23-24 Premier League Preview - Week 5
Hear from all the main managers ahead of Week 5 of the 23-24 Premier League season including Mikel Arteta and Sean Dyche on Arsenal v Everton and Pep Guardiola on his return to the dugout as Manchester City face West Ham
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00:00 We're really excited about it, obviously. First ever and that's the only one that we
00:10 have in mind. Obviously our record speaks for itself. The last six years we haven't
00:16 won there, so we're going to have to earn it. We know that we're going to have to be
00:20 at our best to beat them there and it's something that we haven't managed to do, so that's where
00:25 we're going to start.
00:26 The oddest thing so far this season has been the actual performance level against the points
00:31 on the board. We want the performance level to stay high. Some of what we learned from
00:35 that, although each season is different, each team tweaks what they do, the basic structure
00:40 of the team has to be good of course. The work ethic of the team has to be good against
00:43 all sides, but particularly sides like Arsenal. Like I say, apart from the lead-up, which
00:48 I can't disguise, but the actual performance levels have been really high.
00:51 I think the season will start right now, when it started after the first international break.
00:56 The transfer window is over and it's good to start in the position that we had in the
01:01 Premier League, for the fact we made 4-4, winning the European Super Cup. But the real
01:07 season, I would say the season will start right now, for a lot of competition, the Champions
01:12 League, Carabao Cup and the Premier League. So that's why, yeah, go for it.
01:17 I love to play them, because it's typical. We had two great games in spring against them.
01:26 You saw it was really head-to-head, we know we have to play tomorrow to our best, because
01:31 they will let you sacrifice and suffer, but also it gives you a lot of options. So I'm
01:38 really looking forward to going into that fight.
01:40 If you ask me now, is there any away ground where you like to go and think, "Oh, my God,
01:44 we have the point already"? There is none. But it was for sure not, as well. I have to
01:48 say, I know they had now... Manhattan was unsure, the manager didn't want to lose Matthias
01:56 Juniors late in the window. They lost a few key players. So, yeah, we expect a massive
02:03 fight and that's what we have to be ready for.
02:06 I want to win. We need to win. And the players need to feel that the pressure is from ourselves.
02:12 I think it's still too early to give up or to say we are not going to achieve the objectives
02:21 that we were talking about from the beginning. For me, it's about to keep going and believe,
02:28 even if the results are not the results that we wanted.
02:31 We've got to be really disciplined tomorrow in not veering away from our principles and
02:36 not getting drawn away from the kind of team and the kind of football we want to play.
02:40 And it's not easy because, like I said, they're going to make it difficult for us. They're
02:44 going to try and frustrate us. We're going to have to be really at our best in terms
02:49 of our focus on what's important for the game tomorrow. So, it'll be a good challenge.
02:53 [Music]