it's the only week that we've

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had a week to prepare. It was this week. The

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rest until February at least is going to be like

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this. Yep, that is true. I looked at the fixtures

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and it's just game after game after game. But

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obviously top level football is like this. Crystal

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Palace are in this situation because they won

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two trophies in the last few months. So obviously

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you can't have one without the other. If you

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want to be successful, then this is what comes

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with it. Sorry for another one on Gabriel Jesus

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really quickly. But if he does play against Crystal

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Palace, it will be his 100th Arsenal appearance.

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So I was just wondering if you could talk about

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the Gabby that came to Arsenal back in 2022 and

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the one that you see now. Well, it's been a really

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intense journey, I would say. I think when he

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joined us, I think he lifted the belief, the

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spirit and energy of the club and the team. I

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think he gave something very different to what

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we already had. And that was really impressive.

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And then he had some really bad injuries that

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hasn't allowed him to have the consistency that

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we need from a very important player. But he's

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back. I like his fighting spirit, the way he's

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decided to always prepare in the best way. He's

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unbelievable and the team has got it now and

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we need to use it. Yeah, like I already said

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about Jesus, there's something about him where

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he just kind of gives his all. He has quality,

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skillful, just his energy on the pitch and off

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the pitch is infectious and it brings respect

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from not just his peers but his opponents as

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well. I think now is a key moment now because

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I do think he has a key role to play. He does

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look fit, he does look sharp, so unleash him.

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Especially given the fact that he did score a

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hat -trick at this stage last season, almost

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exactly a year to the day ago because I was there.

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in a remarkable 3 -2 win that we had over Crystal

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Palace. And obviously, we know what happened

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against Newcastle in the semi -final. We don't

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want to go into that again. With so many fixtures

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you have this season, how important is the Carabao

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Cup competition to you? Because when you look

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at the fixtures ahead, when will you guys get

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a break? Now the most important one is the Carabao

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Cup against Palace because it's the next game

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that we have. Take it game by game. Winning and

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performing every game helps you for the next

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one. So now full focus on that. Yeah, I mean,

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in terms of the Carabao Cup game, it's a tricky

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one because it's a quarterfinal, a chance to

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get into a semifinal where we got last season.

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But also it's a chance to give players that haven't

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played much an opportunity. People like Lewis

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Skelly, people like Wanyeri, Kepa, Norgard. However,

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the team that I've predicted, I may be way off

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the mark with some choices, but just based on

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circumstance, based on the fact that we got Brighton

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on Saturday, I've gone with this following team.

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striker gabriel jesus left wing gabriel martinelli

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bow