00:00Some football news now for some of London's top teams, with Mikel Arteta speaking on Victor Jokerez and Eberici Eze's form so far this season.
00:09Before that, though, Chelsea manager Liam Rossinia has said he doesn't have a best 11, but instead hailed his whole squad and the importance of rotation.
00:19Here's what the Blues boss had to say.
00:21I can't speak for other managers in terms of myself. I don't have a best 11. I never have done in all of the clubs that I've worked with. Why?
00:30Because the demands, the physical demands of the Premier League or Liga or the Championship now with 46 games, you need a squad and you need to use the players in the correct way to challenge over the course of the season.
00:42I can't speak for other managers if they have a best 11. Here at the moment, I've been in for three and a half weeks. I'm just getting to know the players.
00:49I don't have a best 11 in my mind. I try and pick the right starting team, but I also try to pick a bench that will give us the right finishing team as well.
00:57So far, I have to say the substitutes in every game that we've played have made a huge impact. It's not down to my tactical stuff. There's some part of that, but it's down to their mentality to come on and help the team.
01:09Arsenal have had a great season so far, competing on all fronts. However, their forward players haven't been prolific as of yet.
01:19Their top scorer, Victor Jocheres, has just six goals in this Premier League season so far, 14 less than Manchester City's Erling Haaland.
01:27Despite this, the Swede has seen a recent uptick in form. Here's what Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta had to say.
01:33Yes, well, his all-around play and performances, I would say. He's been much more consistent in actions and consecutive actions, especially.
01:44His defending inputs have been terrific from the beginning, but attacking-wise, understanding his movements, the timings of his runs,
01:51the presence and movements at the box has been much better.
01:54And then he's been more prolific, certainly, in front of goal to help us to win more games.
01:57Goals are goals. I know that we prefer the beautiful ones on YouTube, but they are all very important and the ones that he scored recently are very much the same.
02:09The signing of Eberiche, Eze had fans in North London excited at the start of the season, but other than his North London derby hat-trick, he has been fairly quiet.
02:18Arteta said the player is capable of magic moments, but that he needs to be more consistent across the game.
02:24You have to impact the game consistently throughout 96 minutes at this level.
02:29And any phase, any action is the most important action.
02:32And on top of that, you have to be able to add other values.
02:37In his case, he's very, very, very good and unique at creating those magic moments.
02:42So that's the demands of each player.
02:44Able to adapt to different positions.
02:46I think in the last few weeks he had more consistency in one position.
02:49And just trying to understand as well, those relationships where he's more comfortable, where he can impact more the game in relation to the opponent.
02:57And that's where we are.
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