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Back again for every word from Mikel

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Arteta’s Post Bournemouth Presser. Following our

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determined 3 -2 victory at bournemouth to move

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six points clear at the top of the premier league

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table mikhail arteta addressed the media at the

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vitality stadium Declan Rice returned to the

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bosses starting X1 and scored two crucial second

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half goals, ensuring all three points came back

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to North London after Gabriel Magales' first

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half strike. Here's everything Mikel had to say

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after the final whistle. On a full -time whistle

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being blown during a Bournemouth attack. I have

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to judge a lot of things. I prefer not to make

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a comment there, but I understand. Okay, I think

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the last three words I understand is very telling.

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He's not going to criticize the referee for doing

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us a favor. I mean, there's going to be times

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where he's going to need to criticize the referee,

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but let it be for affecting us in a negative

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way. On why we often score straight after halftime.

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try to learn from what happened in the first

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half and what are the things we have to tweak

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in order to improve and what are the opportunities

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and then the players to recognise that and try

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to implement it. That's all we have to do. I

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think it's a really important moment. You gather

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a lot of information. You have a moment to breathe,

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to reflect and to make decisions and try to pass

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the messages that we believe are important and

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relevant to help us win the game. I think the

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fact that we often score between 50th and probably

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the 65th minute is a good reflection on Arteta

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because it shows that we've come in at half time.

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We've seen how the game's panning out. We've

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seen the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities

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and threats of the opposition. And the manager

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now has to pass on information to say, OK, I've

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seen a weakness over there. Let's say, for instance,

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their right back is pushing on. So I want you

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to stay wide, keep wide and then kind of cross

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it towards the back post, things like that. So

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to be able to. pinpoint their weaknesses and

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exploit that based on the information he gives

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the players. I think that's a better reflection

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on Arteta, if anything. On Declan Rice scoring

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two goals. I really love today. The next step

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of the team in terms of individual personality

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and presence. I think what Gabriel has done after

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making a big mistake to concede the goal. Yeah,

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that was awful. The way he reacted to that. The

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way he played afterwards, the way he transmitted

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energy after that, it was remarkable. And Declan,

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another one. Every hour for him was important

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to be available today. We didn't know for how

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long. So in the manner that he competed, played,

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and on top of that scored two goals, I think

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it was outstanding and a really big message for

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the team. Yeah, I mean, it's amazing to have

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the best midfielder in the world in your team,

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the best centre -back in the world in your team,

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probably the second best centre -back. in the

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world in your team. The best right back in the

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world in your team. The best right winger in

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the world in your team. So, you know, you see

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where I'm going with this. I remember when Liverpool

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used to actually say they had the best centre

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-back in the world in their team in Virgil van

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Dijk. The best goalkeeper in the world in their

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team in Alisson. Subjective. One of the best

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right backs in the world in a team in Trent Alexander

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-Arnold and one of the best right winger, if

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not the best right winger in the world in a team

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in Mohamed Salah. Well, we've got four or five

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of those. They won the Champions League and a

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league title. We've got to win a big one, a biggie

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this season. We have to. We're too good not to.

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On talking to him about his goal scoring habits.

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Yes, not chipping in. To chip in, you have to

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do a lot of things. First of all, you have to

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get into those positions. He has the ability

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when he gets into those positions to put the

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ball in the back of the net. He's done it in

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a very similar way in both actions and he's very

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consistent there. Yeah, definitely. It's that

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type of Lampard run where you kind of make a

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late run into the box, kind of hold back into

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the space where you can receive the ball. And

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then once you do receive the ball, you've got

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the quality to kind of hill it cleanly and low,

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down low. Declan Rice explained in his interview,

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that's exactly what he's done. He's got the quality

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to score 10 goals minimum every season and get

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10 assists, whether it be from set pieces or

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normal assists. And also to break up play, to

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win the ball back, to just be at the heart, to

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have an engine, to run back and forth. I'm trying

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to work out what player he most resembles. I've

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settled on four players. Yaya Toure, Steven Gerrard,

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Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira. I think he's more

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Vieira, but with more of a Gerrard attack. attacking

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instincts because Yaya Torre was more attacking

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like Yaya Torre was could definitely play in

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the number 10 I'd say that was his best position

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similarly with Gerrard however Roy Keane and

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Patrick Vieira had the long power that Declan

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Rice has but I feel like Declan Rice is better

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in the attacking third in terms of assists in

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terms of his passing crossing so he's kind of

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a hybrid See what I did there? It's kind of a

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mesh between the four of those players. On examples

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of our players responding well to setbacks in

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the past. It's not just Gabriel who's responded

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in the past. You've seen it happen with Saka,

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who's made mistakes and then scored in the same

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game. Gabby himself in that Fulham game with

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a Mitrovic mistake as well. What is it individually

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about the players that shows that resilience

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to turn around and turn those mistakes into big

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moments? Well, this is part of football and it's

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about how you react to the next action. And you

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need to have a very short memory to be at the

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top, the very top, constantly. With a positive

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action, it happens the same because there's another

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one that is the most important one. But today,

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especially when you concede a goal after that,

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it's really tough to do mentally, especially

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with what is at stake in every game. So I'm very,

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very impressed with what he's done. It's good

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that Gabriel kind of got the goal to get it out

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of his system. Obviously, I think the players

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would have given him a blight because that mistake

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was absolutely bizarre, but they know that. this

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is uncharacteristic and that he has the mentality

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to kind of get out of his system and to play

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a blinder for the rest of the game. And that's

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exactly what he did. On whether Declan is one

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of the best midfielders in the world. For me,

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yes. For me, the ones that we have are the best.

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Declan is constantly adding things to his game.

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He's constantly adding things to his role in

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the team. I don't see where he can stop because

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he can still improve in a lot of areas and he

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wants to improve. He's such a pivotal player

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for us. wow, he can still improve in a lot of

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areas. I mean, I think it's just about getting

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the numbers, really, because he has all the fundamentals

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of being a world -beater. Well, he is a world

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-beater already, but I mean, he can go down in

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history in terms of being one of the best midfielders

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ever. To do that, you're going to have to win

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major trophies, win major honours, which you're

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on track to doing so, and also get assists, goals,

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assists. Becoming a leader, becoming a legend

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with the club is all going to go hand in hand.

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So he's young, going to be 26. on the 14th of

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January, incidentally, where Chelsea take on

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Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in a semi -final of

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the Carabao Cup. His childhood team was Chelsea.

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On performing in that way after missing the previous

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game, he was so disappointed not to play against

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Villa. He really wanted it. He tried in the morning.

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It was nowhere near a possibility. He wanted

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to train the next day. It wasn't a possibility.

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Until the last minute I asked him, how are you

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feeling? He said, I'm in. And he showed that

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he was big -timing. Yeah, I mean, I did say in

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the last press conference, the pre -match Bournemouth

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one, where Mikel Arteta does not play around

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with Premier League games. He doesn't take nothing

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to chance. If Declan Rice is half available,

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he will play him. So the fact that Rice didn't

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play Tuesday was very telling. He must have definitely

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not been fit. On Declan setting goals for the

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season, I think we sit down together and set

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goals. Setting goals is not enough. You need

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a plan to implement and make it happen. extremely

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consistent in everything that you ask him to

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do and everything that he really wants to do

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that's what makes the difference first of all

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he has the ability and the qualities to achieve

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that for sure but then you need the consistency

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to do it he's doing it every single day And you

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see that kind of performance. I think I'm confident

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that he set himself a goal of getting 10 goals

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and 10 assists. I'm confident that he would have

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been confident enough to do that. Well, he doubled

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his tally for goals yesterday. He's now on four

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goals after being on two for the vast majority

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of the season. And assist -wise, we know his

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corners are a cheat code so he can get 10 easily.

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Come on, lad. On the importance of every game,

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yes, it demands a lot of energy, a lot of desire,

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a lot of focus, and we have to do it. At this

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moment, I think we have nine games in January.

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With everything that we have already played in

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the season, the last two months especially, that's

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a big ask. And when I see the involvement and

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commitment of the players, we have to do it.

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Yeah, nine games in January. One down, eight

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to go. Liverpool up next. And that means press

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conference analysis. coming out of my ears.