Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta previews their Premier League match at home to West Ham.

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00:00Did you get that heavy look at it?

00:02Yeah.

00:03Everything.

00:04Yeah, believe me, we looked at everything and what's in our size,

00:10what are the things that we can predict better, tweak and improve,

00:16and there is a lot of randomness in an injury that we don't know.

00:20Sometimes I've been with a player that I wanted to put a finger into something

00:23that it was very clear, and then I realised three months later

00:27that he had a problem with his wife, or he didn't sleep with his kid for three days,

00:31and then he got injured.

00:32And I said, I've been scratching my head for one month trying to do that,

00:35and then I found out that this was the real reason.

00:38It's a lot of factors we're trying to control, dominate and be aware of,

00:43what we can predict, but then, unfortunately, this is sport, football and life,

00:48and it's not that easy.

00:49With him, is there anything that's aligned with?

00:52Well, there was a few things,

00:55as well with a very specific action,

00:57we have three very similar actions with three injuries,

00:59two groins and one hamstring,

01:01which is, there is a push when people are trying to accelerate.

01:04So, to replicate that in training,

01:06especially when you play every three days, is very, very difficult,

01:09but there is a programme to try to reproduce things like that,

01:14even if they are not at the highest level, like in football matches.

01:19You mentioned off the field sort of stuff.

01:20I remember, I think it was Giggs who got someone to change the car seats,

01:24because they were affecting the hamstring club,

01:27some years ago.

01:28You know, that's something crazy,

01:30but have you looked at that sort of thing as well?

01:32I can look at that, but for example, Gaby Magallás gets injured,

01:35and a lot of people will say, okay, he comes from Brazil and does that,

01:39but Gaby had to change 50 metres backwards against Adama Traore.

01:44Gaby Magallás, for example, when he got injured in his hamstring,

01:47he had to track 50 metres backwards,

01:49and the one he was chasing was Adama Traore.

01:51If instead of Adama Traore, that was Emil, with all respect,

01:55probably he doesn't pull his hamstring,

01:57because the last time he went to 33-34 kilometres an hour was six weeks ago,

02:02so he didn't have any exposure there.

02:04Can I train that there? I think I can't.

02:07But the game can take you to these circumstances,

02:10and maybe before that you had to do two very explosive actions,

02:13or maybe none, and that's the moment where the muscle and tendon react or not.

02:19I was talking about, you said you can't replicate it.

02:22Is there a way?

02:23Can you try and push them harder to try and replicate that in the game,

02:28like the compounding start to pull power?

02:32Yeah.

02:33The thing is that you have to replicate all the previous actions.

02:36You have to replicate the emotion, the stress level, your cortisol level,

02:39your mental state, the result, impossible.

02:44You can't replicate the specific action,

02:45but that doesn't mean that you are replicating the context.

02:48Yeah?

02:49I can replicate to go and say,

02:51I predict that these shares are going to go up 3%.

02:54That's great.

02:55But would you put the money in real,

02:57or would you go online and do it?

02:58It's very different.

02:59And it's his 200 appearance,

03:04he's only 133 away from breaking the all-time last

03:09and privilege record, which is from very far.

03:11I mean, pretty close to that.

03:14133.

03:15It's a lot, but I mean, the numbers that Bukayo has at his age

03:26are already astronomical, so that's great.

03:30But do you think it's because he's only 24 and players now are so young,

03:34but the players that play 600, 700, 800 in the games of their careers,

03:38it's going to become the norm?

03:39Yeah, I think so.

03:40Yeah.

03:41If they can sustain that level and still they are so professional,

03:44like Bees, and so reliable, they will reach those figures for sure.

03:48Finally, to John.

03:49Hi, Michael.

03:50Hi.

03:51Thomas Tuchel has left Jim Bellingham out as England's squad

03:55because he said he's just going back from injury.

03:58He's brought Bukayo back and he hasn't finished the game yet.

04:02Are you concerned that maybe he should have been left out as well?

04:06Do you think he's come up from injury?

04:08No, because Bukayo played, he played 45 against City,

04:12they played Port Vale 60, 70 under the night he plays.

04:17He's played four games now and he's a really good place

04:20and I guess he's available for the national team.

04:22You could also say that with Miles and with Scully,

04:27that he doesn't play, then that's going to be left out of the squad.

04:34Is that obviously you've got your...

04:36That's pressure for me.

04:37Yeah.

04:38I'm just going to get up.

04:39Thanks, Thomas.

04:40Hopefully he plays a lot and he plays at the level that he's been playing with us

04:46and he can enjoy the national team and the World Cup.

04:49Is that something you ever think about?

04:51For sure, because I want the best for my players

04:55and having the chance to play in a World Cup is something

04:58that I don't want to take out from anybody, for sure.

05:01Yeah.

05:02Thank you very much.

05:04See you tomorrow.

05:06See you.

05:07Good evening.

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