‘It can’t all come from the manager’ – Martin Keown on how Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal can become winners
I wish I was a fly on the wall in the Arsenal dressing room at half-time on Sunday because I think a lot of the difference between their first and second-half performance was down to the kind of motivation from the manager that I am talking about. It was the same at Anfield last week,...
Mikel Arteta says he is “unsatisfied and upset” that Arsenal are finishing another season without a major trophy. The Gunners manager delivered a powerful and emotional speech as he addressed fans at Emirates Stadium after Sunday’s 1-0 win over Newcastle – Arsenal’s final home match of the season. The result guarantees Arsenal a place in...
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says his side were “nowhere near” the standards that are required during their 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the Premier League. MATCH REPORT: Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal Watch Match of the Day 2 on BBC iPlayer. Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
However, the Spaniard stood by his claims after the second leg that Arsenal have been the best team in the competition this season. “One hundred per cent,” he added. “I’m watching it back, I’m watching all the statistics. “And when you look at the important stats that normally give you the best platform to win...
The Gunners started superbly and, after Declan Rice headed wide from close range, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard forced Donnarumma into fine saves. Saka also forced the PSG keeper into another excellent stop in the second half as Arsenal finished the match with an expected goal ratio of 3.14. “When you analyse both games, who...
Mikel Arteta says there is “no better team in the competition than Arsenal” after being knocked out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain. WATCH MORE: Frattesi scores extra time winner to put Inter through to finals Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Mikel Arteta believes timing is the reason Arsenal have not managed to win as many trophies as they would have liked over recent seasons. The Gunners will seek to keep alive their last hope of winning silverware this season by overturning a 1-0 first leg deficit against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday (20:00 BST) to reach...
MOTD Champions League analysis: Pundits discuss Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta’s behaviour against PSG
Rory Smith, Julien Laurens and Stephen Warnock discuss how Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta’s “remonstrating and demonstrations” may have “set the tone” for the Gunners’ “nervous” first-half performance against PSG. WATCH MORE: Champions League highlights – Arsenal 0-1 PSG Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says his side will have to “do something special in Paris” if they are to reach the Champions League final following defeat in their semi-final first leg. Ousmane Dembele’s early strike at the Emirates leaves the Gunners needing to overturn a one-goal deficit against Paris St-Germain in the second leg at...
Arsenal’s run to the Champions League semi-finals has been a “beautiful story” but the Gunners “want much more”, says manager Mikel Arteta as they prepare to host Paris St-Germain. Arteta said Tuesday’s first leg (20:00 BST) is “one of the biggest games the Emirates Stadium has seen”, and called on fans to “play every ball...
Arteta was thrilled with the way his players kept up their levels four days after sealing a Champions League semi-final place with a victory over Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. “I think the first 35 minutes is one of the best 35 minutes we played this season,” Arteta said. “We scored two goals [in the...
Mikel Arteta praises his side’s dominant performance as well as the “energy and commitment from the crowd” as Arsenal secure a 3-0 win over Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie at Emirates Stadium. MATCH REPORT: Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
A game that lacked any real flow ended 1-1 – Leandro Trossard opening the scoring for Arsenal before Everton hit back via Ndiaye’s coolly taken penalty immediately after the break. But there were question marks as to whether a foul should have been given when Lewis-Skelly and Harrison came together in the box. The Premier...
One of the first players to take Arteta under his wing was Pochettino, who the Spaniard has since described as his “big brother” and “football father”. The Argentine, 10 years his senior, also arrived in January 2001 after leaving La Liga side Espanyol and struck up a close bond with his new team-mate as they...