25-26 Premier League Matchday 9 Preview

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Hear from the managers ahead of week eight of the 2025-26 Premier League season including Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta ahead of facing Crystal Palace and Pep Guardiola as Manchester City play Aston Villa Various Locations, UK

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00:00It's a big game for us because last season here we dropped some points and it's the fourth game

00:08in a row that we're gonna play against opponents that we dropped points and this season we've been

00:12able to beat them so it focuses on that. We know that for Epps it's going to be a very special match

00:20with the history and what he did for Palace but the focus is on the team. We know what Palace are

00:27doing, what Oliver has done for the football club and the way they are getting results so it's gonna

00:32be a really tough match but we're gonna play again in front of our crowd and we are confident if we

00:39hit our level we have a big chance to win it. They were much much better than us and the last two

00:44fixtures were playing in Villa Park so no chance they were much much better than us and hopefully

00:52it will be different next Sunday. The admiration I have for tonight is so high.

01:03It's incredibly consistent and well prepared and so smart so it's really good.

01:08I think it's been a difficult moment for all of us. No one is used to losing

01:16for all the players that have played here for so many years

01:19and even for the new players as well because we started the season with seven wins so you start

01:23to lose once that's a difficult moment for everyone but let alone if you lose twice three or four times.

01:29If you lose a few times then you need to keep telling them that that that they are on the right track

01:37if you simply look at judge them on chances conceded chances created but that we are this moment in the

01:45period where if we do one thing one small detail wrong we immediately conceded a goal so we have

01:52to make sure we do we do 10 out of 10 times things perfect. They show since the season start that

01:59they are a very good team they play together they work together they play as a team also in terms of

02:07results they have the same points than us so they are showing how good they are they are doing since they

02:12start and again it's it's premier league game i don't think there is any game that can be easy they are

02:18old if you are game it's going to be a very difficult game i think it's a team um brighton is a team

02:24uh really fun to watch they are really good on build up uh they are really strong on the on transitions

02:31in every aspect of the game they are doing well in set pieces this season so i think they are a team that

02:38um it's really complete uh and we we need to be really smart in to face that game um real with a

02:46real focus on everything that we do uh because they are a very strong team well three points at the

02:52moment sound they don't sound that much but in truth it is it's quite a lot because you know it's so

02:56difficult to gain points in the premier league at the moment you know and it's tight in lots of areas

03:00tottenham have always been ahead of good side wherever i've known always good teams i think thomas has had a

03:05brilliant start started his uh management career at tottenham in a in a good fashion uh so it's tough

03:12game they've got a great away record at the moment but we've also got a pretty good home record

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