25-26 Premier League Matchday 13 Preview

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Hear from the managers ahead of week 13 of the 2025-26 Premier League season including Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta and Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on this Sunday’s top of the table clash Various Locations, UK

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00:00It's a big London derby. We're going to play a really, really good opponent. They are in really

00:08good form and yeah, we know the challenge, we know the opportunity that we have as well

00:14on Sunday, so we are fully ready for it. I think we are all there and they are there because they

00:19fully deserve where they are, what they have done in the last few years. I think the squad that they

00:24assembled, the numbers that they have, the amount of quality, the manner and the coaching staff

00:29that they have, you know, it makes sense that what is happening there is very, very positive

00:34and they deserve to be there. They defend fantastic. Any teams against them, they struggle to score

00:42goals, not only to score goals, but even to create chances. So it's a team that they defend,

00:47they defend very well, then they have weapons when they attack. So I think it's, as you said,

00:53in this moment they are top in the Champions League, they are top in the Premier League

00:56and we're going to try our best to win the game. There's a lot of pressure if you work

01:01or play at a top club and even more so if you start losing more games than this club or this

01:08players or this manager is used to. So then there's always pressure. But there was a lot of pressure

01:13last season as well for us to win the league. It's a tough team to beat at the moment, West Ham, which

01:18was different maybe than the beginning of the season, but we face them now. Yeah, we definitely need to be

01:23ready for a challenge because that's what they will give us, because they know, of course,

01:29after our recent run of results, that that's probably different for them to play against us

01:35now than it was three or four months ago. I know the distance is already there and

01:41Arsenal is so strong. We see it game by game in the Premier League and the other ones and start to see

01:48how it's getting better, getting better as a team and we see. The Premier League is always like that,

01:53you are able to make good runs of results but at the end you can make bad results and continue

01:58because the opponents are tough, every opponent is really prepared, they have long weeks to prepare

02:02and so it's so demanding, so you have to be ready. I think Newcastle is a tough game,

02:09I think a tough game for them. You see their performance against Manchester City last week,

02:14how well they've done to get a win there, so it will not be an easy game. I think they've been in

02:18the Champions League now for two or three years. I think they've done remarkably well to what they've

02:24done and I know that they've got ownership and they've maybe got the funds to do so, but you still

02:30have to be able to do it and I think they've done a great job at Newcastle.

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