Arteta on Arsenal's comfortable 2-0 Champions League win at Athletic

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Arteta on Arsenal's comfortable 2-0 Champions League win at Athletic  16/09/2025  uefa25 champions league

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00:00if you have a question raise your hand and we'll come to you if everyone's ready in the room

00:14we'll go to alex from the bbc in the uk hi thank you

00:21yes what an amazing place to play football i must say one of the best atmospheres that

00:31that i've played um a really tough match we knew that the first 20 25 minutes it was going to be

00:38really tough especially the way they play so intense a lot of direct play a lot of jewels

00:42and i think after that we started to grow throughout the game and the second half were much more fluent

00:46dominant and look much more of a threat and at the end the the finishers they made the impact

00:52for us to to win the game and overall very happy

00:59what does it say about the existing players in the squad like leandro trossard and gabriel martinelli

01:04to be able to come off the bench to have that impact that they are at least equally important

01:08or more important and we have discussed that the finishing are going to be more important this

01:12season sometimes than the starters and we can change the game there especially when with the

01:17intensity that we play when teams start to to drop off and i'm very pleased to to see that and piero

01:22comes in plays six minutes the best six minutes he's played christian is the same and that's the attitude

01:27that we need from all of us amy athletic uh hi michael just a word about uh gabby martinelli it hasn't

01:34maybe been the easiest period for him and maybe a little bit of confidence down and some criticism from

01:38outside when you see that kind of response tell us about his character his courage what that shows

01:44about him fully deserve it i adore gabby his attitude his commitment his positivity um what he's willing

01:52to do for the team and uh i don't externally we certainly value all the qualities that he has and

01:57he brings to to the team and i'm so happy that uh today he's decided again for us in with your actions

02:03michael i've seen the players really you know gathered around gabby when he scored gabriel jesus

02:09actually put on his instagram you know that he's really he really thinks he deserves it and that

02:13goal what does it say about your team that they kind of go around a player like that when they have

02:17a moment so good well that's the spirit that's why i really enjoy every single day working with them

02:22and i'm being part of this um this team because the way they look after each other is it's genuine and

02:28they really want the best for each other and and they recognize someone that works every single day

02:33in the manner that gabby does uh and you can go through struggles or through moments and and

02:37recognizing that and having that capacity to to connect with him i think it would mean a lot to him

02:43phil from pa hi michael i guess it's sort of on a similar similar theme but um do you think in a way

02:48that gabby felt he had a sort of point to prove because as it's been touched on it hasn't been the easiest

02:53time for him and do you think that would give him some serious confidence um going forward yeah but i

02:58i was sure that gabby was going to realize that you raise the level to gabby and he was going to do

03:02that he has such a mentality he's a player that is uh he's constantly willing to learn and improve

03:08himself very demanding with himself and that's the moment that hopefully they're going to give him

03:12the confidence again to go because he's he's an outstanding player juan from mocha in spanish

03:18michael felicidades por el triunfo considerando que era un quizás un escenario especial para él

03:24y que era su primer partido champions en el club que tal que te ha parecido el partido de zuby

03:28gracias de zuby como siempre súper estable creo que ha controlado el tempo del partido a medida que

03:36el partido ha avanzado mucho mejor porque ha entendido los espacios que había donde podíamos debilitar

03:42al rival que no nos corrieran sobre todo como había que girarlos y y en general muy bien no sólo de

03:48todo el medio campo creo que hemos sido de menos a más y en el momento nos hemos encontrado con un

03:51poquito más despacio creo que el equipo ha crecido

03:53que es tan trabajadísimo que son muy duros que que tienen clarísimo lo que tienen que hacer que tiene un

04:05entrenador que que les da una identidad y soluciones en las que son muy duros que

04:11tienen clarísimo lo que tienen que hacer que tiene un entrenador que les da una identidad y soluciones en

04:17las que son muy difíciles de resolver y por eso nos ha costado tanto en la primera parte en el momento

04:28que creo que físicamente han bajado un poco y nosotros hemos estado un poquito más estables también con

04:31el balón y hemos viajado más juntos y les ha costado más correr creo que hayan tenido más dificultades pero

04:39en general repito el ambiente espectacular y un equipo que creo que puede competir con cualquiera

04:44lo que es muy feliz porque eso es lo que es muy difícil emocionante

05:00para dejar a los players y saber cuánto quieren jugar en esta competición y lo que significa

05:04para ellos y cada vez que le damos a la linea te vas a desappararar a muchos de los players

05:07pero para tener ese espíritu yo mirando a la mesa y mirando a los ojos y en sus ojos

05:12a los guys i could see that he was ready leo as well and they play with that confident and and that

05:17connection between them as well and really good i think that's going to help us a lot through the

05:22season michael independent hi michael that line about uh finishers can be as important to starters

05:27and what you just said there about disappointing players with the starting lineup is that like a key

05:31message this season given how much competition there is replaces and also is that something you've

05:36picked up from rugby because that uh yes um i did and and i love it because i don't like other words

05:43to describe uh the players and and i think and the again the game is developing they're going

05:48to be more important in many minutes so the quality of the minutes i think is going to dictate

05:53the quality of our season for sure okay last two questions firstly here man here hola michael silvia

06:00para esfera sports me gustaría preguntarte qué sabor de boca te ha dejado samamesh el empuje y si

06:05crees que tiene algo de de importancia y relevancia en la salida que ha tenido el atletic y ese

06:11rendimiento que que ha ofrecido me ha encantado me ha encantado el ambiente me habían hablado del inspirador

06:18creo que es la palabra que que usaría la conexión que tiene la gente la pasión con la que con la que

06:24viven el juego el partido a su equipo y eso es inevitable que esa energía se transmite a los

06:30jugadores y y por eso sabía que iba a ser un partido muy difícil okay and finally as the athletic club

06:35coaches waiting we go to sit from the the guardian um i wanted to carry on a little bit where where

06:40where miguel left off the idea of the the strength in depth the importance of that the role of the players

06:44coming on i want to ask you about managing those players emotionally as you said it's difficult

06:48and every time you choose a team you disappoint them are you having to impart distribute the

06:53minutes to make sure that everyone feels like a participant and and how difficult is it for you to

06:58to confront that part of the job the emotional part of it well i think they know i was very clear

07:03they know how i feel about them so they know that when i have to leave a player on the bench or out

07:09of the squad it hurts me and starting from there is the only thing i can do is my job i have to make

07:14decisions and i have to make decisions based on increasing the probability of winning football

07:19matches and they know that that's the only um the only reason why i'm going to make certain decisions

07:25sometimes right sometimes wrong and and they have to stay by that and they know that if we want to

07:30maintain certain standards they are very responsible not only during matches but in training session the

07:34atmosphere that creates how much they care for each other so all those things are going to be very

07:39critical and all of them they're going to play for sure okay guys thanks very much

07:46i think they are all good i haven't spoken to them but i think they're good yeah thank you

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