Arteta frustrated after Arsenal held at Chelsea
Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal
10/11/2024
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal
10/11/2024
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
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00:00Well, disappointed with the results because I think we deserve more and at the same time
00:09very proud about the team. The way we played here against this opponent in this stadium,
00:14they have battered every opponent here and obviously it wasn't the case today. But after
00:19doing the most difficult thing, scoring the first goal, very disappointed how we conceded
00:23the goal. Nowhere near the standards, our defensive habits, how we allowed it and the
00:28moment you allow the space and time to any of their plays with the quality they have,
00:31you're going to get punished. So that's not bad luck. But then the team shows its teeth,
00:36you know, how much they wanted, they took risks, full determination, put Chelsea under
00:40every problem, were very aggressive, we created three big chances and unfortunately weren't
00:45able to put the ball in the net to win it but I think the team deserved it.
00:48Just on Martin, I think many of us weren't even sure if he'd be in the line-up, to play
00:5390 minutes to the standard he just did.
00:57I don't know any other player in the league that is capable of doing that. After six weeks
01:00out he had a day and a half, 29 and a half, to be able to do it just physically, mentally,
01:07to be connected the way he was with the team, unbelievable.
01:10Tom, Mikel has eight points from winning positions this season, how frustrating is that?
01:16Because you're clearly putting yourselves in a winning position.
01:19Yeah, there's nobody much like us but I think today on that sense and the way we concede
01:23we have to fault ourselves and that's something that we have to certainly do better, especially
01:29when you're not scoring two and three goals, at the moment we are not.
01:33Where does that leave you? I mean it's nine points behind Liverpool, do you feel it's
01:38still a season that is going to follow up?
01:40There's nothing that we can change today about that. What I'm just praying is that after
01:44the international break I have the team fully equipped physically, that they are available
01:49and they are fit because it's been an absolute nightmare for eight weeks, patch after patch,
01:54issue after issue, not only the ones that are not able to play but the ones that are
01:57able to play only for certain moments, only for certain days, not able to train. So I'm
02:03just asking that because the team, the desire that they have and how much we want it is
02:07just no question about that. So it's going to come, we just need that on our side to
02:12be able to be more consistent.
02:13I think it was four games, three games without a win, do you feel that was a step in the
02:20right direction given the manner of the performance?
02:23Today, well it's about winning and about how you perform and against Inter we were much
02:26better than them, 100% and watching it twice back, more convinced about that and today
02:32I think we deserve more. But this is football, the margins are so small so you cannot give
02:35anything to the opponent.
02:38Can I just ask Miquel, how's Rakaio and Declan, will they be able to go on international duty?
02:43It doesn't look good because two players of that importance to tell you that they cannot
02:49continue in the game, obviously it's not good news.
02:51Would you expect them to go on international duty?
02:54Well two players that they just come off. I don't expect them to be fit because if not
02:59they don't come off.
03:00OK, in glasses.
03:03Hi Miquel, Jamie to you. Great game today, it was very competitive, you had a lot of
03:08support from the away fans, but what do you think Arsenal need to do to bridge that gap
03:13now?
03:14Win, win, win, win, win and win, because these guys they don't stop winning, so that's what
03:20we have to do.
03:22Miquel, you've used that phrase showing their teeth quite a lot in the past few weeks about
03:27the players, I was just wondering, is that something you and the coaching staff have
03:30to do as well with all the things, all the circumstances?
03:34Yeah, when it gets nasty show your teeth and show how much you want it.
03:40When it's Disneyland it's very easy, everybody's next to you and telling you how beautiful
03:43you are, when it gets dark and difficult and everybody's questioning it, that's when I
03:48want to see people, that's when I'm always looking around who's going to step in that
03:52boat, yes or no.
03:53OK, last two.
03:54Yeah.
03:55One there.
03:57Regarding Martyn and the national team, as you spoke about on Friday, that you and the
04:02national team and Martyn himself have decided it was right for him to be called up for the
04:08team now, what is your view on this after the game now?
04:11I haven't spoken to the player yet.
04:13But what would you prefer, would you prefer that he got the time to recover here in London
04:20or is it OK to go back?
04:21I will speak to him and then I can tell you what I prefer.
04:24OK, and finally to Arthur here.
04:26What are the reasons for you that your team found it so difficult to score goals right
04:29in the end?
04:30Well, that we don't put the chances away and some of the times we haven't had that determination
04:35inside the box to make it happen.
04:37And we are just hoping that it was to happen, which is something very, very different in
04:42football.
04:43But certainly the team is in the right direction.
04:45That team doesn't do that because I haven't seen any team again like against Inter to
04:48do what we've done today here.
04:50So now we have to transform them into winning matches.
04:53OK, thanks everyone.