1 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:11,716 So it'll be interesting to see what happens today 2 00:00:11,740 --> 00:00:15,100 because there's a little bit of history, a little bit of retribution... 3 00:00:15,260 --> 00:00:18,700 Brentford absolutely hammered Arsenal first game of the season, 4 00:00:18,860 --> 00:00:22,260 where Arsenal got a little bit bullied. They were wanting physically, 5 00:00:22,420 --> 00:00:24,340 so we'll see how much these teams have progressed 6 00:00:24,380 --> 00:00:25,980 from that first game of the season. 7 00:00:26,980 --> 00:00:29,380 You know it's a transitional period under Arteta. 8 00:00:29,540 --> 00:00:30,380 But if you're an Arsenal fan, 9 00:00:30,540 --> 00:00:33,740 the bottom line is you'd be thinking, "We are miles away," 10 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:35,900 "how are we going to get there?" 11 00:00:36,380 --> 00:00:37,956 The manager's been here for 2 years 12 00:00:37,980 --> 00:00:40,700 and for 2 years we haven't seen any major improvement. 13 00:00:40,860 --> 00:00:44,820 The fact is we can't see the identity of the club. I'm not happy. 14 00:00:45,020 --> 00:00:49,940 The club need now to step up and deliver for the fans. 15 00:00:50,340 --> 00:00:52,780 That's what it's about, delivering for the fans. 16 00:00:55,580 --> 00:00:58,780 Okay, guys, all week we have prepared, we have looked at everything. 17 00:00:58,940 --> 00:01:02,860 We want to play, as much as possible, I insist, here. 18 00:01:03,380 --> 00:01:06,140 And this is great. Great. 19 00:01:06,620 --> 00:01:09,700 But what is going to make the difference now 20 00:01:09,860 --> 00:01:11,660 is what is going to happen in this box, 21 00:01:11,820 --> 00:01:14,620 and what is going to happen when we have to defend this box. 22 00:01:15,380 --> 00:01:16,180 Before I go, 23 00:01:16,340 --> 00:01:18,380 because it's still in my stomach 24 00:01:18,540 --> 00:01:21,860 and I have managed to keep it for 4 months, 5 months, 6 months... 25 00:01:23,660 --> 00:01:26,660 This is Toney after the game, when we play at Brentford. 26 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:28,860 You know what he did? You know this tweet? 27 00:01:29,340 --> 00:01:33,100 "Nice kick about with the boys this afternoon!" 28 00:01:33,900 --> 00:01:35,620 So today, they play in our house, guys. 29 00:01:35,820 --> 00:01:37,580 There is only one team in that fucking pitch, 30 00:01:37,740 --> 00:01:38,780 and it's us. 31 00:01:38,940 --> 00:01:41,180 Only one team, it's like they don't play football. 32 00:01:41,340 --> 00:01:44,060 We take that fucking ball, we take the game, we go for it. 33 00:01:44,220 --> 00:01:45,860 And let's fucking win this game. Let's go. 34 00:02:02,340 --> 00:02:05,940 When you love what you do, that is called passion. 35 00:02:06,620 --> 00:02:08,780 We have to believe, we have to have energy. 36 00:02:10,580 --> 00:02:12,020 Show these people how much you care. 37 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:14,220 Let's go for it. 38 00:02:23,820 --> 00:02:25,380 Brentford back defending. 39 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:28,220 The game looks to have slipped away from them now. 40 00:02:28,380 --> 00:02:30,220 Arsenal got that second goal. 41 00:02:33,660 --> 00:02:35,860 Ghoddos is bowled over on this near side, 42 00:02:36,060 --> 00:02:39,060 and it will be a free kick for Brentford. 43 00:02:41,060 --> 00:02:43,740 Free kick is curled in, headed away by Cédric Soares. 44 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:45,620 It drops to Janelt, left-foot shot from him, 45 00:02:45,740 --> 00:02:47,260 hits Cédric Soares in the face, 46 00:02:47,420 --> 00:02:49,420 drops to Nørgaard, and Nørgaard has scored. 47 00:02:51,020 --> 00:02:54,420 And there will be no clean sheet for Aaron Ramsdale, it's 2-1. 48 00:02:54,580 --> 00:02:56,756 They almost switched off completely there. 49 00:02:56,780 --> 00:02:58,540 It's almost like the final whistle had gone. 50 00:03:01,380 --> 00:03:04,500 And there is the final whistle. Bit of a nervy ending. 51 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:10,060 Arsenal have beaten Brentford 2-1 in a tense game. 52 00:03:10,980 --> 00:03:13,060 Well done, boys! Well done! 53 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:15,860 But it wasn't a convincing performance. 54 00:03:19,660 --> 00:03:22,740 We were starting to joke because we're 2-0 up, well done. 55 00:03:22,900 --> 00:03:23,940 Fuck me. 56 00:03:27,940 --> 00:03:30,740 Guys, it's a shame that we conceded a goal at the end. 57 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:32,660 Guys, because you go again, 58 00:03:32,820 --> 00:03:35,101 another clean sheet and nobody fucking scored against you. 59 00:03:35,540 --> 00:03:36,540 What do you do? 60 00:03:37,540 --> 00:03:41,740 Fucking hell, you have to, fucking hell, you have to, you know what, sort it out. 61 00:03:42,580 --> 00:03:44,956 And you have to have that feeling and not the other feeling, eh. 62 00:03:44,980 --> 00:03:45,980 Well done, guys. 63 00:03:53,940 --> 00:03:55,580 I would have liked to keep a clean sheet. 64 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:58,180 Disappointing but still a great result. 65 00:03:58,340 --> 00:04:00,740 The thing with Arteta, yeah, it's like, it's hit or miss. 66 00:04:00,900 --> 00:04:02,300 Sometimes you think he's great 67 00:04:02,460 --> 00:04:04,260 and he's going to take us to Champions League, 68 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:07,540 and next minute, you know, we're playing bad and it's "Arteta Out!" 69 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:29,060 Smith-Rowe! 70 00:04:30,540 --> 00:04:33,500 - How you doing? - Can we talk about this, please? 71 00:04:33,660 --> 00:04:35,460 - What? - What the fuck is this? 72 00:04:35,620 --> 00:04:38,620 - What's wrong with this? - No, what's good with this? 73 00:04:38,780 --> 00:04:40,876 - What's good with this? - The white and the black, you know? 74 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:42,980 - Black and white? - Yeah. Black and white. 75 00:04:43,140 --> 00:04:44,780 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 76 00:04:48,660 --> 00:04:50,300 Aubameyang is in Barcelona now. 77 00:04:50,340 --> 00:04:52,180 What did you think of the whole situation? 78 00:04:52,340 --> 00:04:55,220 For me, it's a bit of arrogance from Arteta, 79 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:57,340 a bit stubbornness. 80 00:04:58,220 --> 00:05:00,156 They have let player after player leave 81 00:05:00,180 --> 00:05:01,660 and haven't recruited anyone in. 82 00:05:01,780 --> 00:05:02,900 I am speechless. 83 00:05:03,980 --> 00:05:06,940 Ultimately, Arsenal are going to live and die by their results. 84 00:05:07,620 --> 00:05:10,620 Nobody standing still, five push-ups. 85 00:05:12,580 --> 00:05:14,860 As fans and commentators question decisions 86 00:05:15,020 --> 00:05:16,900 made in the transfer window, 87 00:05:17,740 --> 00:05:21,140 Arsenal now enter the most intense period of the season 88 00:05:21,340 --> 00:05:22,860 with a reduced squad. 89 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:25,060 Thomas, move! 90 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:29,860 It's true that we are shorter without certain key players. 91 00:05:30,380 --> 00:05:33,220 We need to be stronger, it's how we're going to manage to do that. 92 00:05:33,420 --> 00:05:36,540 And that's when the season is going to be defined. 93 00:05:37,660 --> 00:05:40,380 If we play in favour of the press, 94 00:05:40,580 --> 00:05:42,700 here we are trapped, yes? 95 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:44,900 We have to change the press. 96 00:05:46,460 --> 00:05:49,580 One of my main objectives is engage with our fans, 97 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:52,300 that they believe in the team. 98 00:05:52,460 --> 00:05:55,580 They are not happy and they want to see something different. 99 00:05:56,220 --> 00:05:57,940 At the moment, what the expectations are 100 00:05:58,140 --> 00:06:01,820 and what we can do, it's all the time a challenge. 101 00:06:08,420 --> 00:06:10,500 The matches are stacking up, 102 00:06:10,660 --> 00:06:14,100 with the rearranged Covid fixtures needing to be scheduled. 103 00:06:14,260 --> 00:06:15,460 Magic beanie. 104 00:06:16,460 --> 00:06:18,860 It will be an intense few weeks for the players. 105 00:06:19,740 --> 00:06:21,700 Centre-forward play. Ready? One... 106 00:06:22,540 --> 00:06:26,060 Forward, Alexandre Lacazette, known as Laca, 107 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:28,660 is one of the most senior players in the squad. 108 00:06:31,580 --> 00:06:33,540 When I was a kid, my mum said 109 00:06:33,740 --> 00:06:35,356 "If you want to play football, you have to play in front" 110 00:06:35,380 --> 00:06:37,180 "or you don't play football." 111 00:06:37,380 --> 00:06:40,420 Maybe she knew I was not gonna be that tall, so... 112 00:06:41,140 --> 00:06:45,020 I think she was scared for me to... to get kicked. 113 00:06:45,220 --> 00:06:47,740 She had good advice. Always listen to mum. 114 00:06:48,380 --> 00:06:50,620 Good, Laca. Go, go, go. 115 00:06:52,980 --> 00:06:55,620 With his close friend Aubameyang leaving, 116 00:06:55,780 --> 00:06:58,500 Laca has taken over the captaincy. 117 00:06:59,180 --> 00:07:01,596 No, it's been good. He reacted really well as well, 118 00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:04,780 and he was, "I hope you're going to keep it, and you deserve it." 119 00:07:04,940 --> 00:07:06,940 So he was really nice and positive about this. 120 00:07:07,540 --> 00:07:11,820 We know this season is a lot, a lot for the club and the fans. 121 00:07:12,020 --> 00:07:14,900 When they come now, they want to see their team to win so... 122 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:19,580 Everybody knows the target we have and the mission. 123 00:07:19,740 --> 00:07:22,060 We just want to achieve it. 124 00:07:22,980 --> 00:07:24,180 But so far, 125 00:07:24,340 --> 00:07:27,620 Laca's only scored three Premier League goals this season. 126 00:07:36,420 --> 00:07:38,820 Today, assistant coach Steve Round 127 00:07:38,980 --> 00:07:42,740 is showing Laca a compilation of clips from around Europe. 128 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:48,380 Benzema, top goal scorer. 129 00:07:48,980 --> 00:07:50,020 - The best. - The best. 130 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:53,660 Look at his movement. Watch the readjustment. 131 00:07:53,820 --> 00:07:54,820 Oh! 132 00:07:55,700 --> 00:07:58,100 He gets a little bit lucky, but maybe because of his movement 133 00:07:58,140 --> 00:07:59,580 he earns the luck. 134 00:07:59,740 --> 00:08:02,021 The only criticism at times, Laca, that I could say to you 135 00:08:02,140 --> 00:08:06,220 is that sometimes, you're not in the position to score 136 00:08:06,380 --> 00:08:09,180 because you're either involved in the build-up too much, 137 00:08:09,380 --> 00:08:12,740 or you've just been a bit late, or you've only done one movement. 138 00:08:13,540 --> 00:08:14,340 Mm. 139 00:08:14,500 --> 00:08:16,820 With one movement, two movements, three movements, 140 00:08:16,980 --> 00:08:18,900 in between centre back and full back, 141 00:08:19,060 --> 00:08:21,396 the more we can do this, the more chance we've got of scoring. 142 00:08:21,420 --> 00:08:22,860 Your goals ratio should go up. 143 00:08:23,020 --> 00:08:24,636 Because you can finish, that's not the issue. 144 00:08:24,660 --> 00:08:26,140 Sometimes you may have to be selfish, 145 00:08:26,180 --> 00:08:27,716 to be in a position to score and not link play, 146 00:08:27,740 --> 00:08:30,100 and let the number ten do this. You know? 147 00:08:31,740 --> 00:08:32,500 Okay. 148 00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:33,500 - Okay? - Yeah. 149 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:34,940 Good man. 150 00:08:43,980 --> 00:08:45,220 Meeting! 151 00:08:45,940 --> 00:08:48,100 Arsenal's schedule means that tomorrow night 152 00:08:48,220 --> 00:08:51,420 they face Wolves for the second time in two weeks. 153 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:55,860 Arsenal won the last match by a single goal. 154 00:08:58,740 --> 00:09:00,180 Morning. 155 00:09:05,500 --> 00:09:07,100 Good afternoon, guys. 156 00:09:07,420 --> 00:09:11,020 So let's focus today on what we have to do defensively against Wolves. 157 00:09:11,460 --> 00:09:15,300 It's about in how many square metres we defend and with what density, 158 00:09:15,460 --> 00:09:17,740 and then, what principles do we apply? 159 00:09:18,260 --> 00:09:22,740 For tomorrow, if you allow me, I suggest that we do something. 160 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:25,980 Every time the ball arrives here 161 00:09:26,140 --> 00:09:30,740 and they manage to contact with somebody here, 162 00:09:30,940 --> 00:09:33,300 £5,000 fine! 163 00:09:34,580 --> 00:09:35,620 You agree? 164 00:09:38,860 --> 00:09:40,220 And the opposite? 165 00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:43,820 Eh? If you win the ball, you can win the money! 166 00:09:44,020 --> 00:09:46,340 If you win the match, I give you a bonus! 167 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:48,060 This is where they are dangerous, guys. 168 00:09:48,340 --> 00:09:50,500 It's going to be the key to control the game. 169 00:09:51,420 --> 00:09:53,100 Thank you guys. Go. 170 00:10:03,740 --> 00:10:06,740 Arsenal! Arsenal! Arsenal! 171 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:09,860 It's sure to be a very tight and very cagey affair here, 172 00:10:10,060 --> 00:10:11,380 Arsenal vs Wolves. 173 00:10:13,460 --> 00:10:17,580 Ah, this season, up and down... I mean it started off so disappointingly. 174 00:10:18,180 --> 00:10:22,300 You know, I think Mikel Arteta, at the moment, he's just got a job to do. 175 00:10:22,460 --> 00:10:23,620 It's really important we win. 176 00:10:23,740 --> 00:10:27,620 We've got to win two out of three of our games in hand, I reckon. 177 00:10:29,180 --> 00:10:31,780 Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time this evening, 178 00:10:31,860 --> 00:10:34,740 please welcome the Arsenal! 179 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:39,620 Lacazette, he's maybe not firing... 180 00:10:39,820 --> 00:10:40,996 He's a very good link up player, 181 00:10:41,020 --> 00:10:43,580 he holds the ball up very well, especially with his back to goal. 182 00:10:43,860 --> 00:10:46,180 But I think Wolves are a good side, you know, 183 00:10:46,340 --> 00:10:48,460 so it's not going to be easy by any standards. 184 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:52,340 Ready for the fight, here we go, men! 185 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:56,580 I was going to tell you 186 00:10:57,500 --> 00:10:59,780 what the Wolves players said after the game about us, 187 00:11:00,580 --> 00:11:01,740 but I'm not going to do that. 188 00:11:02,380 --> 00:11:05,140 Did you see what happened between Russia and Ukraine, guys? 189 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:06,380 How do you feel about that? 190 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:08,700 It's scary. 191 00:11:08,860 --> 00:11:10,660 How lucky we are to be here, guys? 192 00:11:10,860 --> 00:11:14,500 I want you to play like tomorrow maybe they take this away from you. 193 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:17,380 Because it can happen, guys. In this fucking world, this can happen. 194 00:11:18,060 --> 00:11:18,900 And go out there 195 00:11:19,060 --> 00:11:21,700 and with a fucking passion and commitment like this, 196 00:11:21,860 --> 00:11:24,580 every single ball, I win it! 197 00:11:25,020 --> 00:11:27,300 I'm compact, I have the ball, I keep it. 198 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:29,180 I pass the ball, I help my teammates. 199 00:11:29,380 --> 00:11:31,660 They beat my press, I fucking sprint, let's go. 200 00:11:31,820 --> 00:11:32,820 Let's go! 201 00:11:34,220 --> 00:11:37,940 There are more important things going on in the world right now, 202 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:40,980 but our job here is to bring a little bit of light. 203 00:11:42,700 --> 00:11:44,860 We're underway in the capital! 204 00:11:49,900 --> 00:11:51,620 It's an intense start. 205 00:11:55,660 --> 00:11:57,380 That's a risky back-pass, 206 00:11:57,540 --> 00:11:59,620 and they're looking to capitalize on it now... 207 00:11:59,820 --> 00:12:02,140 And it's Hwang who's opened the scoring! 208 00:12:04,060 --> 00:12:06,156 It was certainly all of Arsenal's own making, 209 00:12:06,180 --> 00:12:09,220 and Gabriel, he'll be gutted about that. 210 00:12:14,820 --> 00:12:17,940 Arsenal press Wolves in search of an equaliser. 211 00:12:18,260 --> 00:12:21,500 Saka into Lacazette, it's a good first touch! 212 00:12:22,180 --> 00:12:23,860 Just taken away from him. 213 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:29,580 He's a man who is looking to regain his clinical nature in front of goal. 214 00:12:33,020 --> 00:12:34,420 Well, we knew it was gonna be tight 215 00:12:34,540 --> 00:12:38,020 and we knew that there weren't going to be too many goals involved. 216 00:12:41,100 --> 00:12:44,180 Guys, when we win the ball, play the first ball forward. 217 00:12:44,340 --> 00:12:45,980 We are always playing it back, back, back. 218 00:12:46,180 --> 00:12:48,140 Try to play forward the first ball. 219 00:12:48,820 --> 00:12:50,700 You can see that I'm coming and he's already... 220 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:52,940 like with the ball control. 221 00:12:53,140 --> 00:12:56,220 I want to arrive on the ball... 222 00:12:58,780 --> 00:13:00,820 Calm, calm, calm. Hey. 223 00:13:01,420 --> 00:13:02,476 Gabi, you make a mistake, 224 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:04,140 it's part of football, mistakes. 225 00:13:04,340 --> 00:13:06,900 Now is the moment to help him, he's made a mistake, 226 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:08,700 now we have to help him, guys. 227 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:13,260 Play, Laca we go, everybody inside, you four inside. 228 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:14,540 If we play... 229 00:13:16,060 --> 00:13:18,140 If we play... Where is the ball? 230 00:13:19,380 --> 00:13:22,060 If we play narrow, these three against one, so easy. 231 00:13:22,460 --> 00:13:26,180 We have to make it a little bit bigger, so attract him, play, 232 00:13:26,340 --> 00:13:27,340 and now we attack. 233 00:13:27,380 --> 00:13:30,740 If he's here, Laca, if you come, we can play the ball here 234 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:34,460 and every ball that we put here, guys, it has to be in this area. 235 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:36,420 If we want to be here, 236 00:13:36,580 --> 00:13:40,940 it's going to be 1 day, or 2 or 3 days from now to the end of the season 237 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:42,220 that we have to come back. 238 00:13:42,420 --> 00:13:45,260 We are losing and we come back and we win the fucking match. 239 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:46,460 Let's go. 240 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:51,980 Mammoth task in this second half... 241 00:13:54,820 --> 00:13:57,101 Martinelli can swing it across. Lacazette! 242 00:13:57,900 --> 00:14:01,340 It's a complete miscue from Arsenal's number nine! 243 00:14:03,380 --> 00:14:07,300 With time running out, Mikel makes two substitutions. 244 00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:09,860 Nicolas Pépé, Eddie Nketiah. 245 00:14:10,020 --> 00:14:12,900 Wonder if this is gonna change the system at all. 246 00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:19,820 And here's Nketiah, laying it back into the path of Pépé! 247 00:14:22,980 --> 00:14:26,300 Arsenal equalise and it's two of their substitutes who combine. 248 00:14:27,020 --> 00:14:28,340 Look at Lacazette! 249 00:14:28,900 --> 00:14:31,060 He's asking for things of the crowd 250 00:14:31,220 --> 00:14:33,820 but they're giving all they can, they love to see that passion. 251 00:14:35,420 --> 00:14:37,220 There's 6 minutes of extra time. 252 00:14:39,180 --> 00:14:41,220 Arsenal are pushing for the win. 253 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:42,700 And Saka... 254 00:14:42,860 --> 00:14:45,980 isolating Otto, gliding infield, it's Saka! 255 00:14:49,140 --> 00:14:51,020 Arsenal still on the attack... 256 00:14:52,780 --> 00:14:54,420 Into the path of Lacazette! 257 00:14:57,620 --> 00:14:59,500 And into the back of the net! 258 00:14:59,660 --> 00:15:01,460 And Arsenal have turned this game on its head! 259 00:15:06,780 --> 00:15:09,260 Look how much that one means! 260 00:15:09,460 --> 00:15:11,900 It's Arsenal two, Wolves one! 261 00:15:12,780 --> 00:15:16,780 That is a fantastic end to the game for Arsenal, what a comeback! 262 00:15:22,580 --> 00:15:25,020 There it is, the full-time whistle 263 00:15:25,180 --> 00:15:28,140 and Arsenal take all three points. 264 00:15:29,620 --> 00:15:32,980 And just listen to the sound inside Emirates Stadium. 265 00:15:52,180 --> 00:15:53,300 Good morning. 266 00:15:57,420 --> 00:15:58,756 Be advised. Pair up boys, 267 00:15:58,780 --> 00:16:00,276 we're going to play rock, paper, scissors. 268 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:03,220 The loser of the three games is going to do ten push ups. 269 00:16:19,860 --> 00:16:22,460 Mikel and the players now have three days off. 270 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:25,500 Big man! 271 00:16:26,820 --> 00:16:30,860 When they return, they'll play four times in two weeks. 272 00:16:33,620 --> 00:16:35,300 Beautiful, really. 273 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:37,900 It's the image we transmit, right? 274 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:39,860 It's what we transmit. 275 00:16:40,020 --> 00:16:43,540 For example, yesterday, we did not play our best match, 276 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:48,180 but we transmitted very good energy. You know? 277 00:16:50,540 --> 00:16:52,460 - Are you going away or what? - No. 278 00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:53,620 No, you are staying? 279 00:16:54,140 --> 00:16:59,220 But tomorrow I want to study the players properly. 280 00:17:00,380 --> 00:17:02,100 Tomorrow, I'll dedicate 15 hours to it... 281 00:17:02,260 --> 00:17:04,100 Ah! Do it. 282 00:17:05,060 --> 00:17:06,780 As they are away, I'll take the opportunity, 283 00:17:06,980 --> 00:17:09,420 and I want to... but really, really well. 284 00:17:13,260 --> 00:17:15,276 How do you think others would describe you? 285 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:17,540 I think it's difficult to describe the manager 286 00:17:17,780 --> 00:17:20,660 without describing the person, so I think they would say that... 287 00:17:21,260 --> 00:17:24,060 I'm honest, I'm direct, 288 00:17:25,460 --> 00:17:28,140 and that I am probably very demanding as well. 289 00:17:28,660 --> 00:17:32,460 So what we are looking at, so, warm-up with some speed. 290 00:17:32,620 --> 00:17:34,620 Yeah. We have 20 outfield. 291 00:17:34,780 --> 00:17:37,380 The same 20 players normally? Yeah? 292 00:17:37,780 --> 00:17:42,380 So we need to design those drills in the pattern that we have. 293 00:17:43,780 --> 00:17:46,860 In this industry, respect is not unconditional. 294 00:17:47,020 --> 00:17:51,380 Respect only is determined by results. 295 00:17:51,940 --> 00:17:54,580 Because on the last four games, they haven't changed the back four. 296 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,420 No, and they don't have centre-backs. 297 00:17:57,500 --> 00:18:00,140 People start to blame quickly. 298 00:18:00,540 --> 00:18:02,420 And sometimes, they see a manager 299 00:18:02,620 --> 00:18:04,300 in a way that is not realistic. 300 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:08,060 I suffer. I have feelings, I have kids. I make mistakes. 301 00:18:08,860 --> 00:18:10,980 I cry. I laugh. 302 00:18:11,180 --> 00:18:14,220 Inside that person, there is somebody else 303 00:18:14,380 --> 00:18:17,260 that is dealing with something as well, you know, 304 00:18:17,420 --> 00:18:19,940 that is not immune to what is happening. 305 00:18:27,860 --> 00:18:30,980 Just spoke with Gary, I don't know if you have communicated with him. 306 00:18:31,140 --> 00:18:32,140 Yeah. 307 00:18:33,380 --> 00:18:35,020 Mikel lives in North London, 308 00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:38,740 with his wife, Lorena, and their three children, 309 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:41,620 Dani, Gabi and Oli. 310 00:18:41,780 --> 00:18:44,020 I think he's gonna be willing to try, 311 00:18:44,220 --> 00:18:47,540 but I don't think he's gonna be capable of training. 312 00:18:47,980 --> 00:18:50,540 If he's on his own at home, he will be 313 00:18:50,980 --> 00:18:53,620 24/7 in the office. 314 00:18:53,780 --> 00:18:55,060 I don't like the sequence there, 315 00:18:55,220 --> 00:18:58,300 I think it's much better to drop Gabi into the pocket 316 00:18:58,500 --> 00:19:01,060 and move the nine into the right central defender. 317 00:19:02,220 --> 00:19:04,780 It is hard for him, even when, I don't know, 318 00:19:04,940 --> 00:19:10,620 we are on holidays in the summer, at the beach, he sees kids playing, 319 00:19:10,780 --> 00:19:15,380 he would get up and start playing with them or coaching them. 320 00:19:15,540 --> 00:19:16,740 Okay, Albert, perfect. 321 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:17,740 All right, okay. 322 00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:19,780 See you in the morning. Thank you very much. 323 00:19:19,980 --> 00:19:26,060 We've been together for 20 years, so it's been like an evolution together. 324 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:31,460 It's not something that I stepped on without knowing what it was. 325 00:19:34,380 --> 00:19:36,220 Can you give me two sticks? 326 00:19:36,260 --> 00:19:37,940 - Two? - Or three. 327 00:19:42,260 --> 00:19:43,740 - Done? - Yes. 328 00:19:45,780 --> 00:19:46,780 Good? 329 00:19:55,460 --> 00:19:57,300 What do you think of your dad's job? 330 00:19:57,460 --> 00:20:00,300 It's good, although sometimes, I don't like it 331 00:20:00,460 --> 00:20:03,780 because he's, like, up there for like two hours straight 332 00:20:04,380 --> 00:20:07,260 and he's not with us but when he's with us, I really enjoy it. 333 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:09,300 "Five more minutes." 334 00:20:10,060 --> 00:20:11,420 Dani, you want me to score a goal? 335 00:20:11,460 --> 00:20:15,060 It's on camera so you have to let it go, okay? 336 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:16,060 I need to look good. 337 00:20:16,220 --> 00:20:18,260 So, normally it's like this. I'm here. 338 00:20:18,420 --> 00:20:21,300 And from here, I have to try to score against him. 339 00:20:24,380 --> 00:20:25,540 This is part of what happens. 340 00:20:25,660 --> 00:20:27,980 Normally it hits the barbeque or the glasses there. 341 00:20:28,140 --> 00:20:29,300 Come on, Oli. 342 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:35,220 Ready, Dani? 343 00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:39,460 You see, what a save. 344 00:20:40,620 --> 00:20:41,900 How is that for you, 345 00:20:42,060 --> 00:20:45,460 hearing people saying not very nice things about him? 346 00:20:45,620 --> 00:20:47,740 I take the good and the bad 347 00:20:47,900 --> 00:20:51,700 and the critics and the opinions and everything 348 00:20:51,860 --> 00:20:53,300 really as part of his job. 349 00:20:53,700 --> 00:20:58,140 But normally I don't allow all that to get in the house. 350 00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:03,380 I normally try to be outside of that bubble. 351 00:21:03,540 --> 00:21:06,660 Sometimes I need to drag him out from there 352 00:21:06,780 --> 00:21:11,540 and make him see, "Hey, it's just that bubble." 353 00:21:11,740 --> 00:21:16,260 I mean, life is going on outside the bubble. 354 00:21:17,780 --> 00:21:21,500 With me, he's quite vulnerable, like, he's completely open, 355 00:21:21,660 --> 00:21:23,020 and we talk a lot. 356 00:21:24,740 --> 00:21:26,860 One minute people are praising him, 357 00:21:27,020 --> 00:21:30,940 and the next minute they want him to be sacked or to leave the club. 358 00:21:31,060 --> 00:21:33,220 Or to die! I mean... 359 00:21:33,420 --> 00:21:35,020 They hate you, really. 360 00:21:35,180 --> 00:21:38,420 People really feel extremely passionate 361 00:21:38,540 --> 00:21:40,780 about what's happening in football. 362 00:21:41,980 --> 00:21:46,940 People put their joy on it, or their anger or their sadness, 363 00:21:47,140 --> 00:21:50,300 or their deepest emotions. 364 00:21:51,020 --> 00:21:53,380 So yeah, you need to not ride in that train 365 00:21:53,540 --> 00:21:55,180 and focus on what you're doing 366 00:21:55,340 --> 00:21:57,860 and what you can control and what is in your hands. 367 00:21:58,020 --> 00:21:59,900 Otherwise, you... 368 00:22:00,060 --> 00:22:01,700 you go crazy, I think. 369 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:27,460 Arsenals good run of form continues. 370 00:22:27,660 --> 00:22:30,620 They've now won five league games in a row. 371 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:35,180 But it's Liverpool next. 372 00:22:37,940 --> 00:22:40,820 Mikel calls a meeting for the defenders in the squad. 373 00:22:43,180 --> 00:22:44,300 Good morning, guys. 374 00:22:44,380 --> 00:22:46,516 The other day we suffered, we had difficulties defensively, 375 00:22:46,540 --> 00:22:47,860 you agree with that, yeah? 376 00:22:48,060 --> 00:22:51,060 Okay. So we need to understand why, okay? 377 00:22:51,220 --> 00:22:53,620 The first one... As a line, you have to be one. 378 00:22:53,820 --> 00:22:55,500 We were one line, yes or no? 379 00:22:56,020 --> 00:22:58,220 The other day? Ben? 380 00:22:58,940 --> 00:23:00,660 Nah, I think we've been much better. 381 00:23:00,820 --> 00:23:02,740 Okay. Communication, coaching. 382 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:06,020 Were you active coaching the other day in the game? 383 00:23:06,180 --> 00:23:07,260 Not as much as usual. 384 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:09,460 No. So we need to understand why. 385 00:23:09,660 --> 00:23:11,596 And if we don't see it and we don't agree on something, 386 00:23:11,620 --> 00:23:13,820 it's very difficult to keep improving, okay? 387 00:23:14,020 --> 00:23:16,020 This is one of the main issues. 388 00:23:16,820 --> 00:23:19,900 The danger is here, to protect this situation. 389 00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:23,460 We squeeze and we react the full-back straight away. 390 00:23:23,660 --> 00:23:28,100 Ball moves and I move, ball moves and we move, all of them, 391 00:23:28,300 --> 00:23:31,620 because if one start not to move and the others are moving, 392 00:23:31,780 --> 00:23:32,900 what happens? 393 00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:34,100 Gap in the line. 394 00:23:34,260 --> 00:23:36,380 That's it. The distance of the line start to shift, 395 00:23:36,540 --> 00:23:37,700 we are not one line again 396 00:23:37,860 --> 00:23:41,140 and if we are one line the distances between the players is too big. 397 00:23:41,340 --> 00:23:42,900 If you have any questions, guys, ask. 398 00:23:43,060 --> 00:23:46,740 If you have a different opinion, ask, and do it, but do it here, 399 00:23:46,900 --> 00:23:48,140 because here we can debate it. 400 00:23:50,340 --> 00:23:51,780 Yeah? Let's go. 401 00:23:54,380 --> 00:24:00,100 I think it's a really thin line between confidence and complacency. 402 00:24:00,820 --> 00:24:01,860 That winning is something, 403 00:24:02,020 --> 00:24:04,220 deserving to win is a different thing, 404 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:08,100 and performing to the level that we want is a completely different thing. 405 00:24:08,820 --> 00:24:12,820 If I had to summarise that in one picture... 406 00:24:13,180 --> 00:24:14,180 Er... 407 00:24:14,540 --> 00:24:16,660 Let me get a picture for you, guys. 408 00:24:20,380 --> 00:24:22,020 What do you see? 409 00:24:22,180 --> 00:24:22,980 A duck. 410 00:24:23,140 --> 00:24:24,196 Danny, what do you see? 411 00:24:24,220 --> 00:24:27,260 Predominantly, I see a rabbit. 412 00:24:28,780 --> 00:24:30,860 This is the most difficult thing in a football club, 413 00:24:31,020 --> 00:24:34,220 and in the process that we are in right now, even harder. 414 00:24:35,180 --> 00:24:39,460 My only aim is that everybody sees the duck or the rabbit, 415 00:24:39,620 --> 00:24:41,420 because if you see a duck and I see a rabbit, 416 00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:43,780 we are in a different pathway, in a different direction. 417 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:49,300 But I think we are starting to get in line where we all see the duck. 418 00:24:52,980 --> 00:24:54,140 Yes, Eddie! 419 00:24:59,020 --> 00:25:01,180 Ben, you are committing... 420 00:25:01,340 --> 00:25:03,100 If somebody come into him. 421 00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:06,220 Now you are coming and coming and coming and going, 422 00:25:06,380 --> 00:25:07,940 you just bring your opponent here. 423 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:12,060 Ben White has been a key part of Arsenal's defence this season. 424 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:16,620 He's played more minutes than any of his teammates. 425 00:25:16,780 --> 00:25:18,420 Oi oi oi! Oi oi oi! 426 00:25:20,580 --> 00:25:23,220 That's why you are a defender! 427 00:25:26,220 --> 00:25:29,020 Ben initially struggled to win over the Arsenal fans. 428 00:25:29,660 --> 00:25:30,460 Ben. 429 00:25:30,660 --> 00:25:33,580 Why we have problems with this phase now? With three at the back? 430 00:25:36,460 --> 00:25:37,780 - Um. Too big? - Uh huh. 431 00:25:37,940 --> 00:25:39,060 Too far apart? 432 00:25:39,660 --> 00:25:40,740 I couldn't draw people in. 433 00:25:41,860 --> 00:25:43,180 It's weird 'cause my family 434 00:25:43,380 --> 00:25:45,100 don't like football. 435 00:25:45,260 --> 00:25:47,260 Never played it, dad hates it, 436 00:25:47,420 --> 00:25:49,060 would never ever watch a game. 437 00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:52,860 It was actually someone that my mum used to cut hair for, 438 00:25:53,060 --> 00:25:54,596 and she used to come out in the garden with me 439 00:25:54,620 --> 00:25:56,860 and she'd get in goal and I'd to boot the ball at her. 440 00:25:57,020 --> 00:25:58,460 That's where it all started, really. 441 00:25:59,220 --> 00:26:01,500 When they are starting to press our midfield line, 442 00:26:01,660 --> 00:26:04,620 the space is in the back so we have to come here, 443 00:26:04,780 --> 00:26:07,340 have good lines of passes to play in the next line. 444 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:09,660 If not, everything is under pressure... everyone, yeah? 445 00:26:11,260 --> 00:26:14,340 I don't think I was ever talented, 446 00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:15,940 like, special... 447 00:26:17,020 --> 00:26:20,060 I just worked so much harder than everyone else. 448 00:26:23,380 --> 00:26:27,300 Well, I knew Ben for a few years, since the moment that he was at Leeds. 449 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:30,460 He's the type of player that caught my eye. 450 00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:31,940 Brave, 451 00:26:32,860 --> 00:26:34,420 and really talented, 452 00:26:34,580 --> 00:26:36,460 and a fighter. 453 00:26:36,620 --> 00:26:38,220 That's how I would describe Ben. 454 00:26:38,820 --> 00:26:39,820 Good tackle! 455 00:26:41,740 --> 00:26:44,020 He trains like he's playing 456 00:26:44,220 --> 00:26:45,876 the Champions League final almost every day. 457 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:50,100 That's why he's come a long way in such a short time in his career. 458 00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:53,140 Oxygen! Oxygen for Ben! 459 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:03,636 Yeah, so press conference. 460 00:27:03,660 --> 00:27:05,860 Um, there's not too many in the room, 461 00:27:06,020 --> 00:27:08,020 so as I said, it should be straightforward. 462 00:27:08,220 --> 00:27:10,076 - Good morning. - Morning. 463 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:11,500 Morning. Morning. 464 00:27:11,660 --> 00:27:15,220 To win six in a row, Arsenal will have to beat Liverpool. 465 00:27:17,260 --> 00:27:18,300 Hi, Mikel. 466 00:27:18,460 --> 00:27:21,116 What would you say is the biggest difference between the Liverpool match 467 00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:24,420 last November to today's Arsenal team? 468 00:27:24,620 --> 00:27:29,420 That it's five months later and we are playing better. 469 00:27:29,580 --> 00:27:32,620 Erm, we have the right level of confidence, belief. 470 00:27:33,180 --> 00:27:35,716 Is tomorrow night the toughest test you've had yet 471 00:27:35,740 --> 00:27:36,740 in this run? 472 00:27:36,780 --> 00:27:38,540 Tomorrow certainly you face 473 00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:41,980 a team that dominates every single aspect of the game. 474 00:27:42,140 --> 00:27:45,660 So, when that happens, er, you have to be at your best. 475 00:27:45,860 --> 00:27:47,740 - Thanks everyone. - Okay. Thank you. 476 00:27:47,780 --> 00:27:49,260 See you soon. 477 00:28:06,980 --> 00:28:08,476 I don't think it's any great exaggeration to say 478 00:28:08,500 --> 00:28:11,500 this could be one of the most anticipated games of the season. 479 00:28:14,380 --> 00:28:16,156 Both managers will bring it to each other, 480 00:28:16,180 --> 00:28:18,180 both teams need to win. 481 00:28:21,060 --> 00:28:22,100 Massive game, innit? 482 00:28:22,180 --> 00:28:23,900 You can't come here expecting a result, 483 00:28:24,060 --> 00:28:27,380 but we can come and expect a performance. 484 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:28,780 We're an in-form team, 485 00:28:28,980 --> 00:28:31,500 we've won five out of five, so have they, 486 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:33,460 and they are one of the best teams in Europe. 487 00:28:33,660 --> 00:28:37,380 Arsenal vs Liverpool! Come on, you Gunners! 488 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:41,236 To be fair, like, genuinely, I just want to see us play well, 489 00:28:41,260 --> 00:28:42,540 that's the most important thing. 490 00:28:42,940 --> 00:28:46,220 Obviously, it's Liverpool, incredibly hard game, we'll see what happens but, 491 00:28:46,380 --> 00:28:47,180 er, yeah. 492 00:28:47,380 --> 00:28:49,900 What brings me here, is hope. 493 00:28:53,780 --> 00:28:57,020 Okay, guys. Today I feel like this. 494 00:29:03,740 --> 00:29:05,820 I want to have a great night with you. 495 00:29:06,260 --> 00:29:09,460 Lacazette, when you organise a night out for the boys, 496 00:29:10,260 --> 00:29:13,500 you choose the location, you choose the right atmosphere. 497 00:29:14,500 --> 00:29:16,380 What do you need from your teammates? 498 00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:20,260 You need this nutter sometimes to come in and do something... 499 00:29:21,700 --> 00:29:23,716 And going like this, you need Cédric that is singing 500 00:29:23,740 --> 00:29:25,060 in the background with Granit. 501 00:29:29,020 --> 00:29:32,260 I didn't meet my wife in a church or in a... 502 00:29:32,940 --> 00:29:34,396 how do you say the... Where you read the books? 503 00:29:34,420 --> 00:29:36,180 - Library? - In a library. 504 00:29:37,140 --> 00:29:38,940 I met her in a nightclub, 505 00:29:39,780 --> 00:29:43,820 and then I look at this beautiful girl and I thought I had zero chance. 506 00:29:43,980 --> 00:29:46,740 So, I started... I started on the left, no chance. 507 00:29:46,940 --> 00:29:48,900 I went on the right, no chance. 508 00:29:49,060 --> 00:29:51,220 Then I grab another girlfriend of her 509 00:29:51,380 --> 00:29:53,340 and then we started to have a conversation. 510 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,460 And then I had to dig, my friend, I had to dig so deep, 511 00:29:56,660 --> 00:29:59,220 but at the end I got the reward. That's why it was a great night. 512 00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:02,940 So, great nights, I don't know how they start and how they finish. 513 00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:05,900 But you have to do something special and you have to do it together. 514 00:30:06,060 --> 00:30:08,020 And I want to have this feeling today, guys, 515 00:30:08,220 --> 00:30:11,100 that you go out there to have a great night. 516 00:30:11,260 --> 00:30:12,260 Okay? Let's go. 517 00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:22,540 Please welcome the Arsenal! 518 00:30:27,780 --> 00:30:29,860 Here we go, then. Arsenal vs Liverpool. 519 00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:34,100 Here's Alexander-Arnold, almost catches Ramsdale out straight away. 520 00:30:35,940 --> 00:30:37,580 Excellent from Martinelli. 521 00:30:40,220 --> 00:30:43,740 Great ball in! And Liverpool stretch it clear. 522 00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:49,740 Lacazette! Fabinho's block. 523 00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:53,620 Arsenal strong in their defensive shape. 524 00:30:54,580 --> 00:30:56,180 Good clearance from White. 525 00:30:59,740 --> 00:31:02,740 And it's been a tight first half, it is goalless at the break. 526 00:31:05,420 --> 00:31:07,060 Okay, guys, listen. 527 00:31:07,940 --> 00:31:09,220 The most important thing, 528 00:31:09,380 --> 00:31:11,220 we have to maintain the structure 529 00:31:11,380 --> 00:31:13,260 and the compactness that we have in in the team. 530 00:31:13,420 --> 00:31:15,780 And the compactness, Gabi, is between you and Ben. 531 00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:20,900 Guys, we need to start the second half from the kick-off and we go again 532 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:22,540 and we go again and we go again. 533 00:31:22,740 --> 00:31:25,540 Okay? Let's start to manage regains, manage regains, 534 00:31:25,740 --> 00:31:27,500 manage regains, all the fucking time! 535 00:31:27,660 --> 00:31:28,660 Let's go! 536 00:31:32,260 --> 00:31:34,820 Concentration! Right from the kick-off. 537 00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:39,700 Arsenal get us underway in the second half. 538 00:31:40,380 --> 00:31:43,540 Martinelli. He's away from Alexander-Arnold. 539 00:31:46,780 --> 00:31:49,660 This is brilliant from Gabriel Martinelli! 540 00:31:50,780 --> 00:31:52,740 That was a bit special. 541 00:31:54,220 --> 00:31:56,780 Arsenal start the second half on top. 542 00:32:00,140 --> 00:32:01,276 It's Thiago's error. 543 00:32:01,300 --> 00:32:04,220 And Lacazette is in here! He found Odegaard! 544 00:32:04,380 --> 00:32:09,620 Oh, it's breezed over, and Arsenal could not make the moment count. 545 00:32:11,180 --> 00:32:12,420 Sal ah to come on. 546 00:32:12,580 --> 00:32:15,660 Firmino to come on. How do Arsenal deal with this pair? 547 00:32:17,580 --> 00:32:21,300 But with 54 minutes played, Liverpool find a way through. 548 00:32:23,740 --> 00:32:26,660 Oh, that's a fine ball, and Jota is onto it. 549 00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:30,140 And Jota has fired Liverpool ahead! 550 00:32:35,540 --> 00:32:38,540 He won't be happy with that one, the Arsenal keeper. 551 00:32:40,180 --> 00:32:42,540 Arsenal! Arsenal! 552 00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:44,860 Arsenal! Arsenal! 553 00:32:49,060 --> 00:32:50,756 Liverpool have nicked it back. 554 00:32:50,780 --> 00:32:52,260 They're coming forward again. 555 00:32:52,420 --> 00:32:54,860 It's Robertson, it's Firmino. 556 00:32:55,020 --> 00:32:57,580 Arsenal, two behind now. 557 00:33:06,780 --> 00:33:10,100 Arsenal's five-game winning streak is over. 558 00:33:18,580 --> 00:33:21,140 Any slight opportunity they get. 559 00:33:21,740 --> 00:33:23,380 Fuck me, they're so clinical. 560 00:33:26,220 --> 00:33:28,500 And the second one, it's... 561 00:33:30,420 --> 00:33:32,860 He's literally just got his toe in front of me. 562 00:33:48,940 --> 00:33:49,940 Guys. 563 00:33:50,780 --> 00:33:52,620 It could not be a great night, 564 00:33:53,820 --> 00:33:57,060 but it was great to see a team play at that level 565 00:33:57,220 --> 00:33:58,820 against the best team in the league. 566 00:34:01,020 --> 00:34:04,140 From here to here, we were the better team. 567 00:34:04,340 --> 00:34:06,260 Where you win the games in Champions League 568 00:34:06,460 --> 00:34:07,540 against the top teams, 569 00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:09,660 it's in the two boxes, and there we lost the game. 570 00:34:10,060 --> 00:34:12,436 We have to do it better against the top teams because if not, 571 00:34:12,460 --> 00:34:13,460 you cannot win. 572 00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:16,140 Hey, head up! 573 00:34:16,620 --> 00:34:18,860 On Saturday, we have another one, we have to recover, 574 00:34:19,020 --> 00:34:22,060 we have to sleep well, and start to think and start to talk positively 575 00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:24,636 because we're going away to Villa and we're going to beat them. Okay? 576 00:34:24,660 --> 00:34:25,900 Let's go. 577 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:42,780 The main thing for me is that 578 00:34:42,820 --> 00:34:46,300 as a fan, over the last sort of three or four years, 579 00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:48,140 we, not, didn't fall out of the club, 580 00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:52,140 but we lost the connection that we always had for the last 10, 15 years, 581 00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:55,396 and the players that Arteta's brought in, and the way that we're starting to play, 582 00:34:55,420 --> 00:34:58,180 and the culture that we're bringing, Ramsdale, Ben White, like... 583 00:34:58,420 --> 00:35:00,420 We're falling in love with the club again. 584 00:35:01,740 --> 00:35:04,260 We can't let results like this put our heads down, 585 00:35:04,420 --> 00:35:05,820 we can't get demoralised, 586 00:35:05,980 --> 00:35:08,460 we have to just keep going and we will get top-four. 587 00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:27,620 I know tonight you always want to be perfect. 588 00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:31,940 Don't worry, bro, trust me. 589 00:35:57,020 --> 00:35:58,820 The boys still positive yesterday? 590 00:35:58,980 --> 00:36:00,980 Yeah. It was a very physical game. 591 00:36:01,140 --> 00:36:03,180 Cor! That first half... 592 00:36:03,380 --> 00:36:05,300 Very, very physical. 593 00:36:05,460 --> 00:36:08,580 But, Mikel, the noise in our ground is the best I've ever heard. 594 00:36:09,740 --> 00:36:11,260 Morning. Morning. 595 00:36:14,020 --> 00:36:15,460 Morning, everybody. 596 00:36:15,980 --> 00:36:17,876 - Morning. - Hi, Mikel. How are you? 597 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:19,316 Do you sometimes look at football and think, 598 00:36:19,340 --> 00:36:22,540 what a bizarre industry you work in? 599 00:36:22,660 --> 00:36:25,660 I mean, the beginning of the season when Arsenal started badly, 600 00:36:25,860 --> 00:36:27,140 you were under pressure. 601 00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:30,140 You buy Ben White, 50 million pounds, people say it's a lot of money 602 00:36:30,340 --> 00:36:33,100 for Ben White, and yet you're fourth in the table. 603 00:36:33,660 --> 00:36:36,820 It's always good to hear different opinions 604 00:36:36,980 --> 00:36:40,340 and people may be judging it, erm, early, 605 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:43,500 but you have to stay calm and believe in what you're doing. 606 00:36:43,660 --> 00:36:46,180 It's down to the players at the end, they have this quality, 607 00:36:46,380 --> 00:36:49,100 they have the mental strength, they have the ambition. 608 00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:52,620 I'm happy with the majority of them, it's been good. 609 00:36:52,860 --> 00:36:56,060 It's a quick turnaround from Wednesday night to an early kick-off on Saturday, 610 00:36:56,180 --> 00:36:57,540 what have you been able to do? 611 00:36:57,660 --> 00:36:59,260 How challenging is that? 612 00:36:59,420 --> 00:37:01,900 Well, try to recover well mentally, physically, 613 00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:04,500 eat well, sleep well, and um... 614 00:37:04,660 --> 00:37:06,340 and be ready tomorrow. 615 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:07,500 Thanks, guys. 616 00:37:10,780 --> 00:37:13,180 Arsenal now have only 63 hours to recover 617 00:37:13,380 --> 00:37:18,060 before they play Aston Villa, their third match in seven days. 618 00:37:29,660 --> 00:37:31,860 And now goalkeeper, Aaron Ramsdale, 619 00:37:32,020 --> 00:37:34,180 has picked up a hip injury. 620 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:38,620 The medical team rule him out of the Villa game, 621 00:37:38,820 --> 00:37:40,780 a major blow for the club. 622 00:37:41,660 --> 00:37:43,340 Jordy, how we doing for injuries there? 623 00:37:43,540 --> 00:37:46,260 Rambo's the only other one. That impact on that iliac crest 624 00:37:46,460 --> 00:37:48,356 put a little bit of soreness around that left groin. 625 00:37:48,380 --> 00:37:50,796 Actually had a good conversation about how we manage him today 626 00:37:50,820 --> 00:37:51,820 and this week. 627 00:37:51,940 --> 00:37:55,180 So, yeah, it's gonna be a very light session for him today, no kicking. 628 00:37:55,780 --> 00:37:56,980 But this just needs more time. 629 00:37:57,140 --> 00:38:00,420 Erm... I think this is going to become more and more of a thing for Mikel. 630 00:38:00,620 --> 00:38:02,780 He knows the plan in that if this doesn't get better 631 00:38:02,940 --> 00:38:04,820 what our next steps are. 632 00:38:05,020 --> 00:38:07,860 - All right, kid? - Yeah, you? 633 00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:11,340 Probably my first, like, injury, um... 634 00:38:11,540 --> 00:38:13,420 You're not doing the thing which you love 635 00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:15,860 and you're not used to... to being in a situation 636 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:20,540 when I've been, erm, a starter in a team. 637 00:38:22,580 --> 00:38:25,460 The other lads have been amazing. 638 00:38:25,900 --> 00:38:28,140 We've had a small squad probably since... 639 00:38:28,340 --> 00:38:31,460 since January, which has made everyone so much closer. 640 00:38:36,740 --> 00:38:39,980 Ben looks over the key moments from the Liverpool match with Aaron. 641 00:38:50,780 --> 00:38:53,580 Being at a big club like this, you can't slip. 642 00:38:53,740 --> 00:38:55,500 You can't have bad days. 643 00:38:55,620 --> 00:38:57,420 It is tough mentally. 644 00:38:57,580 --> 00:38:59,300 I have high standards. 645 00:38:59,500 --> 00:39:03,100 I don't need anyone to tell me when I've not done something well, I know. 646 00:39:03,260 --> 00:39:04,420 Erm... 647 00:39:05,980 --> 00:39:08,540 I think I used to be very, like, up and down emotionally. 648 00:39:09,340 --> 00:39:11,980 I wouldn't be able to sit inside and think about it all the time. 649 00:39:12,140 --> 00:39:14,900 But as I've, like, grown up and I think I'm at a level 650 00:39:15,060 --> 00:39:18,020 where I can be okay with whatever happens. 651 00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:27,980 Every first-team player has one-on-ones with the coaching staff. 652 00:39:28,620 --> 00:39:32,620 Today, Ben's meeting development coach Carlos Cuesta. 653 00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:37,860 I wanted to focus with you on three things. 654 00:39:38,020 --> 00:39:42,820 Why? Because you have all the potential to be a world-class player. 655 00:39:43,820 --> 00:39:46,980 Your level of activity when you want is top. 656 00:39:47,820 --> 00:39:50,420 Your ability to learn is your biggest strength. 657 00:39:51,460 --> 00:39:54,940 When I see you defending, I say "wow." 658 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:58,420 I mean, "How aggressive he is, how quickly he reacts", 659 00:39:58,580 --> 00:40:00,300 "and how he is able to anticipate." 660 00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:04,260 How many players in the world can anticipate like you do? 661 00:40:05,540 --> 00:40:07,540 - Yeah. - I'm telling you, not many. 662 00:40:07,660 --> 00:40:09,580 I would say nobody. 663 00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:11,580 You are special on your level of activity. 664 00:40:11,780 --> 00:40:12,780 You know what I mean? 665 00:40:12,820 --> 00:40:15,620 So, it's only a question of angles 666 00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:17,900 - and body shapes. - Yeah. 667 00:40:19,260 --> 00:40:20,860 Here, this situation, 668 00:40:21,020 --> 00:40:25,260 you are not aligned with him, okay, because look how he moves. 669 00:40:25,460 --> 00:40:26,580 Yeah? 670 00:40:27,140 --> 00:40:30,340 - I didn't, um, get across him. - Yeah. 671 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,436 Like normally, when I run past someone, I'd get across, 672 00:40:32,460 --> 00:40:34,980 and then they won't follow then. 673 00:40:35,140 --> 00:40:38,620 And there are some zones where I think that we can take more risks. 674 00:40:38,820 --> 00:40:41,940 And in other ones that maybe we need to be a little bit more... 675 00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:43,180 cautious, that's it. 676 00:40:43,620 --> 00:40:45,460 And we will be always here just to help you. 677 00:40:45,620 --> 00:40:47,820 To tell you all the positive things and... 678 00:40:48,020 --> 00:40:50,620 - and yeah, to support. Yeah? - Perfect. 679 00:40:50,860 --> 00:40:52,180 Let's go for that. 680 00:41:11,780 --> 00:41:13,460 Come on, Arsenal! 681 00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:17,940 We all follow the Arsenal! Hello, hello! 682 00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:22,260 We are the Arsenal boys! Hello, hello! We are the Arsenal boys! 683 00:41:22,820 --> 00:41:25,980 I was "Arteta out" after the first three games. 684 00:41:26,140 --> 00:41:29,380 We didn't really know the direction in which we were heading in, 685 00:41:29,540 --> 00:41:33,140 but now, I think what Arteta's done with our side is brilliant, 686 00:41:33,300 --> 00:41:37,420 and we just need to keep on building because our squad has a lot of potential. 687 00:41:40,060 --> 00:41:41,260 I love what he's done. 688 00:41:41,460 --> 00:41:43,140 I love, you know, the belief in the team. 689 00:41:43,380 --> 00:41:45,180 I love the cohesion, you know, among the boys. 690 00:41:45,380 --> 00:41:49,460 I mean, we're starting to turn up results and that's really good. 691 00:41:54,460 --> 00:41:56,516 Aaron Ramsdale is out with a hip injury, 692 00:41:56,540 --> 00:42:00,100 so Bernd Leno makes a rare first-team start for Arsenal. 693 00:42:00,260 --> 00:42:04,580 His first start since conceding 5 goals at Manchester City in August. 694 00:42:06,420 --> 00:42:07,956 And when you see how thin their squad is, 695 00:42:07,980 --> 00:42:10,100 how little time they've had to prepare, 696 00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:14,020 this is going to be a mighty tough examination for Arsenal. 697 00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:22,500 Okay, so we are sharp from the beginning and we are physical. 698 00:42:22,660 --> 00:42:26,780 We're going to go out there, guys, full gas, full energy, compact, high, 699 00:42:26,940 --> 00:42:29,740 and I want to see a team that goes to win the ball high 700 00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:32,060 and when we have the ball, that plays. 701 00:42:32,260 --> 00:42:35,420 So, I want you to go out there with that fucking confidence today, 702 00:42:36,260 --> 00:42:37,460 from the beginning. 703 00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:40,620 That's the commitment. Yes? Let's go! 704 00:42:47,060 --> 00:42:49,500 And so, it's Villa who get this game underway... 705 00:42:52,180 --> 00:42:54,900 The home side really start to get a feel of the ball. 706 00:42:55,900 --> 00:42:57,516 Delivered in rather quickly 707 00:42:57,540 --> 00:42:59,860 and it needed Ben White to get across there. 708 00:43:01,820 --> 00:43:03,860 Arsenal defending really well. 709 00:43:07,420 --> 00:43:09,260 Leno flying in the air 710 00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:11,980 to collect a deep cross into the penalty area. 711 00:43:12,140 --> 00:43:14,060 That was brave goalkeeping! 712 00:43:15,060 --> 00:43:16,636 Does Arteta ever sit down? 713 00:43:18,020 --> 00:43:20,700 - I've never seen him sit down! - He's always on his feet, isn't he? 714 00:43:20,780 --> 00:43:21,980 Here! 715 00:43:25,500 --> 00:43:29,620 - Arsenal go short. - Saka, Cédric to deliver. 716 00:43:31,020 --> 00:43:34,940 It's deep, still in their possession. Saka... 717 00:43:36,980 --> 00:43:38,660 Oh, he's found the net! 718 00:43:40,540 --> 00:43:43,820 He beats his former teammate Martínez 719 00:43:43,980 --> 00:43:47,020 and sends the Arsenal fans into raptures! 720 00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:51,660 At Villa Park, it's Aston Villa nil, Arsenal one. 721 00:43:58,580 --> 00:44:02,780 Those Arsenal fans baying now for the full-time whistle. 722 00:44:03,620 --> 00:44:05,980 Might be the last chance here for Aston Villa. 723 00:44:06,100 --> 00:44:07,660 They're gonna get a free kick! 724 00:44:08,340 --> 00:44:10,940 No! No! 725 00:44:12,660 --> 00:44:14,740 A lot depending on the defending 726 00:44:14,940 --> 00:44:16,900 of this free kick for Arsenal. 727 00:44:22,020 --> 00:44:24,660 Wicked ball in, and Leno got a palm on it. 728 00:44:24,820 --> 00:44:27,260 And there it is, the whistle! 729 00:44:32,140 --> 00:44:34,596 There have been some outstanding performances today, 730 00:44:34,620 --> 00:44:38,460 and Ben White in particular has been immense. 731 00:44:39,300 --> 00:44:42,540 And the Arsenal fans are going absolutely crazy. 732 00:44:42,700 --> 00:44:44,060 What a sight that is. 733 00:44:44,260 --> 00:44:47,660 We've got super Mik Arteta! 734 00:44:47,820 --> 00:44:49,980 He knows exactly what we need! 735 00:44:50,180 --> 00:44:52,420 Tierney at the back! Gabi in attack! 736 00:44:52,580 --> 00:44:55,060 Arsenal on the way to Champions League! 737 00:44:55,220 --> 00:44:59,220 We've got super Mik Arteta! 738 00:44:59,380 --> 00:45:01,900 He knows exactly what we need! 739 00:45:02,060 --> 00:45:04,420 Tierney at the back! Gabi in attack! 740 00:45:04,580 --> 00:45:07,020 Arsenal's on the way to Champions League! 741 00:45:07,180 --> 00:45:10,140 We've got Super Mik Arteta... 742 00:45:16,940 --> 00:45:20,620 Edison invented the light bulb. 743 00:45:20,780 --> 00:45:22,860 The bulb by itself is nothing. 744 00:45:23,020 --> 00:45:27,700 I want to see a team that is connected with each other and that shines. 745 00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:32,380 You go out there, fucking turn the light on and play football. Let's go! 746 00:45:33,580 --> 00:45:34,780 Oh, what a goal! 747 00:45:35,580 --> 00:45:39,620 And Arsenal's destiny, maybe is not in their own hands for top-four. 748 00:45:39,820 --> 00:45:42,980 I see you there in the first half and I'm saying, "What the fuck am I doing?" 749 00:45:43,180 --> 00:45:44,636 You can't lose 3 in a row 750 00:45:44,660 --> 00:45:47,180 if you want to be taken seriously as a team that's on the up. 751 00:45:48,340 --> 00:45:49,436 And it's Bukayo Saka, 752 00:45:49,460 --> 00:45:52,860 the man who missed that penalty in the final of the Euros, 753 00:45:53,060 --> 00:45:54,540 who steps up now.