23-24 Premier League Preview - Week 33
Hear from the managers ahead of week 33 of the 23-24 Premier League season including Arsenal's Mikel Arteta, Manchester City's Pep Guardiola and Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp as the title race continues to excite
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00:00 What's the team's performance like?
00:08 Well, what they've done obviously since Unai came in, he's made a huge impact at the club
00:13 in terms of performances and consistently unbelievable what they are doing. They're
00:17 still in European competition, they played last night so really impressed with what they've
00:22 done.
00:23 We still have our duty to win our game which is the only thing that we can control. That
00:27 happened a few times already, it's going to happen again in the next few weeks. It's just
00:32 focus on what we can do, what we can control and make sure we perform like we have to do
00:37 against a really good side to try to beat them.
00:39 On Saturday we will start preparing Crystal Palace. So yes, we have to show reaction,
00:44 definitely, 100 per cent, that's clear. But I cannot plan the reaction 20 minutes after
00:51 the game. I have to think from time to time and I will think about that. It's now not
00:55 the first time in my life that I lost a football game, unfortunately. And yes, we will show
01:01 reaction, I can promise.
01:02 The Premier League is so important and I expect a game more similar to what happened in the
01:08 Premier League when we won 2-1 at the end, than the FA Cup. And we have to be ready.
01:15 So it's 11 months, a month fighting for the title. We know the position that we are in,
01:20 that we cannot drop points.
01:22 It's a tough game. They are obviously going through a tough time themselves in terms of
01:29 injuries. Most clubs this year, but probably they have been hurt for a long period. But
01:37 when I watch them, particularly at home, they are still a very, very good side.
01:41 That is the way they play. So they want to fight with you. So it's about making sure
01:50 you go in that fight and you have the confidence, you have the belief and you need to support
01:58 each other to win the battles. To outplay them, to outrun them and defending to match
02:07 the runs.
02:08 The last 7-8 games that we lost in the Premier League, I think for me the most important
02:17 one is to win games. Of course, after the Premier League, we will have a clean sheet
02:24 and not to concede. But at the moment it's about winning games. We need three points.
02:29 Obviously a topsy-turvy style season by their standards. A lot of changes there, a lot of
02:34 changes in culture I'm sure from the way he works. We do it as beaten well at this place
02:40 in the sense we delivered a good performance, but that doesn't guarantee the next one.
02:43 I always make that clear to the players. They are a good outfit. They spent a lot of money
02:47 over the last few years, which everyone knows. They have some quality without doubt. So we've
02:51 got to make sure that we deliver and that's the standard process that I go through with
02:54 the players.
02:55 I wouldn't call it a miracle, but it needs wins. It needs points. We're not necessarily
03:04 able to look forward to any game and say this game we pick and choose, this game is the
03:09 one. Every game is tough for us, but every game offers the opportunity. We don't also
03:14 look at any game as a game where we can't win.
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