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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reflects on their 2-1 win at home to Chelsea in the PL

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00:13Hi everyone, we're going to get round to everyone because Shaq is going to be on his way,
00:16so raise your hand and come to as many as possible.
00:18Tom Canton from Liverpool.
00:20Michael, on Monday night you called that a squad victory.
00:23Do you feel like this was similar to that?
00:25I think it was an exceptional performance.
00:27I think I enjoyed every minute of it from the beginning to the end.
00:31The beginning was tough, but I enjoyed it because the team reacted in a spectacular way.
00:38The conviction, the determination, the quality, the intent to help them constantly, it was beautiful.
00:46It was a fascinating game, I think, for the spectator as well.
00:50I think we deserve to win the game, which I'm really pleased with, obviously.
00:53You've not considered a goal yet this season until that Rodgers goal.
00:56What did you learn in those moments when you couldn't go a goal down at home in such a big
00:59game?
00:59There are something that we do badly in that goal that we discussed before,
01:03but credit to them as well that from that ball in the air,
01:06somebody's able to put the ball very close to the post and score against David,
01:10which is not easy.
01:12After that, I think the crowd was incredible.
01:15Again, I think the atmosphere we generated in the stadium was so inspiring as well,
01:20and it's so helpful.
01:21It feels like a big win for us.
01:25You've created so many chances in the game, apart from the scoreline.
01:29On another day, that could have been a much wider scoreline.
01:32At Chelsea, they've been tipped by some to be title challengers.
01:35On the basis of today, is that an early mark for the rest of the league?
01:39What are some capable of this season?
01:41I think it's an indication for us of how capable we are to perform
01:45at an even higher level than last season.
01:48It depends on if we maintain and sustain that desire, that humbleness,
01:51and continue every day to try to find a better version of myself and the team.
01:56We still have a lot to grow and a lot to offer,
01:59and this is the ambition of the team.
02:01Did you come to tackle Morgan Rodgers in the second half?
02:05Very English tackle.
02:06The crowd reacted immediately.
02:07You guys love that more than I could sometimes.
02:10It was great, obviously.
02:12While Esprit's done, I think he played 11 minutes,
02:14he had five or six training sessions.
02:15The way he played tonight against this opponent,
02:18playing man-to-man against João Pedro,
02:20it was phenomenal.
02:23Michael, it's only Arsenal and City now already.
02:26You've got 100% record after three games.
02:28Only two teams have won their three matches.
02:30Is that an indication of just how hard the league is going to be this year?
02:33It's going to be super hard.
02:34The margin is that you win games.
02:37We've seen that.
02:38We went to Villa Park a few days ago,
02:40and it was a really tough one.
02:42Today again, we will go to Sunderland,
02:45and it will be again so, so tough.
02:47Every week is going to be like this,
02:49but that's what we prepare for.
02:50Amy Athletic.
02:52Hi, Nicole.
02:53Just a word about Martin Herregard.
02:55When he's in that kind of mood orchestrating in that way,
03:00I'm trying to find the words here,
03:02but he did have a few difficult periods in the last couple of years.
03:06What do you think has changed for him,
03:08that he now feels physically, mentally more free to take games?
03:14Well, first of all, that it's fit.
03:18He feels confidence-wide.
03:20I think one of the highest that I've seen him,
03:22and he has a point to prove from last season as well,
03:25and after missing so much football.
03:26When that happens, Kai is the same.
03:29Bukayo is the same.
03:29We missed so many attacking players last season for long, long periods,
03:33and I don't know how many times they played together those two in the last year or so,
03:37but probably not much.
03:38And when you start to feel the chemistry they have between them
03:41and what they can produce, it's great.
03:44But for me, he gets to that point because he's enjoying his football.
03:47And when you are there and you have to enjoy what you do,
03:50you have to play with real intent,
03:53and that's what I love seeing today.
03:55He was running forward, he took shots,
03:57he created so many situations for his teammates,
04:00so it was great.
04:03You just mentioned Kai there,
04:05but he looks like he's in really great shape.
04:07Maybe since the summer of the World Cup,
04:09was that really good for him?
04:10Had he come into this season a different?
04:12For Kai.
04:13Yeah, he looks, again, he looks happy.
04:18He looks set-to, he looks happy.
04:20In his personal life, some great things have happened as well.
04:23He feels fit, he's training every day,
04:24he has this routine right now, and he's scoring goals.
04:28And not only that, but he's doing an amazing work for the team.
04:31Nick Hayes?
04:32In the build-up of the game,
04:34you were being asked why you didn't sign more attacking players,
04:36for the circumstances,
04:38but also to remind you that you've got some free players in-house already.
04:42Is that what you were referring to as a try?
04:46No, I think, well, it's no question that we have some great players,
04:51you know, and we really believe in them,
04:53and can they improve?
04:55Yes, I can improve the first one,
04:56and they can have another version of themselves
04:59that is even better than anything that we've seen.
05:01And if the team is better and the players are better,
05:04everybody's going to be benefiting from it,
05:06and that's the objective that we have.
05:08OK, we did last two, Sam from Sky and then James Cedric.
05:10Can I get a quick update on Christian Mosquera?
05:13Yeah, so he had a muscular issue,
05:15and we think it's not too much,
05:18but we need to wait and see in the next few days how this evolves.
05:23OK, and James Cedric.
05:24OK, I'll just leave it back on Martin.
05:26You said he feels like he's got a point to prove.
05:28Is some of that about the goals, Ali?
05:29Because I think you've gone from one off-season
05:31to scoring the same goal twice in a month or hour, honestly.
05:34Yeah, a point to prove is in everything, I think, first of all,
05:38because he demands himself so much.
05:41He wants to be the best at everything and perfect at everything.
05:43and being imperfect in certain things have been so efficient in other things,
05:47he's great as well,
05:48and he's playing with real joy,
05:50and he was phenomenal today.
05:54OK, thank you.
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