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Arteta’s Post Bournemouth Presser. Following our
determined 3 -2 victory at bournemouth to move
six points clear at the top of the premier league
table mikhail arteta addressed the media at the
vitality stadium Declan Rice returned to the
bosses starting X1 and scored two crucial second
half goals, ensuring all three points came back
to North London after Gabriel Magales' first
half strike. Here's everything Mikel had to say
after the final whistle. On a full -time whistle
being blown during a Bournemouth attack. I have
to judge a lot of things. I prefer not to make
a comment there, but I understand. Okay, I think
the last three words I understand is very telling.
He's not going to criticize the referee for doing
us a favor. I mean, there's going to be times
where he's going to need to criticize the referee,
but let it be for affecting us in a negative
way. On why we often score straight after halftime.
try to learn from what happened in the first
half and what are the things we have to tweak
in order to improve and what are the opportunities
and then the players to recognise that and try
to implement it. That's all we have to do. I
think it's a really important moment. You gather
a lot of information. You have a moment to breathe,
to reflect and to make decisions and try to pass
the messages that we believe are important and
relevant to help us win the game. I think the
fact that we often score between 50th and probably
the 65th minute is a good reflection on Arteta
because it shows that we've come in at half time.
We've seen how the game's panning out. We've
seen the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities
and threats of the opposition. And the manager
now has to pass on information to say, OK, I've
seen a weakness over there. Let's say, for instance,
their right back is pushing on. So I want you
to stay wide, keep wide and then kind of cross
it towards the back post, things like that. So
to be able to. pinpoint their weaknesses and
exploit that based on the information he gives
the players. I think that's a better reflection
on Arteta, if anything. On Declan Rice scoring
two goals. I really love today. The next step
of the team in terms of individual personality
and presence. I think what Gabriel has done after
making a big mistake to concede the goal. Yeah,
that was awful. The way he reacted to that. The
way he played afterwards, the way he transmitted
energy after that, it was remarkable. And Declan,
another one. Every hour for him was important
to be available today. We didn't know for how
long. So in the manner that he competed, played,
and on top of that scored two goals, I think
it was outstanding and a really big message for
the team. Yeah, I mean, it's amazing to have
the best midfielder in the world in your team,
the best centre -back in the world in your team,
probably the second best centre -back. in the
world in your team. The best right back in the
world in your team. The best right winger in
the world in your team. So, you know, you see
where I'm going with this. I remember when Liverpool
used to actually say they had the best centre
-back in the world in their team in Virgil van
Dijk. The best goalkeeper in the world in their
team in Alisson. Subjective. One of the best
right backs in the world in a team in Trent Alexander
-Arnold and one of the best right winger, if
not the best right winger in the world in a team
in Mohamed Salah. Well, we've got four or five
of those. They won the Champions League and a
league title. We've got to win a big one, a biggie
this season. We have to. We're too good not to.
On talking to him about his goal scoring habits.
Yes, not chipping in. To chip in, you have to
do a lot of things. First of all, you have to
get into those positions. He has the ability
when he gets into those positions to put the
ball in the back of the net. He's done it in
a very similar way in both actions and he's very
consistent there. Yeah, definitely. It's that
type of Lampard run where you kind of make a
late run into the box, kind of hold back into
the space where you can receive the ball. And
then once you do receive the ball, you've got
the quality to kind of hill it cleanly and low,
down low. Declan Rice explained in his interview,
that's exactly what he's done. He's got the quality
to score 10 goals minimum every season and get
10 assists, whether it be from set pieces or
normal assists. And also to break up play, to
win the ball back, to just be at the heart, to
have an engine, to run back and forth. I'm trying
to work out what player he most resembles. I've
settled on four players. Yaya Toure, Steven Gerrard,
Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira. I think he's more
Vieira, but with more of a Gerrard attack. attacking
instincts because Yaya Torre was more attacking
like Yaya Torre was could definitely play in
the number 10 I'd say that was his best position
similarly with Gerrard however Roy Keane and
Patrick Vieira had the long power that Declan
Rice has but I feel like Declan Rice is better
in the attacking third in terms of assists in
terms of his passing crossing so he's kind of
a hybrid See what I did there? It's kind of a
mesh between the four of those players. On examples
of our players responding well to setbacks in
the past. It's not just Gabriel who's responded
in the past. You've seen it happen with Saka,
who's made mistakes and then scored in the same
game. Gabby himself in that Fulham game with
a Mitrovic mistake as well. What is it individually
about the players that shows that resilience
to turn around and turn those mistakes into big
moments? Well, this is part of football and it's
about how you react to the next action. And you
need to have a very short memory to be at the
top, the very top, constantly. With a positive
action, it happens the same because there's another
one that is the most important one. But today,
especially when you concede a goal after that,
it's really tough to do mentally, especially
with what is at stake in every game. So I'm very,
very impressed with what he's done. It's good
that Gabriel kind of got the goal to get it out
of his system. Obviously, I think the players
would have given him a blight because that mistake
was absolutely bizarre, but they know that. this
is uncharacteristic and that he has the mentality
to kind of get out of his system and to play
a blinder for the rest of the game. And that's
exactly what he did. On whether Declan is one
of the best midfielders in the world. For me,
yes. For me, the ones that we have are the best.
Declan is constantly adding things to his game.
He's constantly adding things to his role in
the team. I don't see where he can stop because
he can still improve in a lot of areas and he
wants to improve. He's such a pivotal player
for us. wow, he can still improve in a lot of
areas. I mean, I think it's just about getting
the numbers, really, because he has all the fundamentals
of being a world -beater. Well, he is a world
-beater already, but I mean, he can go down in
history in terms of being one of the best midfielders
ever. To do that, you're going to have to win
major trophies, win major honours, which you're
on track to doing so, and also get assists, goals,
assists. Becoming a leader, becoming a legend
with the club is all going to go hand in hand.
So he's young, going to be 26. on the 14th of
January, incidentally, where Chelsea take on
Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in a semi -final of
the Carabao Cup. His childhood team was Chelsea.
On performing in that way after missing the previous
game, he was so disappointed not to play against
Villa. He really wanted it. He tried in the morning.
It was nowhere near a possibility. He wanted
to train the next day. It wasn't a possibility.
Until the last minute I asked him, how are you
feeling? He said, I'm in. And he showed that
he was big -timing. Yeah, I mean, I did say in
the last press conference, the pre -match Bournemouth
one, where Mikel Arteta does not play around
with Premier League games. He doesn't take nothing
to chance. If Declan Rice is half available,
he will play him. So the fact that Rice didn't
play Tuesday was very telling. He must have definitely
not been fit. On Declan setting goals for the
season, I think we sit down together and set
goals. Setting goals is not enough. You need
a plan to implement and make it happen. extremely
consistent in everything that you ask him to
do and everything that he really wants to do
that's what makes the difference first of all
he has the ability and the qualities to achieve
that for sure but then you need the consistency
to do it he's doing it every single day And you
see that kind of performance. I think I'm confident
that he set himself a goal of getting 10 goals
and 10 assists. I'm confident that he would have
been confident enough to do that. Well, he doubled
his tally for goals yesterday. He's now on four
goals after being on two for the vast majority
of the season. And assist -wise, we know his
corners are a cheat code so he can get 10 easily.
Come on, lad. On the importance of every game,
yes, it demands a lot of energy, a lot of desire,
a lot of focus, and we have to do it. At this
moment, I think we have nine games in January.
With everything that we have already played in
the season, the last two months especially, that's
a big ask. And when I see the involvement and
commitment of the players, we have to do it.
Yeah, nine games in January. One down, eight
to go. Liverpool up next. And that means press
conference analysis. coming out of my ears.