Arteta furious after Arsenal see city comeback to snatch 2-2
22/09/2024
Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Uk
22/09/2024
Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Uk
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00:00Hi everyone, if you have a question, thank you, thank you. If you have a question raise
00:19your hand and we'll come to you. We'll kick off with Nick Callow.
00:25Pep was just calling your team one of the best teams in the world and he was happy to
00:29get a point after such a crazy up-and-down game. What's your reflections on it?
00:34They are probably the best team in the world, that's my reaction.
00:37You were talking about your team?
00:39Yeah, I'm talking about his team.
00:42Your thoughts on the game?
00:46We had a very difficult start. In the first 10-15 minutes we were struggling on two occasions
00:50to control certain spaces and we didn't have enough ability to get out of the first 25-30
00:56metres of the pitch, which meant that we never controlled the game. After that we
01:00started to understand better what we had to do, we were much more efficient, we came back
01:05on the game, winning it and we had the best moment. Obviously we were thrown to a context
01:09of the game that makes it almost impossible for 56 minutes. But anyway, we adapted to
01:15that context in the best possible way and the way the team competes is just unbelievable.
01:20I'm so proud of them. You cannot be thrown away in a more difficult situation against
01:27that kind of opponent. The way we deal with it, the way we handle the situation is unbelievable,
01:32I'm so proud of them.
01:33What did you make of the second yellow card?
01:40I prefer not to comment because I've seen it, it's that obvious that I think I'll leave
01:44it to you guys. I was already in big trouble trying to solve what happened on the pitch,
01:49so it's not my problem now to show what happens off the pitch.
01:52But there was another one, wasn't there, featuring Doku?
01:55That's what I'm saying, it's that obvious that I think it's not necessary to comment
02:00it, it's the second time. So I'm expecting 100 Premier League games this season to play
02:0410-11 or 10-10 or 9-10, let's see.
02:13Is the atmosphere in the changing room now more disappointment at what happened at the
02:18end, or is there still a sense of pride?
02:20It was and the boys already got it. They put so much, they put their heart and soul into
02:24every single action and at the end to be punished in the last minute. It was 97, then it was
02:3099. So yeah, they got it. But as well they know that they have made another big step
02:36today, as a team and individuals, to be able to do what they've done today here.
02:40And were Timber and Calafiore okay?
02:44Again, another thing that we have to adapt, they haven't played 90 minutes in this kind
02:47of context for sure, but in the last week what they have to do. But everybody is so
02:51willing to help the team and we will find solutions.
02:55There was some speculation before kick-off that Ben might not have been fully fit. Was
03:00that the case? What does that tell you about the 45-50 minutes he gave afterwards?
03:06We didn't want to, but we had to at some point. I spoke to him yesterday that we wanted
03:11to protect him and he's not going to ever tell you that he's not fit. He will run
03:17through a brick wall for you. The intention was not to try to use him today, but we had
03:23to and we're very grateful because as well he performed extremely well.
03:27There's many instances we could ask you about, but there was a moment right after the City
03:30equaliser where Haaland throws the ball at Gabriel's head, it seems. Any response to that?
03:36Okay, we'll go to the gentleman here.
03:37I was going to ask about the Haaland thing as well. What did you think about the reaction
03:42after the 2-2 goal there?
03:44Sorry?
03:45What did you think about the reaction from Erling Haaland after the 2-2 goal there?
03:48I don't know. I think they exposed their emotions and that's it. Like we did when we scored
03:52our goals.
03:53Happy day?
03:54Hi Miquel. Congrats for your Italian first and then about your Italian player Calafiore.
03:59What do you make of his performance today?
04:02He was great. Again, to have the debut as a start, the first game in the Premier League
04:07in this context, chapeau. He's got so much personality, so much energy, the quality he's
04:12shown today. I'm really impressed with that.
04:16Hi Miquel. Going back to the Trossard's second yellow card, it was for kicking the ball away.
04:20Is that not a fair yellow card? That's the rules of the game, right? So therefore he
04:24should have been sent off?
04:25I prefer not to comment. But if you analyse the situation and how long it takes...
04:31Is that because you feel you're not allowed to have an opinion on something which you
04:36think is unfair?
04:37Sorry?
04:38You don't want to comment?
04:39No, I have. If I want to. And today I don't want to.
04:43James from ESPN, finally.
04:49You mentioned it was 97 minutes, then 98, 99. Was that not a consequence of your team
04:54breaking up the game, effectively time-wasting, trying to slow it down, which everyone understands
04:59is what you were trying to do, to get the win. But is that not a consequence, and did
05:02that not backfire?
05:03If I'm not commenting about the first part, you can understand that I won't comment on
05:07the second part, because there's a consequence one to the other.
05:10Can you explain that again, sorry?
05:12Sorry?
05:13Can you explain that answer again? Sorry, I didn't understand.
05:15If I haven't made a comment about the first action, I'm not going to comment now about
05:20the consequence to acting in a certain way.
05:22Okay, and we'll go finally to James from ESPN.
05:27Hi, Mikel. Do you feel that if that was 11 v 11 for 90 minutes, that you win that game?
05:34I don't know. I have no clue. We will try for sure, but you have to show it in the second
05:39half there. But what I can tell you is 99 out of 100 times you play 56 minutes against
05:46this team with 10 men, you're going to lose, and you're going to lose by a lot of goals.
05:50So given that, even though you didn't get the win that you wanted, you must be able
05:54to take the players and you can take some real self-belief from this for the rest of
05:58the season.
05:59And I do, and I'm so proud of them, and it's unbelievable how we react. But I cannot be
06:04happy because I want to be involved in a game at this level that puts the game in a situation
06:11that we can enjoy it and we can talk about it in a proper way. And we are not talking
06:16about that. It's clear. We haven't asked me one single tactical question.