Guardiola & Arteta's relationship in their own words ahead of Man City's trip to Arsenal in the Premier League
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00:00 His influence on me was great, was massive, was so important to become a better manager.
00:06 I feel gratitude, first of all, because he inspired me as a player, and he inspired me and gave me the opportunity as a coach.
00:19 What I've learned mostly is that you have to be ruthless and you have to be consistent and you have to fit every day the culture of the club to create a winning mentality.
00:31 His work rate is incredible. How inspirational he is to people is incredible.
00:35 When you have dreams, you cannot stop it, so you have to follow your dreams.
00:41 Of course, I wish him all the best, so the results, I'm pretty sure he's going to do an excellent job.
00:47 We had a dream to do something in England with Pep that people say, "Ah, you cannot do it, it's impossible, you will get bullied."
00:57 And we did it in the way we believed we could do it, you know, and that's so fulfilling.
01:03 And we share that feeling for the rest of our lives, the moment that we live together.
01:12 He was an incredibly important part of our success in the last years. He was an important person for us. He helped us to be who we are.
01:21 If I have to talk about the person who he is, his values, the way he's treated me and how he treats the players and the staff around him, he's phenomenal.
01:38 Sometimes I think the manager is crazy to do the job.
01:42 They trust a lot of Mikel because they spend money to reinforce the team, to do it better.
01:52 And it's just two games.
01:55 Why don't you give a little bit more chance to the teams to build what you want to build?
02:03 I think we have been very clear, probably more clear than ever to try to explain what the club is trying to do, what we are trying to do.
02:11 And now it's to try to do it in the best possible way while everybody is understanding, but knowing that at this club only one thing is acceptable, and it's to be the best.
02:29 I would prefer to do it with someone else, to be fair, because I want the best for him. So it's a strange feeling. It's what it is.
02:36 We knew it, that when he was here, his ability, capacity and everything. And I think it's the biggest compliment for Arsenal as well.
02:45 So for the hierarchy, for the sport director, for the club, for the back in the bad moments.
02:50 That's not going to change any friendship, the moments that we have, how important he is in my life, how important he is in my profession.
02:59 But we are both willing to win and defend our clubs in the best possible way. And that's always been the case since day one.
03:05 We failed, I failed, but as soon as one team could offer him to be a manager, he would leave.
03:13 I feel gratitude, first of all, because he inspired me as a player, and he inspired me and gave me the opportunity as a coach.
03:20 I remember that when we were together here, when we scored a lot of goals with our opponents, he would always jump and celebrate.
03:27 Except one team. One team, every time I scored a goal, I jumped and came back, he was sitting there. It was Arsenal.
03:35 So in that moment I said, "That guy, that guy likes Arsenal."
03:39 Do you have to think about whether he might do something completely left field again like that?
03:44 Yes, and he does that normally in big games and against big teams, and he's done it this season as well.
03:49 Do you look at Mikel and think, "There's a mini me"?
03:52 I dress better.
03:53 Can you see a lot of your characteristics in him?
03:56 Zero. All the success and good things and bad things, Mikel's belongs to him. He's genetic, and mum and dad have given to him, not me.
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