In this video
- The Arsenal manager said they paused to ask how they feel and how they want to live the next four months. The answer was that they have earned the right to a great position in four competitions.
“…the excitement, that conviction, that energy, that will is the way you have to live when you want to achieve a dream…”
- Asked whether bringing the temperature down was because of feeling it from outside, he said no. It was the hectic schedule: four away games in four different competitions.
- Asked about the forwards' numbers, he said they want them higher, but he thinks they are three goals away from the best team and the margins are still very small.
- He thinks it is still very early: that moment comes in the last five or six games, or in a Champions League semi-final. Until then the energy goes into what makes them better.
- The schedule has been like this for the first seven months, he said, so there is nothing new, and some players are back. They are so used to it that it is never going to be the excuse.
- Asked whether the club captain could lose the armband, he said no. The captain's minutes relate to two shoulder injuries and six weeks out with a knee injury.
- It is not about raising voices, he said, but asking how do I feel, how can I help, what am I not doing. He called the group honest, and vulnerable when it has to be.
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