Morning all.
It feels a bit odd that after such a disappointing week, which has brought pain and introspection on levels we haven’t had for some time, that Arsenal can go top of the Premier League later on if we beat Wolves. But sometimes reality is odd, and that’s the truth of it.
At his press conference yesterday, Mikel Arteta was asked about responding to the defeats to Villa and Bayern, and framed it in a way that I don’t think many of us would have, but in one that you can probably understand:
I think the players and staff are very lucky to have the week that we have had. This is the week that we want and we have been seeking for many years to have at Arsenal. You have to deal with them. If you want to be in this position, you have to go through it. It is going to be tough against those opponents. The margins are minimal and you have to go to compete and try to be better than them. And maybe even if you are better, you don’t win.
It can happen at home, against Bayern and against Villa. Are you ready to react to that? If not, you’re not ready to be living these kind of weeks. We want to be living these kind of weeks. The answer to the question is, is it difficult or tough? Don’t feel sorry for yourself, you want to be here, be prepared, because this is a possibility.
Which is a roundabout way of saying the reason it all feels so painful is because it means so much, because the stakes are high, ambitions are high, and expectations have been raised. Losing a game that means you stay in 8th place is no fun either, but in the context of winning something or being successful, it doesn’t matter nearly as much.
And in simpler terms, referencing today’s game and the title race, he said:
We have a real chance here, let’s go for it with the games to go, we have to make that happen, that’s our job.
As for today’s team, despite the fact there has been so much talk of rotation and fatigue, I don’t expect too many changes. If certain players…
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Publish date : 2024-04-20 07:28:59
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