1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:11,736 So it'll be interesting to see what happens today 2 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,120 because there's a little bit of history, a little bit of retribution... 3 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,720 Brentford absolutely hammered Arsenal first game of the season, 4 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,280 where Arsenal got a little bit bullied. They were wanting physically, 5 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,376 so we'll see how much these teams have progressed 6 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,028 from that first game of the season. 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,400 You know it's a transitional period under Arteta. 8 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:30,400 But if you're an Arsenal fan, 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,760 the bottom line is you'd be thinking, "We are miles away, 10 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:35,920 "how are we going to get there?" 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:37,976 The manager's been here for 2 years 12 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,720 and for 2 years we haven't seen any major improvement. 13 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,840 The fact is we can't see the identity of the club. I'm not happy. 14 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,960 The club need now to step up and deliver for the fans. 15 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,800 That's what it's about, delivering for the fans. 16 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,800 Okay, guys, all week we have prepared, we have looked at everything. 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,880 We want to play, as much as possible, I insist, here. 18 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,160 And this is great. Great. 19 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,720 But what is going to make the difference now 20 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,694 is what is going to happen in this box, 21 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,640 and what is going to happen when we have to defend this box. 22 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:16,200 Before I go, 23 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,400 because it's still in my stomach 24 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,880 and I have managed to keep it for 4 months, 5 months, 6 months... 25 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,680 This is Toney after the game, when we play at Brentford. 26 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,880 You know what he did? You know this tweet? 27 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,120 "Nice kick about with the boys this afternoon!" 28 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,734 So today, they play in our house, guys. 29 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,736 There is only one team in that fucking pitch, 30 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:38,800 and it's us. 31 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:41,240 Only one team, it's like they don't play football. 32 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,080 We take that fucking ball, we take the game, we go for it. 33 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,147 And let's fucking win this game. Let's go. 34 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,960 When you love what you do, that is called passion. 35 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,800 We have to believe, we have to have energy. 36 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,275 Show these people how much you care. 37 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,246 Let's go for it. 38 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,360 Brentford back defending. 39 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,240 The game looks to have slipped away from them now. 40 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,240 Arsenal got that second goal. 41 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,880 Ghoddos is bowled over on this near side, 42 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,080 and it will be a free kick for Brentford. 43 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,760 Free kick is curled in, headed away by Cédric Soares. 44 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:45,736 It drops to Janelt, left-foot shot from him, 45 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:47,280 hits Cédric Soares in the face, 46 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,440 drops to Nørgaard, and Nørgaard has scored. 47 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,440 And there will be no clean sheet for Aaron Ramsdale, it's 2-1. 48 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,640 They almost switched off completely there. 49 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,800 It's almost like the final whistle had gone. 50 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,520 And there is the final whistle. Bit of a nervy ending. 51 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,080 Arsenal have beaten Brentford 2-1 in a tense game. 52 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,080 Well done, boys! Well done! 53 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,880 But it wasn't a convincing performance. 54 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,760 We were starting to joke because we're 2-0 up, well done. 55 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:23,960 Fuck me. 56 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,760 Guys, it's a shame that we conceded a goal at the end. 57 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,680 Guys, because you go again, 58 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,492 another clean sheet and nobody fucking scored against you. 59 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:36,566 What do you do? 60 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,760 Fucking hell, you have to, fucking hell, you have to, you know what, sort it out. 61 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,976 And you have to have that feeling and not the other feeling, eh. 62 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,006 Well done, guys. 63 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,696 I would have liked to keep a clean sheet. 64 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,200 Disappointing but still a great result. 65 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,896 The thing with Arteta, yeah, it's like, it's hit or miss. 66 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,320 Sometimes you think he's great 67 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,296 and he's going to take us to Champions League, 68 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,560 and next minute, you know, we're playing bad and it's "Arteta Out!" 69 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,080 Smith-Rowe! 70 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,520 How you doing? - Can we talk about this, please? 71 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,480 What? - What the fuck is this? 72 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,640 - What's wrong with this? - No, what's good with this? 73 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,896 - What's good with this? - The white and the black, you know? 74 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,000 - Black and white? - Yeah. Black and white. 75 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,928 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 76 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:50,160 Aubameyang is in Barcelona now. 77 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,267 What did you think of the whole situation? 78 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,240 For me, it's a bit of arrogance from Arteta, 79 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,360 a bit stubbornness. 80 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,040 They have let player after player leave 81 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,689 and haven't recruited anyone in. 82 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:02,920 I am speechless. 83 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,884 Ultimately, Arsenal are going to live and die by their results. 84 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,640 Nobody standing still, five push-ups. 85 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,880 As fans and commentators question decisions 86 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:16,920 made in the transfer window, 87 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,160 Arsenal now enter the most intense period of the season 88 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:22,880 with a reduced squad. 89 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,080 Thomas, move! 90 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,880 It's true that we are shorter without certain key players. 91 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,416 We need to be stronger, it's how we're going to manage to do that. 92 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,560 And that's when the season is going to be defined. 93 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,400 If we play in favour of the press, 94 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,720 here we are trapped, yes? 95 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:44,920 We have to change the press. 96 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,600 One of my main objectives is engage with our fans, 97 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,320 that they believe in the team. 98 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,600 They are not happy and they want to see something different. 99 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,054 At the moment, what the expectations are 100 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,840 and what we can do, it's all the time a challenge. 101 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,520 The matches are stacking up, 102 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,120 with the rearranged Covid fixtures needing to be scheduled. 103 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:15,480 Magic beanie. 104 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,880 It will be an intense few weeks for the players. 105 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,720 Centre-forward play. Ready? One... 106 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,080 Forward, Alexandre Lacazette, known as Laca, 107 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,680 is one of the most senior players in the squad. 108 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,560 When I was a kid, my mum said 109 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,376 "If you want to play football, you have to play in front 110 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,200 "or you don't play football." 111 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,440 Maybe she knew I was not gonna be that tall, so... 112 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,040 I think she was scared for me to... to get kicked. 113 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,760 She had good advice. Always listen to mum. 114 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,640 Good, Laca. Go, go, go. 115 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,640 With his close friend Aubameyang leaving, 116 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,520 Laca has taken over the captaincy. 117 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,526 No, it's been good. He reacted really well as well, 118 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,800 and he was, "I hope you're going to keep it, and you deserve it." 119 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,054 So he was really nice and positive about this. 120 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,840 We know this season is a lot, a lot for the club and the fans. 121 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,920 When they come now, they want to see their team to win so... 122 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,600 Everybody knows the target we have and the mission. 123 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,080 We just want to achieve it. 124 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,200 But so far, 125 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,640 Laca's only scored three Premier League goals this season. 126 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,840 Today, assistant coach Steve Round 127 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,760 is showing Laca a compilation of clips from around Europe. 128 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,400 Benzema, top goal scorer. 129 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,040 - The best. - The best. 130 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,680 Look at his movement. Watch the readjustment. 131 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:54,846 Oh! 132 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,136 He gets a little bit lucky, but maybe because of his movement 133 00:07:58,160 --> 00:07:59,600 he earns the luck. 134 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,136 The only criticism at times, Laca, that I could say to you 135 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:06,240 is that sometimes, you're not in the position to score 136 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,200 because you're either involved in the build-up too much, 137 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,760 or you've just been a bit late, or you've only done one movement. 138 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:14,360 Mm. 139 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,840 With one movement, two movements, three movements, 140 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,920 in between centre back and full back, 141 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,416 the more we can do this, the more chance we've got of scoring. 142 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:22,880 Your goals ratio should go up. 143 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:24,656 Because you can finish, that's not the issue. 144 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,176 Sometimes you may have to be selfish, 145 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:27,736 to be in a position to score and not link play, 146 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,120 and let the number ten do this. You know? 147 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:32,520 Okay. 148 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:33,520 - Okay? - Yeah. 149 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:34,960 Good man. 150 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,240 Meeting! 151 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,080 Arsenal's schedule means that tomorrow night 152 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,440 they face Wolves for the second time in two weeks. 153 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,880 Arsenal won the last match by a single goal. 154 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,200 Morning. 155 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,120 Good afternoon, guys. 156 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,040 So let's focus today on what we have to do defensively against Wolves. 157 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,320 It's about in how many square metres we defend and with what density, 158 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,760 and then, what principles do we apply? 159 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,760 For tomorrow, if you allow me, I suggest that we do something. 160 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,000 Every time the ball arrives here 161 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:30,760 and they manage to contact with somebody here, 162 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,320 £5,000 fine! 163 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,640 You agree? 164 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,240 And the opposite? 165 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,840 Eh? If you win the ball, you can win the money! 166 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,360 If you win the match, I give you a bonus! 167 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,334 This is where they are dangerous, guys. 168 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,520 It's going to be the key to control the game. 169 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,120 Thank you guys. Go. 170 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,760 Arsenal! Arsenal! Arsenal! 171 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,880 It's sure to be a very tight and very cagey affair here, 172 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,400 Arsenal vs Wolves. 173 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,600 Ah, this season, up and down... I mean it started off so disappointingly. 174 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,320 You know, I think Mikel Arteta, at the moment, he's just got a job to do. 175 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:23,736 It's really important we win. 176 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,640 We've got to win two out of three of our games in hand, I reckon. 177 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,720 Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time this evening, 178 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,760 please welcome the Arsenal! 179 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,640 Lacazette, he's maybe not firing... 180 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,016 He's a very good link up player, 181 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,856 he holds the ball up very well, especially with his back to goal. 182 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,200 But I think Wolves are a good side, you know, 183 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,480 so it's not going to be easy by any standards. 184 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,360 Ready for the fight, here we go, men! 185 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,600 I was going to tell you 186 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,939 what the Wolves players said after the game about us, 187 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:01,949 but I'm not going to do that. 188 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,160 Did you see what happened between Russia and Ukraine, guys? 189 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:06,576 How do you feel about that? 190 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:08,726 It's scary. 191 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:10,680 How lucky we are to be here, guys? 192 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,520 I want you to play like tomorrow maybe they take this away from you. 193 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,837 Because it can happen, guys. In this fucking world, this can happen. 194 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:18,920 And go out there 195 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,720 and with a fucking passion and commitment like this, 196 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,600 every single ball, I win it! 197 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,320 I'm compact, I have the ball, I keep it. 198 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,241 I pass the ball, I help my teammates. 199 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,680 They beat my press, I fucking sprint, let's go. 200 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:32,846 Let's go! 201 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,960 There are more important things going on in the world right now, 202 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,000 but our job here is to bring a little bit of light. 203 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,880 We're underway in the capital! 204 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,640 It's an intense start. 205 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:57,400 That's a risky back-pass, 206 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:59,654 and they're looking to capitalize on it now... 207 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,160 And it's Hwang who's opened the scoring! 208 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,127 It was certainly all of Arsenal's own making, 209 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,240 and Gabriel, he'll be gutted about that. 210 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,960 Arsenal press Wolves in search of an equaliser. 211 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,520 Saka into Lacazette, it's a good first touch! 212 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,880 Just taken away from him. 213 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:29,600 He's a man who is looking to regain his clinical nature in front of goal. 214 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,536 Well, we knew it was gonna be tight 215 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:38,040 and we knew that there weren't going to be too many goals involved. 216 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,200 Guys, when we win the ball, play the first ball forward. 217 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,176 We are always playing it back, back, back. 218 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,160 Try to play forward the first ball. 219 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,896 You can see that I'm coming and he's already... 220 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,960 like with the ball control. 221 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,240 I want to arrive on the ball... 222 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,840 Calm, calm, calm. Hey. 223 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:02,496 Gabi, you make a mistake, 224 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:04,160 it's part of football, mistakes. 225 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,920 Now is the moment to help him, he's made a mistake, 226 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,720 now we have to help him, guys. 227 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:13,280 Play, Laca we go, everybody inside, you four inside. 228 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:14,560 If we play... 229 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,160 If we play... Where is the ball? 230 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,080 If we play narrow, these three against one, so easy. 231 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,200 We have to make it a little bit bigger, so attract him, play, 232 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:27,366 and now we attack. 233 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,760 If he's here, Laca, if you come, we can play the ball here 234 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,480 and every ball that we put here, guys, it has to be in this area. 235 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:36,440 If we want to be here, 236 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,960 it's going to be 1 day, or 2 or 3 days from now to the end of the season 237 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,330 that we have to come back. 238 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,280 We are losing and we come back and we win the fucking match. 239 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:46,486 Let's go. 240 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,000 Mammoth task in this second half... 241 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:56,760 Martinelli can swing it across. Lacazette! 242 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,360 It's a complete miscue from Arsenal's number nine! 243 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,320 With time running out, Mikel makes two substitutions. 244 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:09,880 Nicolas Pépé, Eddie Nketiah. 245 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,920 Wonder if this is gonna change the system at all. 246 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,840 And here's Nketiah, laying it back into the path of Pépé! 247 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,320 Arsenal equalise and it's two of their substitutes who combine. 248 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,360 Look at Lacazette! 249 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,080 He's asking for things of the crowd 250 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,124 but they're giving all they can, they love to see that passion. 251 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,240 There's 6 minutes of extra time. 252 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,240 Arsenal are pushing for the win. 253 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:42,720 And Saka... 254 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,000 isolating Otto, gliding infield, it's Saka! 255 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,040 Arsenal still on the attack... 256 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:54,440 Into the path of Lacazette! 257 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,520 And into the back of the net! 258 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:01,774 And Arsenal have turned this game on its head! 259 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,280 Look how much that one means! 260 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:11,920 It's Arsenal two, Wolves one! 261 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,800 That is a fantastic end to the game for Arsenal, what a comeback! 262 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,040 There it is, the full-time whistle 263 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,160 and Arsenal take all three points. 264 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,000 And just listen to the sound inside Emirates Stadium. 265 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:53,320 Good morning. 266 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:58,640 Be advised. Pair up boys, 267 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,296 we're going to play rock, paper, scissors. 268 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,240 The loser of the three games is going to do ten push ups. 269 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,480 Mikel and the players now have three days off. 270 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:25,526 Big man! 271 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,880 When they return, they'll play four times in two weeks. 272 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,320 Beautiful, really. 273 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,920 It's the image we transmit, right? 274 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:39,880 It's what we transmit. 275 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,560 For example, yesterday, we did not play our best match, 276 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:48,200 but we transmitted very good energy. You know? 277 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,480 - Are you going away or what? - No. 278 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:53,646 No, you are staying? 279 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:59,240 But tomorrow I want to study the players properly. 280 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,256 Tomorrow, I'll dedicate 15 hours to it... 281 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,120 Ah! Do it. 282 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,976 As they are away, I'll take the opportunity, 283 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,440 and I want to... but really, really well. 284 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,234 How do you think others would describe you? 285 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,560 I think it's difficult to describe the manager 286 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,731 without describing the person, so I think they would say that... 287 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,080 I'm honest, I'm direct, 288 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,160 and that I am probably very demanding as well. 289 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,480 So what we are looking at, so, warm-up with some speed. 290 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,640 Yeah. We have 20 outfield. 291 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,400 The same 20 players normally? Yeah? 292 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:42,400 So we need to design those drills in the pattern that we have. 293 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,880 In this industry, respect is not unconditional. 294 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:51,400 Respect only is determined by results. 295 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,736 Because on the last four games, they haven't changed the back four. 296 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:56,481 No, and they don't have centre-backs. 297 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,160 People start to blame quickly. 298 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,440 And sometimes, they see a manager 299 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,320 in a way that is not realistic. 300 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,080 I suffer. I have feelings, I have kids. I make mistakes. 301 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,000 I cry. I laugh. 302 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,240 Inside that person, there is somebody else 303 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,280 that is dealing with something as well, you know, 304 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,960 that is not immune to what is happening. 305 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,043 Just spoke with Gary, I don't know if you have communicated with him. 306 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:32,166 Yeah. 307 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,040 Mikel lives in North London, 308 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,760 with his wife, Lorena, and their three children, 309 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,640 Dani, Gabi and Oli. 310 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,040 I think he's gonna be willing to try, 311 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,560 but I don't think he's gonna be capable of training. 312 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,560 If he's on his own at home, he will be 313 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,640 24/7 in the office. 314 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,216 I don't like the sequence there, 315 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,320 I think it's much better to drop Gabi into the pocket 316 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,080 and move the nine into the right central defender. 317 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,800 It is hard for him, even when, I don't know, 318 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:10,640 we are on holidays in the summer, at the beach, he sees kids playing, 319 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:15,400 he would get up and start playing with them or coaching them. 320 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:16,760 Okay, Albert, perfect. 321 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:17,760 All right, okay. 322 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,920 See you in the morning. Thank you very much. 323 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:26,080 We've been together for 20 years, so it's been like an evolution together. 324 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:31,480 It's not something that I stepped on without knowing what it was. 325 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,080 Can you give me two sticks? 326 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:37,960 - Two? - Or three. 327 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,760 - Done? - Yes. 328 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:46,806 Good? 329 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,320 What do you think of your dad's job? 330 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,320 It's good, although sometimes, I don't like it 331 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,800 because he's, like, up there for like two hours straight 332 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,280 and he's not with us but when he's with us, I really enjoy it. 333 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,320 "Five more minutes." 334 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:11,456 Dani, you want me to score a goal? 335 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,080 It's on camera so you have to let it go, okay? 336 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:16,080 I need to look good. 337 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,280 So, normally it's like this. I'm here. 338 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,320 And from here, I have to try to score against him. 339 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:25,656 This is part of what happens. 340 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,006 Normally it hits the barbeque or the glasses there. 341 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:29,320 Come on, Oli. 342 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,240 Ready, Dani? 343 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,480 You see, what a save. 344 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:41,920 How is that for you, 345 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,480 hearing people saying not very nice things about him? 346 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,760 I take the good and the bad 347 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,720 and the critics and the opinions and everything 348 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:53,320 really as part of his job. 349 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:58,160 But normally I don't allow all that to get in the house. 350 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:03,400 I normally try to be outside of that bubble. 351 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,680 Sometimes I need to drag him out from there 352 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,560 and make him see, "Hey, it's just that bubble." 353 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:16,280 I mean, life is going on outside the bubble. 354 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,520 With me, he's quite vulnerable, like, he's completely open, 355 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,040 and we talk a lot. 356 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,880 One minute people are praising him, 357 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,960 and the next minute they want him to be sacked or to leave the club. 358 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,240 Or to die! I mean... 359 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,040 They hate you, really. 360 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,440 People really feel extremely passionate 361 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,800 about what's happening in football. 362 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,960 People put their joy on it, or their anger or their sadness, 363 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,320 or their deepest emotions. 364 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,400 So yeah, you need to not ride in that train 365 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,200 and focus on what you're doing 366 00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:57,880 and what you can control and what is in your hands. 367 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,920 Otherwise, you... 368 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:01,720 you go crazy, I think. 369 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,480 Arsenals good run of form continues. 370 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,640 They've now won five league games in a row. 371 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,200 But it's Liverpool next. 372 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,840 Mikel calls a meeting for the defenders in the squad. 373 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:44,240 Good morning, guys. 374 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,536 The other day we suffered, we had difficulties defensively, 375 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:47,880 you agree with that, yeah? 376 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,080 Okay. So we need to understand why, okay? 377 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,640 The first one... As a line, you have to be one. 378 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:55,520 We were one line, yes or no? 379 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,240 The other day? Ben? 380 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:00,680 Nah, I think we've been much better. 381 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,760 Okay. Communication, coaching. 382 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,040 Were you active coaching the other day in the game? 383 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,206 Not as much as usual. 384 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,480 No. So we need to understand why. 385 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,616 And if we don't see it and we don't agree on something, 386 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,840 it's very difficult to keep improving, okay? 387 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,040 This is one of the main issues. 388 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,920 The danger is here, to protect this situation. 389 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,480 We squeeze and we react the full-back straight away. 390 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:28,120 Ball moves and I move, ball moves and we move, all of them, 391 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,640 because if one start not to move and the others are moving, 392 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:32,920 what happens? 393 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:34,120 Gap in the line. 394 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,536 That's it. The distance of the line start to shift, 395 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:37,723 we are not one line again 396 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,160 and if we are one line the distances between the players is too big. 397 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:43,056 If you have any questions, guys, ask. 398 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,760 If you have a different opinion, ask, and do it, but do it here, 399 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:48,316 because here we can debate it. 400 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:51,800 Yeah? Let's go. 401 00:23:54,400 --> 00:24:00,120 I think it's a really thin line between confidence and complacency. 402 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,016 That winning is something, 403 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,240 deserving to win is a different thing, 404 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:08,120 and performing to the level that we want is a completely different thing. 405 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,840 If I had to summarise that in one picture... 406 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:14,206 Er... 407 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,680 Let me get a picture for you, guys. 408 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,040 What do you see? 409 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:23,000 A duck. 410 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,216 Danny, what do you see? 411 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,280 Predominantly, I see a rabbit. 412 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,016 This is the most difficult thing in a football club, 413 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,240 and in the process that we are in right now, even harder. 414 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,480 My only aim is that everybody sees the duck or the rabbit, 415 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,576 because if you see a duck and I see a rabbit, 416 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,096 we are in a different pathway, in a different direction. 417 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:49,320 But I think we are starting to get in line where we all see the duck. 418 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,160 Yes, Eddie! 419 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,200 Ben, you are committing... 420 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,120 If somebody come into him. 421 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,240 Now you are coming and coming and coming and going, 422 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:07,982 you just bring your opponent here. 423 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,080 Ben White has been a key part of Arsenal's defence this season. 424 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,640 He's played more minutes than any of his teammates. 425 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,440 Oi oi oi! Oi oi oi! 426 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,240 That's why you are a defender! 427 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,040 Ben initially struggled to win over the Arsenal fans. 428 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:30,480 Ben. 429 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,657 Why we have problems with this phase now? With three at the back? 430 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:37,800 - Um. Too big? - Uh huh. 431 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,080 Too far apart? 432 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:40,890 I couldn't draw people in. 433 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,200 It's weird 'cause my family 434 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,120 don't like football. 435 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,280 Never played it, dad hates it, 436 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,080 would never ever watch a game. 437 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,880 It was actually someone that my mum used to cut hair for, 438 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,616 and she used to come out in the garden with me 439 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,016 and she'd get in goal and I'd to boot the ball at her. 440 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,715 That's where it all started, really. 441 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,520 When they are starting to press our midfield line, 442 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,640 the space is in the back so we have to come here, 443 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,360 have good lines of passes to play in the next line. 444 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,032 If not, everything is under pressure... everyone, yeah? 445 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,360 I don't think I was ever talented, 446 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:15,960 like, special... 447 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,080 I just worked so much harder than everyone else. 448 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,320 Well, I knew Ben for a few years, since the moment that he was at Leeds. 449 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,480 He's the type of player that caught my eye. 450 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:31,960 Brave, 451 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:34,440 and really talented, 452 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,480 and a fighter. 453 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,240 That's how I would describe Ben. 454 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:39,846 Good tackle! 455 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,040 He trains like he's playing 456 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,896 the Champions League final almost every day. 457 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:50,120 That's why he's come a long way in such a short time in his career. 458 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,160 Oxygen! Oxygen for Ben! 459 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:03,656 Yeah, so press conference. 460 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,880 Um, there's not too many in the room, 461 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,040 so as I said, it should be straightforward. 462 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:09,960 Good morning. - Morning. 463 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:11,520 Morning. Morning. 464 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,240 To win six in a row, Arsenal will have to beat Liverpool. 465 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,320 Hi, Mikel. 466 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,136 What would you say is the biggest difference between the Liverpool match 467 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,440 last November to today's Arsenal team? 468 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:29,440 That it's five months later and we are playing better. 469 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,640 Erm, we have the right level of confidence, belief. 470 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,560 Is tomorrow night the toughest test you've had yet 471 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:36,766 in this run? 472 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:38,560 Tomorrow certainly you face 473 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,000 a team that dominates every single aspect of the game. 474 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,680 So, when that happens, er, you have to be at your best. 475 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,640 Thanks everyone. - Okay. Thank you. 476 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,280 See you soon. 477 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,496 I don't think it's any great exaggeration to say 478 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,520 this could be one of the most anticipated games of the season. 479 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,176 Both managers will bring it to each other, 480 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,200 both teams need to win. 481 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:22,086 Massive game, innit? 482 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,014 You can't come here expecting a result, 483 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,400 but we can come and expect a performance. 484 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:28,800 We're an in-form team, 485 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,520 we've won five out of five, so have they, 486 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,656 and they are one of the best teams in Europe. 487 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,400 Arsenal vs Liverpool! Come on, you Gunners! 488 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,256 To be fair, like, genuinely, I just want to see us play well, 489 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:42,769 that's the most important thing. 490 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,376 Obviously, it's Liverpool, incredibly hard game, we'll see what happens but, 491 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:47,200 er, yeah. 492 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,920 What brings me here, is hope. 493 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,040 Okay, guys. Today I feel like this. 494 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,840 I want to have a great night with you. 495 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,480 Lacazette, when you organise a night out for the boys, 496 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,520 you choose the location, you choose the right atmosphere. 497 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,400 What do you need from your teammates? 498 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,280 You need this nutter sometimes to come in and do something... 499 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,736 And going like this, you need Cédric that is singing 500 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,156 in the background with Granit. 501 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,280 I didn't meet my wife in a church or in a... 502 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,416 how do you say the... Where you read the books? 503 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,200 Library? - In a library. 504 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:38,960 I met her in a nightclub, 505 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,840 and then I look at this beautiful girl and I thought I had zero chance. 506 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,760 So, I started... I started on the left, no chance. 507 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:48,920 I went on the right, no chance. 508 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,240 Then I grab another girlfriend of her 509 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,360 and then we started to have a conversation. 510 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,480 And then I had to dig, my friend, I had to dig so deep, 511 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,296 but at the end I got the reward. That's why it was a great night. 512 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,960 So, great nights, I don't know how they start and how they finish. 513 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,056 But you have to do something special and you have to do it together. 514 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,080 And I want to have this feeling today, guys, 515 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,120 that you go out there to have a great night. 516 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:12,286 Okay? Let's go. 517 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,560 Please welcome the Arsenal! 518 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,720 Here we go, then. Arsenal vs Liverpool. 519 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:34,120 Here's Alexander-Arnold, almost catches Ramsdale out straight away. 520 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:37,600 Excellent from Martinelli. 521 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,760 Great ball in! And Liverpool stretch it clear. 522 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,760 Lacazette! Fabinho's block. 523 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,640 Arsenal strong in their defensive shape. 524 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,200 Good clearance from White. 525 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,760 And it's been a tight first half, it is goalless at the break. 526 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,080 Okay, guys, listen. 527 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,240 The most important thing, 528 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,240 we have to maintain the structure 529 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,416 and the compactness that we have in in the team. 530 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,800 And the compactness, Gabi, is between you and Ben. 531 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,920 Guys, we need to start the second half from the kick-off and we go again 532 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:22,609 and we go again and we go again. 533 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,560 Okay? Let's start to manage regains, manage regains, 534 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,520 manage regains, all the fucking time! 535 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:28,686 Let's go! 536 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,840 Concentration! Right from the kick-off. 537 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,434 Arsenal get us underway in the second half. 538 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,560 Martinelli. He's away from Alexander-Arnold. 539 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,680 This is brilliant from Gabriel Martinelli! 540 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,760 That was a bit special. 541 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,800 Arsenal start the second half on top. 542 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:01,166 It's Thiago's error. 543 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,240 And Lacazette is in here! He found Odegaard! 544 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:09,640 Oh, it's breezed over, and Arsenal could not make the moment count. 545 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:12,440 Salah to come on. 546 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,680 Firmino to come on. How do Arsenal deal with this pair? 547 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,320 But with 54 minutes played, Liverpool find a way through. 548 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,680 Oh, that's a fine ball, and Jota is onto it. 549 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,160 And Jota has fired Liverpool ahead! 550 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,560 He won't be happy with that one, the Arsenal keeper. 551 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:44,880 Arsenal! Arsenal! 552 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:50,640 Liverpool have nicked it back. 553 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,280 They're coming forward again. 554 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,880 It's Robertson, it's Firmino. 555 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,600 Arsenal, two behind now. 556 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,120 Arsenal's five-game winning streak is over. 557 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,160 Any slight opportunity they get. 558 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,400 Fuck me, they're so clinical. 559 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,520 And the second one, it's... 560 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,880 He's literally just got his toe in front of me. 561 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:49,966 Guys. 562 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,640 It could not be a great night, 563 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,080 but it was great to see a team play at that level 564 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:58,915 against the best team in the league. 565 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,160 From here to here, we were the better team. 566 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,314 Where you win the games in Champions League 567 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:07,560 against the top teams, 568 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,000 it's in the two boxes, and there we lost the game. 569 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,456 We have to do it better against the top teams because if not, 570 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:13,486 you cannot win. 571 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,160 Hey, head up! 572 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,016 On Saturday, we have another one, we have to recover, 573 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:22,250 we have to sleep well, and start to think and start to talk positively 574 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:24,656 because we're going away to Villa and we're going to beat them. Okay? 575 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:25,920 Let's go. 576 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:42,749 The main thing for me is that 577 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:46,320 as a fan, over the last sort of three or four years, 578 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,201 we, not, didn't fall out of the club, 579 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:52,160 but we lost the connection that we always had for the last 10, 15 years, 580 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:55,416 and the players that Arteta's brought in, and the way that we're starting to play, 581 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,416 and the culture that we're bringing, Ramsdale, Ben White, like... 582 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,440 We're falling in love with the club again. 583 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,280 We can't let results like this put our heads down, 584 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:05,840 we can't get demoralised, 585 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,480 we have to just keep going and we will get top-four. 586 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,640 I know tonight you always want to be perfect. 587 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:31,960 Don't worry, bro, trust me. 588 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,840 The boys still positive yesterday? 589 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,000 Yeah. It was a very physical game. 590 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,200 Cor! That first half... 591 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,320 Very, very physical. 592 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,600 But, Mikel, the noise in our ground is the best I've ever heard. 593 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,280 Morning. Morning. 594 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:15,480 Morning, everybody. 595 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,680 - Morning. - Hi, Mikel. How are you? 596 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,336 Do you sometimes look at football and think, 597 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,560 what a bizarre industry you work in? 598 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,680 I mean, the beginning of the season when Arsenal started badly, 599 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,160 you were under pressure. 600 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,336 You buy Ben White, 50 million pounds, people say it's a lot of money 601 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,120 for Ben White, and yet you're fourth in the table. 602 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,840 It's always good to hear different opinions 603 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,360 and people may be judging it, erm, early, 604 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,520 but you have to stay calm and believe in what you're doing. 605 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,376 It's down to the players at the end, they have this quality, 606 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,120 they have the mental strength, they have the ambition. 607 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,640 I'm happy with the majority of them, it's been good. 608 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:56,176 It's a quick turnaround from Wednesday night to an early kick-off on Saturday, 609 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:57,596 what have you been able to do? 610 00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,280 How challenging is that? 611 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,920 Well, try to recover well mentally, physically, 612 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,520 eat well, sleep well, and um... 613 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,360 and be ready tomorrow. 614 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:07,526 Thanks, guys. 615 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,200 Arsenal now have only 63 hours to recover 616 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:18,080 before they play Aston Villa, their third match in seven days. 617 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,880 And now goalkeeper, Aaron Ramsdale, 618 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,200 has picked up a hip injury. 619 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,640 The medical team rule him out of the Villa game, 620 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,800 a major blow for the club. 621 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,494 Jordy, how we doing for injuries there? 622 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,280 Rambo's the only other one. That impact on that iliac crest 623 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,376 put a little bit of soreness around that left groin. 624 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,816 Actually had a good conversation about how we manage him today 625 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:51,846 and this week. 626 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:55,216 So, yeah, it's gonna be a very light session for him today, no kicking. 627 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,136 But this just needs more time. 628 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,556 Erm... I think this is going to become more and more of a thing for Mikel. 629 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,936 He knows the plan in that if this doesn't get better 630 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,840 what our next steps are. 631 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,880 - All right, kid? - Yeah, you? 632 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,360 Probably my first, like, injury, um... 633 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,467 You're not doing the thing which you love 634 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,880 and you're not used to... to being in a situation 635 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:20,560 when I've been, erm, a starter in a team. 636 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,480 The other lads have been amazing. 637 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,160 We've had a small squad probably since... 638 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,480 since January, which has made everyone so much closer. 639 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,000 Ben looks over the key moments from the Liverpool match with Aaron. 640 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,600 Being at a big club like this, you can't slip. 641 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,520 You can't have bad days. 642 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,440 It is tough mentally. 643 00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,320 I have high standards. 644 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:03,120 I don't need anyone to tell me when I've not done something well, I know. 645 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:04,440 Erm... 646 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,605 I think I used to be very, like, up and down emotionally. 647 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,136 I wouldn't be able to sit inside and think about it all the time. 648 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,920 But as I've, like, grown up and I think I'm at a level 649 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:18,040 where I can be okay with whatever happens. 650 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,000 Every first-team player has one-on-ones with the coaching staff. 651 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:32,640 Today, Ben's meeting development coach Carlos Cuesta. 652 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,880 I wanted to focus with you on three things. 653 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:42,840 Why? Because you have all the potential to be a world-class player. 654 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:47,000 Your level of activity when you want is top. 655 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,440 Your ability to learn is your biggest strength. 656 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,960 When I see you defending, I say "wow." 657 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,440 I mean, "How aggressive he is, how quickly he reacts, 658 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,320 "and how he is able to anticipate." 659 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:04,280 How many players in the world can anticipate like you do? 660 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,560 Yeah. - I'm telling you, not many. 661 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,600 I would say nobody. 662 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:11,667 You are special on your level of activity. 663 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:12,806 You know what I mean? 664 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,640 So, it's only a question of angles 665 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:17,920 - and body shapes. - Yeah. 666 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:20,880 Here, this situation, 667 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:25,280 you are not aligned with him, okay, because look how he moves. 668 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:26,600 Yeah? 669 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,360 I didn't, um, get across him. - Yeah. 670 00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:32,456 Like normally, when I run past someone, I'd get across, 671 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,000 and then they won't follow then. 672 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,640 And there are some zones where I think that we can take more risks. 673 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:41,960 And in other ones that maybe we need to be a little bit more... 674 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:43,200 cautious, that's it. 675 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:45,616 And we will be always here just to help you. 676 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,840 To tell you all the positive things and... 677 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,640 - and yeah, to support. Yeah? - Perfect. 678 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,200 Let's go for that. 679 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,480 Come on, Arsenal! 680 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,960 We all follow the Arsenal! Hello, hello! 681 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:22,280 We are the Arsenal boys! Hello, hello! We are the Arsenal boys! 682 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,000 I was "Arteta out" after the first three games. 683 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:29,400 We didn't really know the direction in which we were heading in, 684 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:33,160 but now, I think what Arteta's done with our side is brilliant, 685 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:37,440 and we just need to keep on building because our squad has a lot of potential. 686 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:41,104 I love what he's done. 687 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,376 I love, you know, the belief in the team. 688 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,376 I love the cohesion, you know, among the boys. 689 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,480 I mean, we're starting to turn up results and that's really good. 690 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,400 Aaron Ramsdale is out with a hip injury, 691 00:41:56,560 --> 00:42:00,120 so Bernd Leno makes a rare first-team start for Arsenal. 692 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:04,600 His first start since conceding 5 goals at Manchester City in August. 693 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:07,976 And when you see how thin their squad is, 694 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,120 how little time they've had to prepare, 695 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:14,040 this is going to be a mighty tough examination for Arsenal. 696 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,520 Okay, so we are sharp from the beginning and we are physical. 697 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:26,800 We're going to go out there, guys, full gas, full energy, compact, high, 698 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,760 and I want to see a team that goes to win the ball high 699 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,080 and when we have the ball, that plays. 700 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,440 So, I want you to go out there with that fucking confidence today, 701 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:37,480 from the beginning. 702 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,640 That's the commitment. Yes? Let's go! 703 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,267 And so, it's Villa who get this game underway... 704 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,640 The home side really start to get a feel of the ball. 705 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,400 Delivered in rather quickly 706 00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:59,880 and it needed Ben White to get across there. 707 00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:03,880 Arsenal defending really well. 708 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,280 Leno flying in the air 709 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,000 to collect a deep cross into the penalty area. 710 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,080 That was brave goalkeeping! 711 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:16,520 Does Arteta ever sit down? 712 00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,776 - I've never seen him sit down! - He's always on his feet, isn't he? 713 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,000 Here! 714 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:29,640 Arsenal go short. - Saka, Cédric to deliver. 715 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,960 It's deep, still in their possession. Saka... 716 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:38,680 Oh, he's found the net! 717 00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,840 He beats his former teammate Martínez 718 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,040 and sends the Arsenal fans into raptures! 719 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:51,680 At Villa Park, it's Aston Villa nil, Arsenal one. 720 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:02,800 Those Arsenal fans baying now for the full-time whistle. 721 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,920 Might be the last chance here for Aston Villa. 722 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:07,680 They're gonna get a free kick! 723 00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,960 No! No! 724 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:14,760 A lot depending on the defending 725 00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:16,920 of this free kick for Arsenal. 726 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,680 Wicked ball in, and Leno got a palm on it. 727 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,280 -And there it is, the whistle! 728 00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,533 There have been some outstanding performances today, 729 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:38,480 and Ben White in particular has been immense. 730 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:42,560 And the Arsenal fans are going absolutely crazy. 731 00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:44,080 What a sight that is. 732 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,680 We've got super Mik Arteta! 733 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:50,000 He knows exactly what we need! 734 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:52,440 Tierney at the back! Gabi in attack! 735 00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:55,080 Arsenal on the way to Champions League! 736 00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:59,240 We've got super Mik Arteta! 737 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,920 He knows exactly what we need! 738 00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,440 Tierney at the back! Gabi in attack! 739 00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:07,040 Arsenal's on the way to Champions League! 740 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:10,160 We've got Super Mik Arteta... 741 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:20,640 Edison invented the light bulb. 742 00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:22,880 The bulb by itself is nothing. 743 00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:27,720 I want to see a team that is connected with each other and that shines. 744 00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:32,400 You go out there, fucking turn the light on and play football. Let's go! 745 00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:34,606 Oh, what a goal! 746 00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:39,640 And Arsenal's destiny, maybe is not in their own hands for top-four. 747 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:43,176 I see you there in the first half and I'm saying, "What the fuck am I doing?" 748 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:44,520 You can't lose 3 in a row 749 00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:47,471 if you want to be taken seriously as a team that's on the up. 750 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:49,366 And it's Bukayo Saka, 751 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,880 the man who missed that penalty in the final of the Euros, 752 00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:54,560 who steps up now.