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Morning, welcome to a brand new week, and if there is a silver lining about the result on Saturday, it’s that we have a chance to put it behind us very quickly.
We’re in Champions League action tomorrow night against Shaktar Donetsk, so there’s no option but to put Bournemouth in a box and focus on that. Mikel Arteta will meet the press this morning, and I’m sure he’ll echo some of the comments he made after Saturday’s game.
He was asked how the team bounces back, and said:
Using the pain we are feeling at the moment for Tuesday, that’s the best way to do it. Not feeling sorry for ourselves, how it happened again three times in eight matches and we are missing our captain and one of our best players and Jurrien and this and that. That’s not going to take us anywhere – leave the energy, these boys deserve it because the way they try and want it, we go again on Tuesday.
Which is absolutely the way it needs to be. Every team can have a bad day, every team can lose a game in this league, but it’s how you respond – and how quickly you respond – that really matters. Tomorrow night won’t necessarily scratch the Premier League itch, but a good result and performance would obviously be a boost ahead of Liverpool on Sunday.
Given the distance between Tuesday and Sunday, I don’t think we’ll see quite as much in terms of rotation as some people might think, or indeed like, but there’s one player I would really love to see start tomorrow night: Ethan Nwaneri. I’m conscious of the idea that putting too much pressure on a 17 year old can be counter-productive, but based on what we’ve seen from him so far this season, this feels like the perfect opportunity for him to start a top-level game. He is the epitome of that adage about how if you’re good enough, you’re old enough.
He did start the EFL Cup win over Bolton, scoring twice let’s not forget, but a first Champions League start would be another little step forward in his development…
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Publish date : 2024-10-21 05:39:44
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