Arteta on Eze's Hat Trick against North London Rivals

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta on Eze's Hat Trick against North London Rivals  23/11/2025  Emirates Stadium, London, UK

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00:00It was an incredibly impressive victory that they were reaching, and what was the story?

00:07Well, a great day. We enjoyed, I enjoyed every minute of it, from the preparation,

00:13since the moment that the players come back from international duty.

00:17I sense a feeling that they wanted to be together again, that they were ready for a fight,

00:22they were ready for a big week, and the preparation was tough.

00:26Then you have to deliver it, obviously, with the energy that our people brought to the stadium.

00:31It made a huge difference. I think, individually, the players were exceptional from the minute one.

00:36We were super dominant in almost every phase of the play.

00:39So, yeah, a day to remember. You don't win a Derby 4-1 every time,

00:44and hopefully we made a lot of Arsenal supporters very proud and happy.

00:49Could you sense that Eze really wanted to kind of almost own this occasion?

00:53Because, I mean, the Arsenal Spurs rivalry reached the sort of freedom in the sun,

00:58but his kind of statement performance in those goals...

01:01Things happen for a reason, and after the international duty, he had two days off,

01:06and after one day he wanted to train, and he wanted to improve,

01:10and he wanted to do extra practice.

01:12And he was asking me questions about this and that.

01:14And when a player has such a talent, and his desire is at that level,

01:18then these things happen.

01:20And he fully deserves that. I'm so happy for him,

01:22because since the day that he came, he brought something else to the team.

01:25Certain joy, certain aura that this team needed,

01:28and now hopefully we'll give him a lot of confidence to him and the team,

01:32and at any moment he can win us a game.

01:34And that's the ability that he has, and he certainly needs to fulfil that talent.

01:38Tom, Football London.

01:40I'm Mikel, it's felt like one of Leo's best performances as well,

01:44and with so much noise and talk around him in the summer,

01:47and then taking a game like that by the Scroft,

01:50it really felt like he took things to a new level.

01:52Yeah, for me no, because for me it was forbidden for him to live.

01:56No chance, I know the player that he is, and surrounded with the players that we have,

02:00he's a player that is going to make a difference for us.

02:02I fully agree, it was one of the best games,

02:04so aggressive with that we've done the ball, so effective,

02:08he could have scored another one or two goals,

02:11and he was involved in so many positive actions.

02:13So that's what we need.

02:14As I said, I think individually the players were excellent today.

02:17James, CBS?

02:19Mikel, could you just reflect on Ebert's quality of just pulling the trigger?

02:22He takes a lot of shots and maybe, was that something you were missing last season?

02:26Someone who just sort of sees the ball and hits the ball?

02:28Yeah, and it doesn't have to be perfect.

02:30It can be right, left, ball on the ground, bouncing,

02:33ball at this height and he takes it.

02:35And he has such a quality and capacity to finish actions in different ways

02:40that we need to play very close to the box,

02:43because apart from that obviously, for example,

02:45the ball that he put to Declan in the second minute I think it was,

02:48to play him through and create a big chance is exceptional.

02:51We need to play him in his qualities,

02:53the more he spends time there, the better for the team.

02:56Ed, Guardian?

02:57Just on Ebbs, he's obviously had an amazing year,

03:00won the FA Cup for Palace and has got his dream move.

03:03Do you sense in him a sort of desire to keep going,

03:06keep achieving stuff and winning things?

03:08Yeah, well that's what he showed from the beginning.

03:12And when he picked up the phone, I remember last summer,

03:15he said he wanted to play for us and he wanted to be part of this team.

03:20You can really sense that.

03:22And hopefully he can enjoy today and tomorrow he's ready for Bayern Munich.

03:27You talked before about the importance of capitalising on the weekend

03:31to where your rivals lose.

03:33I mean, just how important is this result in the context of Liverpool and City?

03:37Yeah, and especially after the Sunderland game,

03:39that at the end we lost two points in the last kick of the game, basically.

03:43And we went to the international break with that bitter feeling

03:47because we didn't concede any goals and we had ten straight wins

03:51and we wanted to get back to earning that momentum again

03:54and the London Derby and today's performance.

03:57It's a good start.

03:58Six points clear, what does that mean?

04:01In this league? Not much.

04:03That we are doing really well, that we've been really consistent

04:05and that's it.

04:06I mean, when you look at the results, whether they win or lose,

04:10the difference in the scoreline and actually what happens in games

04:14is really small.

04:15We know that we need players back immediately today.

04:19We got Noni back on the pitch, which is great,

04:22but we're still missing a lot of important players

04:24and we're going to need all of them.

04:26The good news is that we lost Big Gabi, which for us is a massive blow,

04:30and Piero comes in and I think he was fantastic from the beginning.

04:33David from Desert Cassidy.

04:35Hi.

04:36When you look at the team

04:38and you look at the performances you guys are continuing to put on,

04:41what are you most happy about?

04:44What do you think is making the difference between you and the rest of the group so far?

04:48Well, I don't know.

04:49From looking at our team, it's the application, it's the energy,

04:53it's the desire to be the best version of themselves every single day.

04:58That's what I sense.

05:00And some days we are better and some other times not that good.

05:04But the willingness and the desire to win and be there,

05:07it's without a question for me the biggest attribute for this team.

05:11And finally from Frida from Absandadis.

05:13Interesting movement from Michael Marina on the pitch.

05:16How important was his performance today?

05:18Yes, I think it was incredible again.

05:22And we are asking him to feel as a nine and he's not a nine

05:26and to do a lot of the things that a nine has to do.

05:29But he's such an intelligent player and his work ethic

05:33and his desire to contribute and make others better is that big.

05:37And at the end those performances give you all the right reason to continue to trust him.

05:42And finally again from Mikel.

05:44Just on Mikel Marino, do you get irritated when he's described as defensive given that?

05:51I don't know.

05:53A defensive nine.

05:55Okay, well, thanks a lot.

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