Mikel Arteta spoke about all that is happening in the Arsenal squad right now in the post-game with Manchester United.
He spoke about the positive things he saw with United and also the composure of the team in this preparation phase.
Arteta’s reaction
“Positives is that I test match at this level and in this context gives you a lot of information. And that’s always very positive. And that information is that obviously there are a lot of things that we have to improve.”
“How important the boxes are always because in Martinelli puts the two chances he had away and we will go 1-0. Probably the game would be different. These errors are powerful and we have to overcome them as well. And as well as test to see how painful it is even if it’s as much to lose a game.”
“I want to see the team hurting and then as well how the team reacts after the defeat, which is a good test as well to see that. Physically it has been super demanding. And for some players, we want to expose them a little bit more than they have done. That’s because of the way we want to build them, as their physical state, and overall yeah, they had their amazing moments. They were so efficient.”
“We have ours. We have more dominance. Certainly try again in the second half, but the chances that we had, we didn’t convert them and they’ve won the game.”
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Arteta commented on the physical approach of the opponent and the physical episodes that decided the game.
“They’re here to compete and to win as we are (Saka vs Lisandro Martinez) and that is the job of the referee to stop it.”
“When you asked me about my thoughts on how difficult or easier this decision is going to be. More challenging, more difficult. The level of the preparation of the team is excellent and we’re new today. They already played two games as well before this one. And we knew that match is going to be really demanding. Like it is going to be on Wednesday against one of the best teams in the world.”
About Jurrien Timber
One of the topics in the press conference is Julian Timber’s performance. Also, what will be his journey at Arsenal this season?
“The first one with Jurrien, we are really pleased with Jurrien. Really pleased with his performance and the things that we asked him to do. And obviously, he’s adapting really quickly to the team and you could see the confidence, the determination that he plays with. With the second one, probably very boring press conferences that I can produce.”
Arsenal’s main man on the bench commented about the midfield trio and the role of Odegaard in the game.
“They played 55 times together and it would feel better, it will flow better, they will understand each other better, and will be more dominant and better. And these things take time to glide and we have to respect that, but I saw a lot of positive things.”
The next games will give a real view of how Arsenal will react and play and also how the player will execute the orders of the coach. Arsenal plays with Barcelona on Wednesday, before going to play with Monaco in the Emirates Cup, on 2 August.