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[producer] How would you describe
the January transfer window?

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Oh man.

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Yeah.

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[sighs]

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[soft music]

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[producer] Is this your other office?

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Yes.

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When I have to work from home, it's here.

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Sometimes my telephone,

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10, 11, midnight,

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America, Brazil, here, etc.

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People are calling me
and I have to pick up the phone.

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Talking about 10,

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20, 50, 60, 70 million pounds,

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to negotiate that kind of deals
is a big responsibility.

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And I get it.

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[journalist] I think the Aubameyang
situation is really volatile.

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[journalist 2] They've got to try and
maybe get Aubameyang out of the door

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and free up some money there
and get him away from the football club.

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[Gaspar] The situation with Aubameyang,
this wasn't planned.

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But during the season things happen.

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But I'm not sure
if the fans understand that.

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[security] Hello, mate.

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How you doing?

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[security] Oh Edu! Sorry.

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-[fan] Can I have a picture?
-[Gaspar] Yes, how you doing?

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-Edu, can I have a picture?
-Edu, what about Auba?

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Get some signings.
Come on!

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-Was that a yes?
-Take care, guys.

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[producer] Does that happen every game?

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A little bit, yes.

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But it's nice, it's nice.

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On Aubameyang we have to really
be careful

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because the chance to make a mistake
is quite huge as well.

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[hip-hop music]

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When you love what you do,
that is called passion.

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We have to believe,
we have to have energy.

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[shouts]

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Show these people how much you care.

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[cheers]

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Let's go for it.

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[crowd chanting]

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[soft music]

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[journalist] Well the January transfer
window is open,

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the rumour mill is back up and running.

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[journalist 2] The big conundrum is what
to do with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

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We have got a problem now which is

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we have a player

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that feels like he is
nowhere near the team,

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no chance of competing.

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Yeah. Don't like it.

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We ain't got much time
because we play on Sunday,

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we need to have resolved it
one way or another.

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[narrator] Arsenal's plans
for the January transfer window

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are now dominated
by the future of one player.

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We have to talk
to Aubameyang and to Mikel.

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He has to come back to the squad
and help us until the end of the season.

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We're going to have to reintegrate him,
we have to.

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We need to speak to Mikel then.

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There needs to be
a conversation with Mikel then.

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Yeah, we don't think that is that easy
but we have to do something.

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[Venkatesham] Who knows,
you never know in football.

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But be aware, downstairs,
the relationship is zero.

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[Venkatesham] Okay, I get that.

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We weren't expecting it
to be a busy transfer window.

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Given the amount of money
that we'd invested in the summer

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and the players that we brought in,
we were very happy with those players.

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We obviously have the Auba situation
but it is...

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It is a challenge.

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[cheers]

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[narrator] Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
has scored 92 goals for Arsenal.

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[commentator] Oh, that's wonderful!

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[narrator] But he hasn't played
since December,

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when he was stripped of the captaincy

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and excluded from team
training due to a disciplinary breach.

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[Arteta] At the end,

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rules and discipline brings clarity

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because at the end,
you cannot measure trust.

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When you look at the eyes
of that player and...

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and you believe that that's gone,

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that's a really difficult point
to get something back from it.

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[narrator] Mikel Arteta doesn't want
the situation with Auba

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to be a distraction
to the rest of his players.

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Mikel is returning to Colney
from one week out with Covid

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and brings the squad together

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ahead of a season-defining
January run of games.

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In the next 10 days we play 4 games

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and we play 3 different competitions
that are going to decide a lot of things

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of what is going
to happen in this season.

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I had a lot of time to watch things.

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I watched 21 training sessions.

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There are a few players
that train exceptionally well.

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There is a vast majority of players
that train well.

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And there's a group of players
that they just come.

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The training session on Sunday,

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if I was here, 4 players,

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they go out of the training session.

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4.

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4 players after 15 minutes go.

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We're not training in the park,

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we are not in nursery
and we are not here wasting our time.

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Too many players laughing

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and the other thing is complaining.

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Somebody gives a bad pass, complaining.

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I give a bad pass, it's his mistake.

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No, we have to raise the level

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and it goes for everybody, guys, yeah?

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For every single one,
because now it's in or out.

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So every fucking day in training,
every single ball.

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Let's go.

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[upbeat music]

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Let's go!

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[narrator] With Auba out of the squad,

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there's an opportunity
for 22-year-old striker Eddie Nketiah.

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[whistle]

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Eddie, you are part of this! Come, Eddie.

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[narrator] He's England's all-time
top scorer at under 21 level.

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For Arsenal, so far Eddie
has only scored 5 goals this season.

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[Eddie] I've scored a lot of goals
in the youth team.

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Yeah, it gave me confidence 'cause I knew
obviously that I could score

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and I could finish
if I'm put in the opportunity.

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[Arteta] Good, Eddie!

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[Eddie] It's a big club with obviously
big players.

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There is a lot of competition,
especially in the front areas.

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As a player, you've just got to be
confident that you're good enough

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to deliver if you're given the chance.

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[narrator] Eddie's earned a place
in the starting line-up this weekend

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as Arsenal begin their run in the FA Cup.

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[commentator] The men of Arsenal,

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winners of the coveted cup
for the 3rd time in 14 seasons.

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[narrator] A competition they've won
a record 14 times.

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[cheers]

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[Arteta] Last one!

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[whistle]

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[fan] Come on the boys!

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Come on boys, come on.

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[intense music]

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[fan] We've got to go for the FA Cup.

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It's our trophy, won it 14 times.
We've gotta go for it again.

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[narrator] Tonight, Arsenal face
Nottingham Forest from the Championship,

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the league below them.

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Mikel is giving an opportunity
to 7 players

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who don't normally start matches.

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[chanting]

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No easy task in front
of 20,000 raucous home fans.

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[Arteta] Okay, get together, boys.
Come on together.

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Okay. Today we're starting
a new competition,

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a competition that is in the history
and the DNA of our club.

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So I want, from the 1st minute,
I want everybody at it.

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I want to see my team come here
and dominate them.

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Use your physicality, your intention
and after your quality to win it.

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All the best.

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[clapping and shouting]

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[suspenseful music]

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[commentator] It will be a difficult test
for Arsenal,

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they need to be bang up for it.

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The host Nottingham Forest get this game
underway, the FA Cup 3rd round.

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[cheers]

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Arsenal will try and start on the front
foot here.

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It's opening up,
a shot comes in but it's wide.

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[music continues]

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That's a loose ball, isn't it,
by Tavares.

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[commentator] Don't know what Tavares
is thinking about there.

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[commentator] Nketiah,
makes one for a shot.

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It's a yard and a half wide
of the target.

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Arsenal will certainly need him
involved more.

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[narrator] 30 minutes into the match,
Mikel makes a change.

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[commentator] It is Nuno Tavares.

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[commentator] You have to be really
unhappy to take someone off

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in the 1st half, don't you?

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[commentator] Yeah,
and do you know something,

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he's absolutely quite right.

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[crowd boo]

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Oh the gloves are off.
And he is not happy.

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[commentator] Johnson showing good pace.

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Arsenal are in trouble here.
Ball back in, a good save by Leno.

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Arsenal just wobbling a little bit
in the last minutes.

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Mikel Arteta won't be very happy.

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[narrator] With an hour played,

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Arsenal haven't had a single shot
on target.

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[commentator] Good ball in.

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Oh dear.

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That was a wasted
opportunity for Nketiah.

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[suspenseful music]

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Early ball in.

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[shouts]

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It's Lewis Grabban.

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He got the wrong side
of the Arsenal defence

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and he turns it in from close range.

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Forest fans invading the pitch.

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Well, Arsenal sloppy with the ball,
giving it away too cheaply.

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It's simple, it's too slow.

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[tense music]

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[whistle]

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Arsenal have been disappointing.

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-[whistle]
-[crowd cheer]

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There goes the final whistle

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and it's a big win
for Nottingham Forest then.

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They have knocked Arsenal
out of the FA Cup.

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[tense music continues]

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[Kieran] Fuck me, guys.

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I accept losing, guys. I accept losing.

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I don't accept these fucking standards.
I'm telling you, I don't accept them.

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I don't accept them, these standards.

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It's nowhere near.

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Nowhere near!

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And I know the desire and your attitude,
that attitude is not enough.

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Courage, not enough.

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To run is not enough, you have to have
much more than that.

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And it's nowhere near.

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You agree with me guys? Yeah?

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But between you fucking do it
and demand yourself...

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That's what I'm telling you
in fucking training.

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Because I see it in training, that
it doesn't matter to give the ball away.

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"It's okay, sometimes I go
to the next ball and I run."

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No! Because in a game it's a goal!

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When I lose a duel, I am upset.

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When I lose the small sided games,
I am upset!

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Because that's the fucking standards!

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Because you come here
and now you fucking lose.

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It's nowhere near guys,
it's fucking shit.

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I'm telling you, shit!

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[player] If we play like that
against Liverpool, we're fucked.

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[tense music]

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-[Emile] My mum's gone away today.
-[Laura Andrews] Has she?

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-And I ain't got no food.
-What happened to your chef?

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She's not coming today, she's on holiday.

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-How long is she on holiday for?
-Comes back tomorrow.

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Okay.

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[Dan Tilley] What you gonna
do for tonight then?

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-Little Nando's, innit!
-Ah there he is!

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He's probably going double chicken wrap.

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Peri chips with two perinaise.

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[Rob] Do you want me to do
Auba's signature?

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[upbeat music]

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[narrator] Auba is currently
5,000 miles away

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representing Gabon
at the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Back home, Arsenal are out of the FA Cup
having not scored a goal.

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The absence of their star striker
puts pressure on Mikel

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at a crucial point in their season.

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[journalist 2] There's a massively
fractured relationship

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with Mikel Arteta and Aubameyang.

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Can this be repaired?
Should they try and repair it?

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[journalist] If Aubameyang
had a long-term future at the club,

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he'd have been back in by now.

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[journalist 3] I don't know where you go
with Aubameyang

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because if it's as deep
as we're led to believe

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there seems to be no alternative.

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[narrator] Mikel meets with Tim Lewis,
one of Arsenal's 4 directors,

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to discuss Aubameyang.

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[Tim Lewis] He went and made a mistake.

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Which you reacted to, quite rightly.

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And you've made your position clear.

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A lot's going to depend upon

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how do we get Auba out?

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Can we get him out?

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[Lewis] The relationship with Mikel
is not transactional,

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it's a relationship.

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He is the manager.

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So, on something like Aubameyang,
I am here to support him,

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challenge him, help him,

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when he asks for help to respond.

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I don't give him football advice,
that would be ludicrous.

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There isn't an easy right answer here.
But...

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If we go past the end of January,
he holds all the cards.

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[Lewis] I know clearly
all the pressure is on him

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'cause he's the guy out there
in the public domain,

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addressing the questions
that are put to us,

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but it is a team behind him
that's making that happen.

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[narrator] As the January
transfer window rolls on,

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time is running out for the club to make
a decision on Aubameyang's future.

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We need to relook at the project,

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-look at the plan.
-Yeah.

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And there's only
certain things you can do.

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[Venkatesham] Do we need to chat
on anything?

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-Yeah.
-Or everything?

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Yeah everything.
[Edu laughs]

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[Venkatesham] Edu, on the call yesterday,

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I thought you summed up
the position perfectly. Perfectly.

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-[Gaspar] I was talking to Rich...
-Yeah.

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Everybody's losing, isn't it?

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Everybody's losing.

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It certainly does not feel
like there's going to be a market,

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something's going to happen to the market
which is going to change the situation.

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We need to come up with a solution.

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Because with this problem,
it's not going away.

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[Garlick] Mikel has got a lot on
in terms of managing the team,

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and that should be where his focus is.

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Where we've got with Aubameyang,

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you need everybody working together.

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[Arteta] We as a club discuss

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between all of us
what is the best situation to do.

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This is not an Auba and Mikel situation,
this is much bigger than that.

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[Mark Gonnella] And we've got
to focus on the next game,

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I mean, and I think
you just go around that loop.

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And when they push it, guys...

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Because you know how media
are going to react,

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how people are going to react,

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how these stories are going
to be presented.

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[journalist] Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
is away at the African Nations Cup

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where he's out partying.

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Do you feel vindicated that
you've been absolutely right

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in your treatment with Aubameyang

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and the fact that he's a bit
of a problem player?

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The decision that I have taken,
obviously, they were always

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in the best interest of the club
and trying to do the right thing.

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And so far the players
that are here are fully committed.

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[Gonnella] Thanks everybody.

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Thank you.

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I made a decision when I decided
to be a manager

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that I was going
to open up with the players

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and to do that then you have to accept
that if you're going to open up,

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that you're going to get hurt.

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[upbeat music]

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[narrator] One player who knows
what it's like to be

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at the centre of a controversy
is Granit Xhaka.

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[Granit] We have a very young team.

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Our job as experienced players
is to give them a lot of advice

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and to tell them it's not so easy

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because you need a lot of work.

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I'm one of the oldest already
and I'm still 28 now.

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[upbeat music continues]

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People think I'm very aggressive
because of my game.

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You see us for 90 minutes on the pitch,

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you see the...

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the different side of a person.

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[crowd shout]

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[narrator] Granit has been given
4 red cards in his Arsenal career.

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Since he joined the club,
no other player in the Premier League

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has been sent off more.

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[commentator] It is a red card
for Granit Xhaka.

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Now this is not the first time
he's done that.

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[narrator] He was club captain 2 seasons
ago, but fell out with the fans.

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[commentator] Now some of the Arsenal
fans are actually applauding

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as they take off Granit Xhaka and
his reaction there is not good at all.

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[narrator] Like Aubameyang,
he was stripped of the role.

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-[fan] Xhaka, Xhaka leave it.
-[Granit] You have a problem?

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Some days you're great,
some days you're... [bleep]

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[Granit] Shut up, man!

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-Shut up. Shut up.
-[hubbub]

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[Granit] You have people that love you,

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and you have people
that don't love you really.

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They criticise you, they write you stuff
where it's very hard.

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People think that football
is about the cars, houses,

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the money and stuff like this,

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but not one of us when we were kids
started football because of the money.

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You start football because you love it.

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People forget we are
as well human being.

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This part, this family here,
have to be together,

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and it's only together
you can go through difficult times.

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[upbeat music]

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[commentator] Who will make it
to Wembley to face Chelsea

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in the final at the end of February?

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[fan] Liverpool are a top side.

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For us to feel that we're progressing,
we have to beat 'em.

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[upbeat music continues]

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[narrator] Tonight Arsenal play
in the semi-final of a 2nd competition:

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the EFL Cup.

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Their last real chance
to win a trophy this season.

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They face Liverpool.

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Last time the two teams met,
Arsenal lost 4-0.

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[commentator] It's a massive game
this evening,

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Liverpool are at the top of their game,

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and it's a big ask for Arsenal.

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[narrator] For Mikel, with rumours
still rumbling around Auba,

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a win would help respond to the critics.

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Both Granit and Eddie
start the match for Arsenal.

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Let's go, let's go! Come on!

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The energy starts now boys. Not after,
now, now, now, now. Be ready.

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[Arteta] Guys, let's go for it.

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I want to fill the team with emotion.

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I want to look at your eyes

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and I want to see an attitude
and a fire and belief.

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I want to see courage when we defend
and when we play,

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composure and quality.

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Against them,
you know what we have to do.

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When you are there
you have to stay with the runner,

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you have to block shots,
you have to defend,

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we have our goalkeeper,
let's fucking go guys.

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[clapping and shouting]

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[crowd chant]

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[suspenseful music]

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[whistle]

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[commentator] Arsenal get this underway.

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[crowd chant]

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Oh my goodness me,
Ramsdale caught there...

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That could have gone badly wrong
for the Arsenal goalkeeper.

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[narrator] Liverpool control the game
from the start.

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[commentator] That's Minamino!

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[commentator] Liverpool definitely taking
this game to Arsenal.

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[commentator] Liverpool come
straight back. Robertson.

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[suspenseful music continues]

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[crowd shouts]

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And a red card.

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Straight to his back pocket
to dismiss Granit Xhaka.

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-[crowd boo]
-[commentator] Xhaka once again sees red,

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that's for the 5th time
in his Arsenal career.

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[commentator] And Arsenal find
themselves down to 10 men.

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[melancholic music]

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Fuck me, man.

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[narrator] Mikel is forced into making
a defensive substitution.

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[commentator] Eddie Nketiah's night is
over, for Rob Holding.

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Arsenal will have to defend
for their lives now.

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This will be a real test
of their character.

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[suspenseful music]

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Minamino.

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Arsenal just standing firm.

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Moving into the final moments of
the 1st half, can Arsenal hold out?

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[whistle]

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[Ben] Don't fucking concede.

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Keep going. Come on.

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Okay, listen, if we have discipline

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and we are active in defending,
guys, we can do it.

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Discipline, guys, suffer

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and now play the game
that we want to play

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which is a game that is completely
against what we want to do

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and everything that we trained,

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but is the necessity
that we have to do to play the game.

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We have no other solution,
and we have to survive here today. Okay.

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[clapping and shouting]

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[tense music]

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[whistle]

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[commentator] Can Arsenal hold out
for 45 minutes?

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Oh that's a shot from distance,
which almost caught out Ramsdale.

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[crowd chant]

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Excellent defensive work by Gabriel.

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Liverpool cannot break
this Arsenal defence down.

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And the Liverpool frustrations
are beginning to show.

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Liverpool are running out of time.

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[narrator] If Arsenal can hold out for
1 more minute, it will be a huge result.

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[commentator] Minamino! That was
the chance they'd been waiting for.

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[suspenseful music]

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[commentator] And Arsenal have recorded
a fantastic result.

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[whistle]

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That was a monumental
defensive display.

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And Arsenal are in a better position
heading into the 2nd leg

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of this EFL Cup semi-final.

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♪ Arsenal, we love you
Oh, Arsenal, we love you ♪

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We were away from home,
we were down to 10 men.

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I was singing just now,
I couldn't stop singing

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"0-0 to the Arsenal", I was like:

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♪ 0-0 to the Arsenal ♪

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Because genuinely I've seen wins

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and I've walked away less proud
than I was tonight of the boys.

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[hubbub]

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[Kieran] Boys, not many teams
can come and do that, man.

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Not a fucking chance.

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[crowd chant]

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So guys,

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before the game I said to you here
that I wanted to see a team

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that shows emotion and plays
with emotion and plays with courage.

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Sometime when I was watching you play
I had "gosebumps", is that right?

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-The word you say?
-Goosebumps.

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What you did here today,
to compete the way you do,

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to show the discipline that you show,
the courage, the fight,

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the discipline and when a teammate
has to do something in the last line

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and he gets sent off, that's when
you lift him and you protect him.

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And the way you've done it today,
it was absolutely magnificent, guys.

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I'm so proud of you, guys. Well done.

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[clapping]

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[crowd chanting] We are the Arsenal!

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[journalist] Arsenal fans
will be delighted with this result

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but when Xhaka was sent off,

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the referee got it spot on,
Xhaka got it wrong yet again.

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[fan] Xhaka's got to be disappointed
with this one today,

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he's got to look at this and really...

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try and turn it around, if he doesn't
analyse his performance and say,

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"Listen, I need to change something,"

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then I don't think there's a future
for him at this club.

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[narrator] Following the semi-final,
spirits are high at Colney.

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[drumming and chanting]

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[laughing]

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But Arsenal now haven't scored
in 2 consecutive matches.

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Cheers, Piers.

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[Aaron] Oh, he thought
you were fantastic again.

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00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,520
Oh shit, it's Auba v. Thomas today.

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00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,040
Come on, Gabon!
I hope Auba comes back, man.

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I miss him, man.

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[narrator] In the gym, the post-mortem
on Granit's red card begins.

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But, bro, one question:

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why were you the last defender?

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I told you, because this guy.
If he gives a good pass, we score.

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[Bukayo] Bro, you blame me
for your red card?

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The domino thing starts there.

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[laughter]

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00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,800
The domino effect starts with men
up the pitch, bro. It's not my fault.

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00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:47,000
If your pass comes good,
we have minimum a shot on target.

488
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,440
Bro, even if we have a shot on target,
the keeper saves.

489
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,840
You avoid those extra runs back.

490
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,560
They can still do this pass, Granit.

491
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,080
The problem is men up the pitch.

492
00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,080
Yeah, men on the pitch. 3 against 1.

493
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,440
How is that good? I have to sprint.

494
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:04,720
You have to control yourself.

495
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,600
Don't worry guys,
I take the blame, no problem.

496
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,400
If I don't stop him we are 1-0 down
and they fuck us.

497
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,040
So thank you to Granit as well once.

498
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,480
Granit...

499
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,360
[tense music]

500
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,880
[beep]

501
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,640
[soft music]

502
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:36,800
[Granit] Hey!

503
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:37,960
[speaking Albanian] My love.

504
00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:38,920
Hello.

505
00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:40,360
Hi!

506
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,000
[babbles]

507
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,000
[narrator] Granit lives
with his wife Leonita

508
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,080
and their 2 children Ayana and Laneya.

509
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:51,400
Daddy!

510
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,320
[Granit] We grew up with my brother,
with my dad,

511
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,480
so my mum she was the only girl at home

512
00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,520
and she always told me:
"So difficult with you guys."

513
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,960
And now it's the opposite side,

514
00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:07,000
I have 3 girls at home
and it changed everything.

515
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:08,600
[speaking Albanian] Give Dad a kiss?

516
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:10,920
[speaking English] Love you.

517
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,160
You are more calm,

518
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,920
you think twice before you do
something now because of them.

519
00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:19,680
[babbling]

520
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,320
This when we married each other.

521
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:29,320
Pictures we never forgot because
it was a special day for us.

522
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:31,520
Here I can do whatever I want.

523
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,240
No pictures, nobody's screaming
from the back.

524
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,600
Nobody's saying something bad to you.

525
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:43,000
I know it's not so easy for her
when I'm down or when we lose a game,

526
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:47,920
but she's the only person
who I can speak very openly, you know.

527
00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:52,720
When they lost a game and then
he comes home like he's really upset.

528
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:59,600
I try to speak with him a little bit
and tell him next game's better

529
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,520
and everything but...

530
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,240
When people say
he doesn't give everything,

531
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,920
he can't sleep the whole night
when they lose.

532
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,840
Because on the pitch is what I love most
because of the passion, you know.

533
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,680
What I do, I love.

534
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:18,440
In and off the pitch
I am really proud of him, so yeah.

535
00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:25,480
[soft music]

536
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,320
[narrator] Auba has returned
from the Africa Cup of Nations.

537
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:45,360
[Aubameyang] Jose.

538
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,120
Hello. How are you?
Everything alright?

539
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,680
-Yeah, you?
-Yeah. You alright?

540
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,120
[narrator] He's still training alone.

541
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:55,600
Everybody alright?

542
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,320
-Your boys are good?
-Yeah, yeah.

543
00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:58,680
Are they back at school?

544
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,560
Not yet but Monday.

545
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:01,880
And your mum? She's good?

546
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,880
-Yeah, she's good.
-Nice to hear.

547
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:06,760
Rough few weeks?

548
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,120
Yeah.

549
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:10,880
[Sam Wilson] You okay mate?

550
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:12,680
Yeah mate, are you?

551
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,760
[Wilson] So today you'll do this session,

552
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,480
we'll get you moving again
and just check everything's okay,

553
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,120
just to check you respond well.

554
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,160
That means you won't be available
for Sunday.

555
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,160
And then we'll make a plan from there.

556
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:23,280
Mikel will speak to you.

557
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:24,640
Sure.

558
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,400
[tense music]

559
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:27,600
[narrator] While he's been away,

560
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:31,920
Mikel and the Arsenal board
have made their final decision.

561
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,080
To try and enable Auba
to leave the club

562
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,200
in what remains of the transfer window.

563
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,240
[producer] When was the moment
that you knew

564
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:45,960
Auba couldn't be part
of the team anymore?

565
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,240
When I look in his eyes and I saw
and I felt what I felt,

566
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,640
that that level of trust was gone.

567
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:52,800
That day.

568
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,840
It's a really difficult decision to make
in the middle of the season

569
00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,920
and with the most important
player at the club

570
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,240
and they're not getting the impact
of not having that player

571
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,600
could have in the performances
of the team.

572
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,280
But if you put all these ingredients
together and then there's still,

573
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,240
the decision is clear,
then you have to make it.

574
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,400
[tense music continues]

575
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,160
[Aaron] We're missing Auba a lot,
his personality,

576
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,280
his quality on the pitch...

577
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,720
But the manager's decision...
it's his decision and we respect that.

578
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,360
So it's not like it's been a big surprise
in the dressing room

579
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,040
which I think has been the good thing.

580
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,320
[journalist] They've had to make
a decision to get rid of him,

581
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:35,520
it leaves Arsenal short.

582
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,640
[journalist] Bear in mind
the wages that he earns at Arsenal,

583
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,440
it's not going to be an easy departure.

584
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:47,640
[narrator] Aubameyang is paid a reported
£350,000 a week.

585
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,040
It's now up to Edu and Rich
to get him off the payroll

586
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:52,880
and playing at another club.

587
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,120
[Garlick] What do we want him to do?

588
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:55,800
There are 2 options.

589
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,080
Loan or terminate his contract,

590
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,280
because I cannot consider
selling the player,

591
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,560
nobody gonna hear and buy the player.

592
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:03,640
No, 'cause I mean he's 32.

593
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:04,880
[Gaspar] It's impossible.

594
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,480
So, which one for us would be the best?

595
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:08,440
It's terminate his contract.

596
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,720
If he goes on loan, it's the worst
scenario possible to us.

597
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:13,800
At the moment yeah,

598
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,920
because we still have the liability
potentially for the next season,

599
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:19,360
unless he terminates.

600
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,440
[Garlick] You're looking at 2 things
with the Auba situation.

601
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,240
Obviously, you know,
he's fantastic player,

602
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:26,560
he's scored a lot of goals.

603
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,280
But if he's not going
to be contributing to the team

604
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:31,640
then it makes sense

605
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,760
to save the wages and to cut a deal.

606
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,040
The only way we can terminate
his contract is if he agrees

607
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,320
"We terminate
the contract you can go," okay?

608
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,320
Mutual consent.

609
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,080
We don't want him coming back,
we want just a clean break.

610
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,720
Long-term the club is in a much,
much better position.

611
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,720
[upbeat music]

612
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,200
[narrator] Arsenal want to terminate
Aubameyang's contract.

613
00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:01,120
But it will only be possible
if they can find another club big enough

614
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:06,200
to sign him and pay his wages
for the rest of this season and next.

615
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,040
[upbeat music continues]

616
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:16,080
During the window, the Arsenal board
make several other big transfer calls.

617
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:21,720
They let more players leave
including Ainsley Maitland-Niles,

618
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:23,960
Sead Kolasinac,

619
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:26,640
Calum Chambers,

620
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,000
and defender Pablo Marí.

621
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,160
It's hard my friend, after 3 years.

622
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,000
It's not easy, but this is the life.

623
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,320
It's a sad moment for me but
I'm happy because I'm gonna play,

624
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,000
I'm going to have
a new challenge in my life.

625
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,600
So I wish all the best
for Arsenal and for my teammates.

626
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,040
[Rob] When someone is leaving,
obviously you have no idea

627
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,240
what's going on in terms of
talks and stuff.

628
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,120
And then one day you'll just get
a text into the team group chat

629
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,480
saying like, "Lads all the best for
the season I'm moving to this place,

630
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,160
"wish you all the best" and that's it.

631
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,160
It's football and people move on.

632
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,920
[engine revving]

633
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,960
[Garlick] It was quite clear that
we needed to move some players out,

634
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:17,400
some of the players
that hadn't been playing in the squad

635
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,720
and that Mikel thought
that needed to get out and play,

636
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,120
and we needed a bit of a reset.

637
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,400
[narrator] The Arsenal squad
is now nearly half the size

638
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:28,680
it was last season.

639
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,120
And there are no major incoming signings.

640
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,760
[soft music]

641
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,400
[podcaster] They've got to
do something, haven't they?

642
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,880
They've got to do something.
They've got to try and kick on.

643
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,200
Bring a better standard of players in.

644
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:46,960
[podcaster] I mean we have not
scored a goal in...

645
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,200
I don't know how long,
about 600 minutes of football.

646
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,240
[podcaster] They've got to be doing
some business,

647
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,600
they have got to be doing
some business, they've got to.

648
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,560
We're at the start of our process now.

649
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,440
And there's gonna be
various evolutions to this,

650
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:01,960
you'll see the squad grow.

651
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,840
But from, from our point of view,

652
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,680
if you're having to bring in 5, 6, 7
players in January transfer window,

653
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,760
something's gone wrong previously.

654
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,040
[narrator] With 10 days left
of the window,

655
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,640
there is no sign of a deal with Auba.

656
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,520
No other clubs are willing to sign him
permanently and take on his wages.

657
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,040
[tense music]

658
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,080
[suspenseful music]

659
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:34,480
[commentator] A Cup semi-final
and a place at Wembley up for grabs.

660
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,880
What a match in prospect as
2 heavyweights in English football

661
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:43,480
trade off in Arsenal and Liverpool
in the EFL Cup semi-final 2nd leg.

662
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,320
[suspenseful music continues]

663
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:50,000
[Gaspar] It wasn't easy when Mikel
came in to me talking about Aubameyang.

664
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,640
But you have to really be sensible

665
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,280
and say yes, he's right
and we have to support him.

666
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:55,360
[whistle]

667
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,080
[commentator] Liverpool
get the tie underway,

668
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,360
a roar goes up around the Emirates.

669
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,680
That's a big challenge
to make people understand

670
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:08,840
what's the best for the club.
Because all they see, they see a game.

671
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,920
[commentator] Jota,
he's come inside his man.

672
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,000
It's opening up for Jota,

673
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:16,960
oh, it's gone in!

674
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,400
He's almost hit it in slow motion,
it wrong footed Ramsdale.

675
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,400
And Liverpool have taken the lead

676
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:23,960
in the semi-final.

677
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:25,960
[cheers]

678
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:30,360
What we have to see is a big picture.

679
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,200
What's the best
for the future of this football club?

680
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,520
[commentator] Jota could be in,
he's in, he's scores.

681
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,560
Diogo Jota's made it 2-0 to Liverpool.

682
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,520
[tense music]

683
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,440
Arsenal are, unfortunately,
a beaten team here.

684
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,320
All the Arsenal fans as well
have sensed it,

685
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,160
there's been a mass exodus.

686
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:52,320
[fan] No midfield, we've done nothing
in the January transfer window,

687
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,080
so we can't expect nothing different.

688
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,600
Same old stuff, same old Arsenal.

689
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,840
He needs to do a bit more,
we need a new striker.

690
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,960
You can't fall out with players
and have no one to replace them

691
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,840
and you've just got Aubameyang
just there, just at home.

692
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,840
You've got... It's embarrassing, bruv.
It's embarrassing.

693
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,520
[tense music]

694
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,800
[journalist] Any Arsenal fan
is going to be very, very upset

695
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,320
to think that it's January

696
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,840
and they know there is no trophy
they can win this season.

697
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,160
[journalist] You can see the pressure
building on Mikel Arteta

698
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,880
if they don't get
in the Champions League spot.

699
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,200
[journalist] Is it true you still got
a way to go to be able

700
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:30,880
to go toe to toe
with teams like Liverpool?

701
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:32,560
Yeah, because you need

702
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,560
to have a squad
of 20, 22 outfield top players

703
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:39,880
and to do that, it takes time.

704
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,880
[journalist] Do you think Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang will be leaving the club

705
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:44,120
before the end of the window?

706
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,760
Auba could not be selected again
for today's match.

707
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,520
[journalist] But will he still be
an Arsenal player?

708
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:57,040
I don't know if he will be able to be
selected for the following match.

709
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,280
["Can't Hold We Down"
by Kano feat. Popcaan]

710
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,080
[narrator] Arsenal's January run
is nearly over

711
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,360
and they've been knocked out
of 2 competitions

712
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,520
without scoring a goal.

713
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,600
You need to control the ball
and maintain the rhythm. That's it.

714
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:36,160
[narrator] A break in the season
allows players time to recover.

715
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,480
[Arteta] Be forward first, yes.

716
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:43,200
[narrator] Mikel's brought his players
to Dubai for warm-weather training,

717
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:47,640
but maintaining squad discipline
remains a top priority.

718
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,640
What do you have to do? Just let it go?

719
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,120
What do you have to do?

720
00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:00,120
What do you do?
Let it go, it's okay, let it go.

721
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,760
What happened in the last 10 years,
let it go...

722
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,440
The next one the same,
the next one the same..

723
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,160
And it's called...
In Spain, it's called "Casa Pepe."

724
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,680
You know what "Casa Pepe" means?
"Pepe's House."

725
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,160
Everybody do whatever
he fucking wants.

726
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,640
We have to increase the level, let's go.

727
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:18,280
[narrator] Arsenal face some tough
fixtures over the next few weeks.

728
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,680
[Arteta] Well done, Granit!

729
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,480
[narrator] A top-four finish
and a return to European football

730
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,280
is now Mikel's sole focus.

731
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:28,920
[whistle]

732
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,840
[Arteta] [hoarse voice] Ball here, Sambi!

733
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,160
Forget about it, tell him,

734
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,120
if he goes, you go.

735
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:36,960
Let's go.

736
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,320
Same! Granit, play.

737
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,760
-[O'Driscoll] You all right?
-Why?

738
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,200
Your voice is fucking terrible.

739
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,440
[Arteta] All right, let's go!

740
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,840
[coach] Finish well, guys!
Come on, finish well.

741
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,480
[whistle]

742
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,920
[commentator] Welcome
to 5 Live Sport on deadline day.

743
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,000
[narrator] On the final day
of the transfer window

744
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,400
an offer has been made for Auba.

745
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:15,160
Barcelona, one of the biggest clubs
in world football, want to take him,

746
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:16,440
but only on loan.

747
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,000
It's a good deal for Auba

748
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,160
but a loan would mean
Arsenal will still be locked

749
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,160
into paying his wages next season.

750
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,400
[in Spanish] Look,
the situation we find ourselves in now

751
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:31,480
will cause, in the end,
another sort of tension.

752
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:35,600
[narrator] Edu and Rich have until 11pm

753
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,080
to persuade Barcelona
to sign Auba permanently instead,

754
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,560
once his Arsenal contract
has been terminated.

755
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:47,120
Let's try to finish it, Rich,
and be direct to the guys.

756
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:48,960
We just got to do a call with...

757
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:50,920
Fine. You know he's in Barcelona?

758
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:52,960
-Who?
-Auba.

759
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:56,080
I've just been sent a tweet of him
walking into Barcelona Airport.

760
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:58,160
Really? Okay.

761
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,440
[Gaspar] Let me see, let me see it first.

762
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,160
[tense music]

763
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:11,480
[narrator] Without Arsenal's permission,
Auba has flown to Spain.

764
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,640
-[hubbub]
-[fan] Auba, thank you!

765
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,400
What's Aubameyang
supposed to be doing now?

766
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,760
-Training.
-[Garlick] He's supposed to be training?

767
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:23,840
[call tone]

768
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,040
[narrator] Edu calls
one of his representatives.

769
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:27,320
-[man] Hola Edu.
-Hola.

770
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:30,680
Send it to us what you guys
wants to do

771
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:34,000
and then we will decide
if we're going to accept or not.

772
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:37,360
Because I know the player
just arriving in Barcelona.

773
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,080
[man] This is something private
for Pierre-Emerick.

774
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,520
He's come to visit Barcelona,
his father lives in Barcelona.

775
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:45,160
Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.

776
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:49,400
So we live in Disneyland world.

777
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,680
We as a club are waiting for you guys

778
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,400
to say to us something
of what you guys wants to do,

779
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,960
or he has to travel back to London.

780
00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:00,800
[man] You want us to send you another
email with an improved offer?

781
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:05,080
Yeah. We are very much
far from our expectation.

782
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:06,080
[man] Okay.

783
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,520
-Okay. Cheers.
-Bye.

784
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:13,280
So, in reality where are we in terms
of what's gonna happen today?

785
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,920
The balls really in their court now.

786
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:18,600
Let's wait.

787
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:20,200
[intriguing music]

788
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:24,320
[journalist] Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang,

789
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,160
there's still no financial agreement
in place,

790
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:32,600
but negotiations are still ongoing
between Arsenal and Barcelona.

791
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:34,160
Things have changed!

792
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,280
-The game's afoot.
-Yeah?

793
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,640
It's what Sherlock Holmes used to say.

794
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,200
[narrator] As the transfer deadline
approaches,

795
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:46,040
Barcelona are refusing to back down
on their offer of a loan.

796
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:47,760
[tense music]

797
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,160
[journalist] Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang,
we know he's been in Spain today to try

798
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:54,280
and negotiate a deal with Barcelona,
those two clubs unable to agree

799
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,600
how much of his wages
that Barcelona will pay.

800
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,920
Looks like he will be heading
back to Arsenal.

801
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:00,600
Mikel?

802
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,440
[narrator] Mikel calls from Dubai
for an update.

803
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:07,120
[in Spanish] We didn't find
a solution between us.

804
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:11,200
What they just sent
is the same as we had before.

805
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,400
We tried to find a solution,
but we couldn't.

806
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,600
[tense music]

807
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:20,760
No response from Barça.

808
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:22,520
They've not offered anything, have they?

809
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,520
No.

810
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,120
Now it's a waiting game
to see if anybody blinks.

811
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,160
It's a game of poker.

812
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,760
[tense music continues]

813
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,560
[vacuum]

814
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,920
[narrator] With just hours remaining,
Barcelona want to talk.

815
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,680
[Gaspar] You call them or I call them?

816
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,000
[narrator] If they will agree
to sign Auba

817
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,840
and pay his wages
instead of loaning him,

818
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,120
Arsenal will save
tens of millions of pounds.

819
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,080
Hola Mateu.

820
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:57,080
Hola.

821
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:02,800
Okay, so, Mateu, I think we can do
a deal, I think our preference would be

822
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,200
to agree a termination
of the player's contract today.

823
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:10,920
Barcelona will offer Pierre-Emerick
a contract for next season,

824
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:12,760
that will cover his salary.

825
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,640
That's what our plan would be,
to do it that way.

826
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,520
[Mateu] Okay. Congratulations
because I think for you,

827
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:20,520
it's a very, very good deal.

828
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:21,600
Congratulations.

829
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:23,480
[Gaspar] Thank you. Ciao.

830
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,160
-Still gotta get it done.
-Yeah.

831
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,160
[narrator] Rich and the Arsenal lawyers

832
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,080
now need to terminate
Aubameyang's contract

833
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,000
and file the paperwork
with the Premier League

834
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:37,640
before the 11pm deadline.

835
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:39,600
[lawyer] This is getting a bit tight now.

836
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:41,920
[suspenseful music]

837
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:44,760
Hi.

838
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:45,960
How you getting on, yeah ?

839
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:46,920
Is it signed?

840
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,640
-Sending it now? Right okay, okay.
-[lawyer] It's coming now.

841
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,200
[Garlick] Well, we need them like now.

842
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,680
[suspenseful music continues]

843
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:00,080
[Garlick] Done.

844
00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:02,320
Right okay, we've submitted them,
they've gone to the Premier League.

845
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:04,240
Yeah so, we got in before 11, okay?

846
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:05,200
-[man] Signed as well?
-Yeah.

847
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:06,440
[man] Signed on our side?

848
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:07,720
Bye.

849
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,000
Well done, guys.

850
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:12,920
-Well done!
-Well done, guys.

851
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:17,040
[Garlick] We got it done at 10:59.

852
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,240
Okay, something like that done
it's relief, it's a sense of pride.

853
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,360
I think once everybody realised that
this might not happen,

854
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:26,320
it focused people's minds.

855
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:28,400
[upbeat music]

856
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:32,800
[narrator] In Spain, the world is
introduced to Barcelona's newest player.

857
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:36,640
[journalist] Aubameyang's posted
a farewell message to Arsenal fans.

858
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:38,560
It is a little bit of a sad way
to exit, actually.

859
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,880
[journalist] A lot of Arsenal fans,
they're disconsolate with this news,

860
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:42,720
not so much that Aubameyang is leaving

861
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:45,480
but that Arsenal
aren't planning to replace him.

862
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,600
What was the actual plan?

863
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,040
For me,
Arsenal are taking a massive risk.

864
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,160
Arsenal have scored 1 goal
this calendar year

865
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,520
and they've allowed Aubameyang
to move to Barcelona

866
00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:01,040
and they haven't replaced him.

867
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:03,720
We did what we believed
was the right thing to do,

868
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,000
but we are very clear:
we only want the best people

869
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,000
and the best players at this club.

870
00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:11,000
I am extremely grateful for what
Auba has done at the club

871
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,600
and the way I see myself
in that relationship,

872
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:16,840
is a solution, not a problem.

873
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:19,760
My memories of Auba

874
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:21,280
are all exceptional moments.

875
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,840
[joyful music]

876
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:26,280
I didn't want to finish like that

877
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,840
because, first of all, I think Auba
deserves something better

878
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:31,080
and the club as well,

879
00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:34,960
but it could not be, in my opinion,
any other way.

880
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,920
[soft music]

881
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:43,120
[narrator] It's been a difficult January
for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal.

882
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:44,320
[hubbub]

883
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:46,560
They haven't scored for a month.

884
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:50,280
Mikel needs a reaction
from his players

885
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:54,320
in the fight to qualify
for European football next season.

886
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:01,040
Win against Wolves, and they can
make up ground on their rivals.

887
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:08,800
[suspenseful music]

888
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,960
[crowd chant] Arsenal! Arsenal!

889
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,040
[journalist] The clash between 2 teams
who are harbouring ambitions

890
00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:18,360
of a top-four finish

891
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:21,320
and the winner tonight
will edge that bit closer

892
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,360
as Wolves host Arsenal
in the Premier League.

893
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,680
-Red Army!
-Red Army!

894
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:30,920
[fan] We're at a position now where
top-four is the only thing to go for.

895
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:34,040
It'll be a difficult game
but we have to win. We have to win.

896
00:46:34,240 --> 00:46:35,960
[suspenseful music]

897
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:38,720
[hubbub]

898
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,960
[player] Try to help each other.
Work together.

899
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,280
Okay, guys listen. Get together.

900
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:50,560
We have to start super-fast.

901
00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:54,120
We go and be dominant and play the way
we want to play, guys.

902
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:57,000
And be aggressive
and have balls and courage to go.

903
00:46:57,160 --> 00:47:01,840
I want to see people make decisions
and have the eyes to win the match.

904
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:03,800
Completely. Because you know
what they're going to do.

905
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:05,440
They're going to dive,
they're going to insult you,

906
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:07,800
they're going to provoke you,
they're going to provoke you even more.

907
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:09,120
Okay, let's go and do this.

908
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:12,680
[clapping and shouting]

909
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:15,120
[upbeat music]

910
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:17,760
[crowd cheer]

911
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:23,640
[whistle]

912
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,120
[commentator] And it's Wolves
who get the start in here.

913
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:31,760
Arsenal 5 games without a win,
they need this one tonight.

914
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:35,200
[crowd chant]

915
00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:38,000
[narrator] Arsenal dominate the game.

916
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:42,120
[commentator] Super work from Saka,
and the shot from White.

917
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:48,640
Nicked on beyond Lacazette.
There's Gabriel!

918
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:50,720
And Arsenal have the lead!

919
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,160
[crowd cheer]

920
00:47:53,720 --> 00:47:56,040
And see how Mikel Arteta

921
00:47:56,240 --> 00:47:57,800
relishes that.

922
00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:03,000
[narrator] Gabriel's goal
is the first Arsenal have scored

923
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:05,880
in 478 minutes of football.

924
00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:08,360
[suspenseful music]

925
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:13,320
But with just over an hour played,
Wolves win a throw-in.

926
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,880
[commentator] Martinelli is clattered
into Podence there.

927
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:21,320
And now in retreat
he makes another foul,

928
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:23,280
right in front of the referee.

929
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:24,480
[crowd boo]

930
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:26,200
A yellow card.

931
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:29,480
Two yellow cards! Martinelli is off!

932
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:33,480
Two separate offences inside
the same passage of play,

933
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:37,280
and that is what Arsenal
and Arteta did not need.

934
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:39,640
[tense music]

935
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:45,800
Fucking hell.

936
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:52,120
[narrator] For the 5th time this season,
Arsenal must hold on with 10 men.

937
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:56,800
[commentator] Here comes
the Wolves' free kick.

938
00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:58,440
Oh, it's gone in!

939
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:00,480
Awful luck for Arsenal.

940
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:03,720
But hold on...
The flag is up, and it won't count.

941
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:05,560
[crowd chant]

942
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:10,800
Jiménez! And Arsenal
just about squeeze it away.

943
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,080
[crowd shout]

944
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:15,600
This would be a massive win
for Arsenal

945
00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:18,840
if they can hold out
just a little while longer.

946
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:21,360
[whistle]

947
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:26,120
It's over. Big, big Arsenal win.
Arteta is jubilant.

948
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:28,440
[upbeat music]

949
00:49:29,720 --> 00:49:32,360
[commentator] It takes Arsenal to within
a point of the top 4.

950
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:34,760
[chanting]

951
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:37,520
It is a massive 3 points.

952
00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:41,040
[cheering]

953
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:48,080
[joyful shouts]

954
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:53,240
[whistling]

955
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,960
[banging and clapping]

956
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:09,000
[journalist] Aubameyang
is in Barcelona now.

957
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:10,440
What did you think
of the whole situation?

958
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:12,640
[man] They have let player
after player leave

959
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:13,880
and haven't recruited anyone in.

960
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:16,400
[commentator] Lacazette.
That's a complete miscue.

961
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,520
You will score, I have no doubt.

962
00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:21,400
Being at a big club like this,
you can't have bad days.

963
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:23,880
[commentator] Jota fires it in,
Liverpool have scored!

964
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:26,320
Any slight opportunity they get...

965
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:29,840
[fan] The manager's been here
for two years

966
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:31,960
and for two years,
we haven't seen any major improvement.

967
00:50:32,680 --> 00:50:35,360
[Lorena Bernal] People really feel
extremely passionate

968
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:37,560
about what's happening in football.

969
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:38,960
[shouts]

970
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:40,400
They hate you, really.

971
00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:42,400
[upbeat music]