Gabriel Jesus and Mikel Arteta said all the seen and unseen moments that made Arsenal losing the title in the press conference before the match with Barcelona. They didn’t forget to mention all the good values that Arsenal has and how this can drive the team forward this season.
Gabriel Jesus spoke about the marvelous race with Man City at the end of the last season and also about the expectations that Arsenal have for this season. But above all for the experience that players have and how this will be played on the pitch.
“Sometimes at the end of the season, we’re a bit nervous and they’re not nervous because they win. So does make a difference, so I think this year we are more experienced about that and it will be different.”
While Mikel Arteta said his words about the actual situation and how the team must be dealt with this kind of behavior on the pitch.
“Yes, I think when it talks about that nervousness or insecurity or uncertainty in certain moments, I think it is related to a lot of key moments, especially in three consecutive draws. That we have created that bit of luck ourselves because we have more urgency to win and I think he gave City a big platform to build momentum from they were coming from. And that had an important effect on the outcome of the championship.”
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“Yeah, we gonna have to find the right balance as well, but a year ago Granit Xhaka could never play as an attacking midfielder. Let’s try to get the work done. It’s the first time we play with four players inside the time. And three of them, they never play for us. So three hours or four they never played together ever. So tranquila, day by day keep doing the right things, give people the opportunity to settle into the right things and I will be fine.”
Asked about the physicality and how the team behaves on the pitch, Arteta answered:
So, I put Granit and Kai and I ask you who is more physical, how would you say?- asked Arteta. And the journalist responded choose Granit. Arteta continued saying he wanted a 1.91. The coach continued his explanation by saying physical is physical.
“Physical is running behind, to run forward, to tackle, depends. So we will fit in, with the qualities we have, that’s for sure. And the good thing is that we have options as well in midfield. When we want a game that is more physical, we can become now very physical as well. So we will have the right options.”
The Arsenal main man also commented on the belief that squad has won as a team and how the team will start the new season.
“We have grown a lot as a team and that belief around them that we can take the game, we can take our options to a different level and a very challenging and promising season that we have ahead of us.”
