🗣️Mikel Arteta says Kai Havertz was ill before the #Arsenal vs Tottenham game: 'Kai was sensational in all departments today. He was ill before the match. He was really struggling and still he put the performance that he put in. I thought he was unbelievable today.’ 👏 ❤️
🔴⚪️ Mikel Arteta on Raya: “We are lucky to have David because he made an individual error but after the way he played… Outstanding!”.
“He said I own this moment and I’m going to make a step forward and he was magnificent”.
Bukayo Saka:
"Maybe last season that could've ended up in a draw, but today we showed that we have experience now and we can come here and get 3 points even when it's crunch time.
So delighted for it."
🗣️| Bukayo Saka on getting kicked/knocks: “It is not nice. But it’s part of it. The hunger to win keeps me going. That is why I keep getting up. I am physically much stronger than I was four or five years ago.
“For each tackle, I have more experience in terms of which ones to go for and which ones to jump, to try to avoid a big tackle. So I am much smarter, as well as physically stronger than I was.”
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🗣️| Gary Neville on the NLD: “Arsenal's big moment of the season is this game on Sunday. This one has so much riding on it at the weekend. Arsenal go to that stadium and they have got to go and play… I was there a few years ago when there was a battle for the UCL spot and Tottenham did Arsenal over.
“However, it's a very different Arsenal going there on Sunday. They are robust and resilient now, but this will be a test, just like Liverpool had at Everton. Arsenal cannot be shocked on Sunday.”
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🗣️Gary Lineker on Arsenal ⭐️ Kai Havertz: "Kai is not just a nine that drops deep and just wants to be involved in the play, even though he does do that. He's also good at getting behind defenders, I think that's really important for Arsenal because of the way they play.
"It stops teams playing really high, so they have to drop off because of the fact that he will threaten them in behind.
"Kai plays it as well as anyone has played it this season, certainly in the Premier League. Particularly in the last few months, it took him a little bit of time to adapt to life at Arsenal."
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Mikel Arteta confirms Jurrien Timber will not make the Arsenal squad for the north London derby.
🗣️ “Apart from Jurrien [Timber] it’s going to very close that we are going to have everyone available.”
Thomas Partey on Kai Havertz: “He’s a great player. He’s working a lot and everyone can see the work he’s putting in. He deserves everything he gets.”
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🗣 Jounralist Barney Ronay:
"Martin Ødegaard was sublime, such an odd mix of roughhouse pressing and wonderful surgical passing, like being hounded to death by a poet."
🗣️| Eddie Nketiah ahead of the NLD: “I want to push and help, not just me, everyone wants to finish strong and have something to celebrate at the end of the season.
“Arsenal tend to do a bit better in the derbies so I’ve seen a lot of wins, I’ve played in a few myself and it was quite memorable the one I started in last season.
“The team had a good win and performance and that was a really nice feeling so I’m going there with full confidence that hopefully this year we can replicate it. Why not?
“It’s exciting. As a fan of the club also and a player who has come through the academy, I know what it means to the fans. I feel like that as well so we’re really eager.
“We’re pushing, every single player is giving their all, the staff are giving their all to make sure that we hopefully come back with something at the end of the season.”
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🗣️| Glenn Hoddle on Declan Rice vs Chelsea: “I love Rice in that position. That reminds me of Patrick Vieira and the way Vieira used to drive forward. When you let him off the leash a little he can play like an eight.
“He can get himself forward and ahead of the ball. When he does win the ball, then he is further up the pitch. It’s in a lethal position. He has got that Patrick Vieira run in him. That surge, roll and drive with the ball.”
Ben White’s agent Alexander Levack:
“No one knows what is actually going on in one’s life, so I really believe people should think before making a judgement or criticising these elite performers in public.”
Leandro Trossard: "They said clean sheets help you win games and that's what it is.
"Today is a perfect night where we score loads of goals.
"It's credit to everyone because we all work so hard."
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🗣️ “What I like is that they can manage themselves in the dressing room. In order to achieve that you have to leave some space. They know what we’re playing for. They are so excited, they are so at it. All of them even the players that haven’t played much. They’ve been outstanding. That’s what holds the team together. My role is to keep demanding.”
Mikel Arteta on signing Martin Ødegaard:
🗣️ “We saw and Edu especially, he was insistent. We both agreed he was a player with huge talent that could develop with us. Yeah we had a long period and he was exceptional. We were convinced he could add something special.”