Mikel Arteta reaction to Arsenal's 2-0 Man United pre season defeat
Mikel Arteta reaction to Arsenal's 2-0 Man United pre season defeat
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00:00 Guys, we'll keep it quick because we know you want to get to the mix zone as well.
00:11 So if we can kick off with microphone, Kaya, can I come to you if you've got a question?
00:18 Hi, Mikko.
00:21 Are there any positives you can take from that despite the result?
00:23 Sorry, I cannot hear you.
00:24 Are there positives you can take from that game still despite the result?
00:28 The positives is that a test match at this level, in this context, gives you a lot of
00:32 information and that's always very positive.
00:35 That information is that obviously there are a lot of things that we have to improve.
00:39 How important the boxes are, as always, because if Martinelli puts the two chances that he
00:44 had away and we go 1-0 up, probably the game will be different.
00:48 That errors are part of football and you have to overcome them as well.
00:51 And as well a test to see how painful it is, even if it's a test match, to lose a game.
00:55 I want to see the team hurting and then as well how the team reacts after a defeat, which
01:00 is a good test as well to see that.
01:02 Physically, it's been super, super demanding and some players we want to expose a little
01:06 bit more than they have done because the way we want to build them as well, their physical
01:11 state and overall, yeah, they had their moments, they were so efficient.
01:16 We have ours, we have more dominance.
01:18 We certainly try again in the second half, but the chances that we had, we didn't convert
01:23 them and they won the game.
01:25 United had quite a physical approach, particularly that tackle from Lassandre Martinez on Saka
01:30 in the first half.
01:31 What did you make of the way they approached the game in that sense?
01:33 They're here to compete and to win as we are and that's the job of the referee to stop
01:37 it.
01:40 Just on that point, is that maybe a good lesson for your players that going into this season
01:44 with all the talk about Arsenal and the hype around them, that they're going to have a
01:48 target on their back and teams are going to make it difficult and be physical with them?
01:52 You asked me yesterday about my thoughts on how difficult or easy this season is going
01:57 to be.
01:58 It's going to be more challenging, more difficult.
01:59 The level, the preparation of every team is excellent and we knew today.
02:04 They already played two games as well before this one and we knew that the Tesco is going
02:09 to be really demanding.
02:10 It's going to be on Wednesday against one of the best teams in the world.
02:21 Thank you coach.
02:22 Welcome here to the New York area.
02:23 I want to ask you first about your assessment of Jurgen Simba's performance today in terms
02:28 of how he's growing into the side.
02:30 My second question for you is your arrival manager, Ange Pasolagu, had a really bizarre
02:35 press conference situation today where someone posted a Harry Kane jersey in Bayern Munich
02:41 in front of him.
02:43 Have you had any crazy press conferences that you can remember or anything at that level
02:48 that matches how crazy that was?
02:51 Well, the first one with Jurgen, really pleased with his performance and the things that we
02:55 asked him to do.
02:56 Obviously, he's adapting really quickly to the team and you could see the confidence,
03:00 the determination that he plays with.
03:03 With the second one, probably very boring press conferences that I can produce.
03:12 You had Habert, Rice and Odegaard obviously start in the midfield together for the, I
03:17 believe, first time today.
03:19 What did you make of that trio and how that worked?
03:22 When they play 55 times together, it will be better, it will flow better, they will
03:25 understand each other better and we'll be more dominant and better.
03:30 But things take time to glide, you know, and we have to respect that.
03:35 But I saw a lot of positive things.
03:37 I think that I really like much more than the game that we won against the MSA, although
03:42 the result is very different.
03:45 And then last question at the front.
03:47 Hi, Mikel.
03:48 Would you be able to just tell us what you learnt from today's performance from the boys
03:52 and how it will affect anything going forward in this pre-season?
03:55 That I hate to lose and that we all hate to lose.
03:57 That's the biggest lesson.
03:58 That I don't like losing and I don't like the feeling that I have right now.
04:02 So the boys have to train right now in that piece, thinking how we're going to be better
04:07 to win the next match.
04:10 The striker situation is Eddie and Balogun, are they going to look into staying here at
04:15 home by the end of the window?
04:16 Are you looking to improve in that position?
04:18 Yeah, we had some options up front as well and we wanted to load some players.
04:22 That's why some of the players today didn't have any exposure, but they will have in the
04:25 next game.
04:26 Perfect, thank you very much.
04:27 Thank you.
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