Arteta on Arsenal's 3-0 Zagreb win and qualifying for knockout UCL rounds
22/10/2025
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emirates stadium, London, Uk
22/10/2025
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emirates stadium, London, Uk
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00:00Just a reminder, we have the interpretation system for Croatian English.
00:05If you have a question, raise your hand and we'll come to you.
00:08We'll kick off with Jordan from Sunday.
00:10Co, another Champions League win, another clean sheet.
00:13How pleased are you?
00:15Yeah, very happy overall, obviously.
00:17It's a massive step, what we've done tonight, put us in a really strong position.
00:22Before we played the last game in Geneva,
00:25scoring three goals, creating plenty of chances, dominating the game.
00:29And don't consider that shots, and another clean sheet at home.
00:33So overall, very happy.
00:35We've been looking at the table trying to work out
00:37if you're mathematically confirmed, and we don't know.
00:40Do you know? Have you been told?
00:42I haven't had as much time as you probably, so we're struggling with that.
00:46I know that we are in a really, really good position.
00:49A lot of things have to happen.
00:51So still, we have to do our job, go to the donor and try to win the game,
00:56and then we'll have very much sense.
00:58Gary Oscar?
01:00Yeah, I know you've just literally come off the pitch,
01:02done interviews and come in here, and you're not a mathematician,
01:05but Opta...
01:06You don't know.
01:08Well, you need to be.
01:10But Opta, who are, say that Arsenal are 100% sure to be in the Round of 16.
01:18OK.
01:19So I don't know, you don't know, but it sounds pretty promising.
01:22Does that mean you can go ahead and speak to the travel agents
01:25about a warm weather break?
01:27I'm going to ask Opta to speak to them.
01:30I think that's a better idea.
01:32But couldn't have worked out better than I could.
01:35No, it's really good.
01:37And as well, we made certain changes for Fresnel
01:40to give minutes to certain players that they fully deserve them as well.
01:43We had some setbacks yesterday as well,
01:45with the players that we could use tonight.
01:47Three of them, they were on the pitch and they were on the bench,
01:50but not really to be used as well.
01:52So good that we won it, and enjoy it, and then let's go to Wolves.
01:56Sam Telegon?
01:58Mikel, on Declan, do you get the sense in the past few weeks
02:02that he's really kind of hit his stride again?
02:05Is he approaching it?
02:07His intent, his purpose, especially in attacking,
02:10the position he's taking, how he's driving with the ball.
02:13There is another bite to his game.
02:15And today he could have scored two goals.
02:18In the last few weeks he had some big, big open chances to score,
02:21to affect the game.
02:23So overall very happy, because we need to affect the game from those positions,
02:26and he's certainly capable of doing that.
02:28Is that because of the Euros and that niggling foot thing?
02:32It took him a bit of time to hit this...
02:34Yeah, that one, then he had another niggle,
02:36and then the demands of the game.
02:38He's played so much football in the last two years,
02:42and as well on top of that we have moving from one position to the other.
02:45So all the factors, but the good thing with Declan is he's so consistent,
02:49so reliable, he's always there.
02:51And when he can create those sparks, those moments as well in the opposition box,
02:55obviously it's a great thing to have.
02:58Hi, Mikel.
02:59Just on Declan, obviously he rested quite a bit around the turn of the year,
03:02Christmas and the new year.
03:04Was that with the end of January in mind,
03:07or was that just a natural thing because of, as you said,
03:10the load he had over the past couple of weeks?
03:12He needs that like the others.
03:15Sometimes it's related to freshen up,
03:18and sometimes it's related to saying we need another level,
03:21and if not somebody else is going to be there.
03:23So everybody has to be on their toes, and Declan is no different to that.
03:28You can see that when he's fresher and he's in the condition that he is,
03:32he's a big player for us.
03:34Both him and Martin were on the score sheet tonight,
03:37I'm just wondering, goals from midfield feel like they're really important
03:41to this Arsenal side over the past couple of years,
03:43how important will they be in the second half of this season?
03:45Yeah, we know that, and we know in the last two seasons
03:48when we scored that many goals, how we shared those goals,
03:50you could just tell by the reaction of Martin how much it meant that goal to him.
03:54So hopefully now we go and that's going to happen very often.
03:58Simon, just to check with Miles what the situation is,
04:02are you hopeful he's going to be back for the weekend?
04:06I'm not sure, he jarred his knee in the game against Villa,
04:10and he thought he was OK when he finished the game,
04:12the next day it wasn't bad, and then yesterday he wasn't feeling right,
04:15so he started the session and he wasn't feeling good,
04:18so we need some more tests tomorrow.
04:20Hopefully it's nothing big, but games are coming very fast.
04:24Do you need a scan on it?
04:25Yeah, we need to do one.
04:28Hi, Miguel, some more maths.
04:30Kai Havertz has scored 14 goals, 22 games faster than he did reach that time last season.
04:37Is it going under the radar, the improvements he's made on his goals?
04:41Sorry, repeat the stat?
04:42He's got to 14 goals, 22 games faster.
04:45Ah, than the year before, the season before, yeah.
04:48What does that tell us about him?
04:50What do you think about it? Brilliant.
04:52I think it shows he's improving.
04:54He shows the perspective against the reality sometimes,
04:57you know, that's what it shows.
04:59Good stat.
05:00Yes, Sam?
05:01He's only back from injury a few weeks ago,
05:04how promising is it that he's been able to bounce back so quickly?
05:07And obviously if you're forward line it gives you more options.
05:10Yeah, for sure, great to have him.
05:12He's been training really good the last few days,
05:14he's adapting to the position,
05:16you can tell straight away the strength that he generates,
05:19how he convinces people, the kind of ball that he can put
05:22from these areas as well, so really good to have him back.
05:25We need options, we need threat, we need competition there,
05:28so great to have him.
05:30Ed Guardia?
05:31If you do get through and play a playoff
05:34and you manage to get on the training camp,
05:37how important could it be for your squad
05:39to have a bit of time away and refresh at that time of year?
05:42Yeah, if we end the right to do that, that would be great,
05:44because obviously it's been a super busy schedule
05:47with a lot of demands and with things that happen,
05:50even more demands, especially on the players.
05:52So if we can achieve that, that would be great.
05:55We'll just take a call from a Croatian journalist.
05:59Can you just tell us a few words about Dinamo's side?
06:02Did you maybe expect them to be a little bit more dangerous?
06:05No, we didn't know, obviously,
06:07until yesterday we didn't really know,
06:09we prepared the game especially with two different formations,
06:12because it's what the manager has done in the past,
06:15but it's true that they were more focused on 4-3-3
06:18when we watched sets and games lately,
06:21but they were friendly, so expecting them to come here,
06:24I was more inclined that they were going to play with a back five.
06:27And then they tried, they generated some issues as well for us,
06:30because they moved quite a lot the structure,
06:32they did some clever things, and, yeah, that's good, we won the game.
06:36Congratulations. Did you maybe spoke with Fabio Cannavaro?
06:40Please, coach, give us something juicy after this.
06:43No, I just...
06:45I just say hello to him and wish him the best,
06:50he's someone that I admire a lot as a player,
06:53not only for the player and the career,
06:55but the presence that he has and the way he behaves,
06:58and you can see him in the touchline as well.
07:00And I like what he did,
07:02he did some very clever things to cause us problems,
07:06so, nothing, wish him all the best.
07:09OK, thanks very much.