1 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:06,840 [soft music] 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,400 [journalist] There is so much at stake in this final run-in. 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:11,800 Boss, just come forward about 4 paces. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,320 -There? -Yeah, that's perfect. 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:14,800 [journalist] Mikel Arteta has been named 6 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,080 Premier League Manager of the Month for March. 7 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,520 Thank you so much, guys, thank you. 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,040 [journalist] And considering they were rock bottom in mid-September, 9 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:24,520 having lost the first 3 matches, look where they are now. 10 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,040 There's an argument to be made, I think, 11 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,880 that Arteta should be manager of the season right now. 12 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,600 [journalist] Being the best manager of the month, 13 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,400 tell us about the sense of pride it gives you. 14 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,760 Obviously, it gives me a sense of pride because I know how difficult it is 15 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,320 to do it in this league. 16 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,640 But especially to our supporters, 17 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,840 because the way they have transformed the team, 18 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,520 they deserve a lot of credit. 19 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,200 [journalist] Beware of the curse of it, Mikel. 20 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,440 [laugher] 21 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:48,680 What is what? 22 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,840 The curse of the Manager of the Month. 23 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,120 What is the curse? 24 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:53,880 You lose the next game, basically, a curse. 25 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:54,840 Ah, okay. 26 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,240 Fine, thank you. 27 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,920 [hip-hop music] 28 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,800 When you love what you do, that is called passion. 29 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,640 We have to believe, we have to have energy. 30 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:16,760 [shouts] 31 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:18,760 Show these people how much you care. 32 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:19,880 [cheers] 33 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:20,880 Let's go for it. 34 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,760 [crowd chanting] 35 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,240 [soft music] 36 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:40,440 [Arteta] Goal scorer! 37 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,480 Morning. Enjoy it? 38 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:46,760 [narrator] 12 Arsenal players have been on international duty 39 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,800 representing their respective countries. 40 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,920 [O'Driscoll] Do you have Nicola Sturgeon's number? 41 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:52,920 No. 42 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:54,600 Has he got the president's number? 43 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,440 -Rob? Rob, you got Boris Johnson's? -No. 44 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,480 [narrator] They've returned from places like Ghana and Brazil, 45 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,240 and are now back at London Colney for the final 10 games of the season. 46 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:08,760 -You all right, mate? -[Ben] How are you? 47 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:09,720 Good, good, good. 48 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:12,400 -How's the calf? -Better. 49 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,600 Feels brand new, mate. He feels fully rested. 50 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,160 Watch out Palace, on Monday. 51 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:21,280 [Arteta] Nice to have you back, guys. 52 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,160 I think in general, it's been really positive 53 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,600 for some performances that you had. 54 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,680 For the rest, refocus, okay? 55 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,120 Now we're going to be 7 weeks together, 56 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,560 refocusing what we have to do from here to the end of the season, 57 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,720 and what we have to talk every single day, 58 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,280 what we're going to train every single day, 59 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:38,880 what we're going to do in every single match 60 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,560 is the same that we've been doing, okay? 61 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,040 I just want to send you a message, 62 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:45,920 and when everybody goes home today, 63 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,040 we are all aligned with what we want to do. 64 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:53,120 We're going to talk about this, who we are and what our identity is. 65 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,480 And I want you to focus and talk in that dressing room 66 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:00,120 and every single day in training only about this. 67 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,240 This is a team, look at the reaction. 68 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,360 We cannot lose that, this is one of our biggest parts in our identity. 69 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,600 The way we win matches, the way we live together, 70 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,360 the way we act, the way we want to improve is because we have that synergy, 71 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,000 that cohesion between you guys. 72 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:16,920 Because this is why we play football, guys, 73 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,080 to smile and have enjoyment here. 74 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,640 Be careful. 75 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,200 [laughs] 76 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,120 Be very careful because we need to be... Remember what I said about discipline. 77 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:31,120 [laughs] 78 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,400 Okay, Granit? So don't take it personally, 79 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:35,720 because you only got a yellow, 80 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,480 so I think it's good because you could have been sent off in this game. 81 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,920 You know, so don't cry so much after the game when that happens, okay? 82 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:43,880 Let's go. 83 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,440 [tense music] 84 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,120 [narrator] Mikel and his team have a great chance to cement their position 85 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,240 in the top 4, 86 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,320 with their next 3 games coming against teams in the bottom half of the table. 87 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,440 The first is against 12th placed Crystal Palace. 88 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,440 [podcaster] I think it's a straight dog fight for that 4th spot. 89 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,720 At the moment, Arsenal, they're favourites, 90 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,080 they've got it, it's theirs to chuck away. 91 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,080 [tense music continues] 92 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:22,760 [whistle] 93 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,120 [commentator] Big, big night here for Arsenal. 94 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,120 Smith-Rowe, now Lacazette, prods it back in. 95 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,920 Just too strong for Emile Smith-Rowe. 96 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,120 [commentator 2] Arsenal not at the races at the moment. 97 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:37,240 [crowd shouts] 98 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:38,440 [commentator 3] Bump of a challenge, weren't it? 99 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:44,360 [commentator] He gets his head to it, Mateta! 100 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,360 [crowd cheering] 101 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,120 [commentator 2] Arsenal won't make Champions League football 102 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:51,240 if they play like this. 103 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,880 Here's Joachim Andersen now, whips the ball looking for Ayew, 104 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,440 finds Ayew, into the penalty area, must score, does score! 105 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,240 Palace are 2 nil up. 106 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,640 Quality ball by Andersen from the back. And where was the Arsenal defence? 107 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,040 [whistle] 108 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,360 [commentator] It's fair to say Mikel Arteta's team 109 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,000 have been quite clearly second best. 110 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,040 [Ben] Fuck me. 111 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,120 [Granit] Come on, you guys, fucking shit 45 minutes, man! 112 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,360 We can't come and play like this here. 113 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,120 We knew what we had to do. 114 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,320 Fuck me, the first action, they have the throw in, put the fucking ball away! 115 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,720 [Arteta] We don't win any fucking duels, guys. 116 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,160 You are getting pushed around on first ball, on second ball, 117 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:37,520 on third ball. 118 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,200 What happened there is fucking unacceptable. 119 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,880 Done, we cannot change it now, it's too late. 120 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,400 We could have changed it, now we fucking binned it 121 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,080 and I want to reset everybody like he hasn't played in the second half. 122 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,280 We haven't played the first 45 minutes. 123 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,800 We have to go out there now, start to change the chips, 124 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,560 and we go out there and we believe that we change it. 125 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,560 Laca, you believe you can score 2 or 3 goals in the second half. 126 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,720 B, Emile, let's fucking go, guys. 127 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,760 -Let's go. -[clapping and shouting] 128 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,280 [tense music] 129 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:13,320 [whistle] 130 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,840 [commentator] They have plenty of work to do to rectify the situation. 131 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,280 It's good running from Saka. 132 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,560 Trying to fend off Kouyaté. 133 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,120 Arsenal fans thought that might have been a penalty. 134 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,000 Lacazette. Oh, here's Smith-Rowe. 135 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,800 [commentator 2] Here's Partey, a little bit of space, central midfield. 136 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:39,320 He arcs the ball out to the left-hand side 137 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,480 and signals to the bench he's unhappy. 138 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,000 -[O'Driscoll] Thomas. -[Stuivenberg] Thomas? 139 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,160 [commentator] I think he's pulled something in his groin area 140 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:49,480 or top of his right thigh. 141 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:50,920 [suspenseful music] 142 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:53,440 Can they get across it from Nketiah? 143 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:54,880 It's headed on inside the box, 144 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,320 and Tyrick Mitchell lumps the clearance away and Zaha's picked it up, 145 00:06:58,480 --> 00:06:59,320 and Partey's all over the place. 146 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:01,800 He gave it away, he's only barely walking 147 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:03,640 and Zaha tears at the Arsenal defence, 148 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,640 back comes Gabriel to try and challenge him, 149 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,920 Zaha's gone down. He's given the penalty. 150 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,400 [suspenseful music] 151 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,880 [crowd screaming] 152 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,680 That looks quite serious. 153 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,840 [commentator 2] Arsenal's Champions League aspirations 154 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,360 have been well and truly dented. 155 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:40,280 When you have a difficult moment 156 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,760 and today with your face and get a slap 157 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,560 because we deserved it, guys. 158 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,120 We deserve to be slapped on the face because of the performance that we had. 159 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,680 So now put your head down and start to think what you are going to do tomorrow 160 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,080 and start to help each other, and let's go, 161 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,040 because Saturday, we have another one, 162 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:57,960 and in a few days, we're gonna have another one and another one. 163 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,680 So we still have another nine opportunities. 164 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,880 [podcaster] We played really badly and it's a bad result. 165 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,600 I remember Arsène Wenger used to say all the time about confidence, 166 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,960 you go up in the stairs, you come down in the elevator. 167 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,760 Any heavy defeat can sit with you as a player. 168 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,520 [soft music] 169 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,120 [Arteta] Football is up and downs, 170 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,000 and when you are up, be careful, because very quickly you are down. 171 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,440 You don't have any margin for errors at the moment 172 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,480 so it's having to push the players 173 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,000 to understand the importance of every match 174 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:56,320 without adding too much pressure that they can be struggling to... 175 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:57,400 to cope with. 176 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,360 [narrator] The next day, Mikel is in early for his weekly meeting 177 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,880 with the club's football leadership team. 178 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,000 -[Venkatesham] Morning, Tim. -Morning. 179 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:12,520 [Gaspar] You all right? 180 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,640 -Morning, long time no see. -[Gaspar] Yeah. 181 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:16,520 Morning. 182 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:19,760 How were the boys after? 183 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,240 Yeah, they were... they were touched, last night. 184 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:24,600 [Venkatesham] Yeah. 185 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,880 So it was more a case of leave them alone 186 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,760 and ask them to be close and be together now, you know. 187 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:33,040 [Venkatesham] Yep. 188 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,440 More than, getting another... 189 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,000 [Mertesacker] Was it quiet? 190 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:39,280 Half-time wasn't quiet, to be fair. 191 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,240 They were trying to react and they were trying to put the first half away 192 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:45,840 and they wanted to have a go in the second half 193 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,280 but afterwards, they were down, they were down. 194 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,600 [Garlick] Gary, do you want to start with where we are fitness-wise? 195 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,280 So unfortunately for the first time in a good while, 196 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,320 we have a few issues now, 197 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,040 which is always the potential for this to happen. 198 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:04,600 Unfortunately, Thomas, 199 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,360 a relatively innocuous pass across the pitch 200 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:09,640 but felt his rec fem straight away. 201 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,720 I suspect that he's going to be several weeks, I'm afraid. 202 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,640 The big issue obviously is Kieran Tierney. 203 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,640 Erm, in the Wolves game, he had a hyperextension injury, 204 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,280 finished the game, didn't mention it and then played the next 5 games 205 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:27,480 with no problems whatsoever, but he then walked out of the shower 206 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,520 on Thursday after training, 207 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,520 turned a corner and bent his knee and felt the knee collapse. 208 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:37,720 But I'm afraid that we will not see him for Arsenal again this season. 209 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,440 I'll be very careful how we manage this now, erm... 210 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,760 [Venkatesham] Okay. You'll keep us updated on...? 211 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,000 Yeah of course, I'll keep you on the group 212 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,840 and I'll let you guys know if anything changes. 213 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,880 [melancholic music] 214 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,600 -Is it your meniscus? -Cartilage. 215 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,680 -[Granit] Your season's over? -Season's over, yeah. Defo. 216 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:04,440 [melancholic music continues] 217 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,320 [Arteta] Okay, guys. 218 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,360 Just looking at that, that's painful. 219 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,400 We let ourselves down big time yesterday. 220 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,320 And you should be hurting. 221 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:26,920 What happened yesterday is a fucking big lesson 222 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,200 and I don't want to go through that again. 223 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,480 But my trust is intact now more than before. 224 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:36,440 Why? Because you have given me the reasons to trust you. 225 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,680 And now it's about how you trust yourselves. 226 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,720 How we go to the next game, how we go to the next training session, 227 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:43,760 how we go home. 228 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,400 On Saturday, you're going to play at the Emirates full stadium. 229 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:48,000 They're going to be full behind you. 230 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:49,920 We have to give them what we want, guys, eh? 231 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,440 And we have to show them that we're going to have a different spirit, 232 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,960 different commitment and we're going to play with balls out there, guys. 233 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:00,080 Balls out. If you are on that pitch, full focus, full commitment 234 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:01,280 and you have to do your job. 235 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,800 If not, you cannot and you don't deserve to be on that pitch. 236 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:06,080 Are we clear? 237 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,120 We have a challenge, guys, it's a beautiful challenge, let's go for it. 238 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,480 Let's fucking go for it. Let's go. 239 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,040 [upbeat music] 240 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,680 [narrator] With injuries to several regular players, 241 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,520 it's a chance for some in the squad to step up and prove themselves. 242 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:28,120 [Mohamed] Robinho. 243 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:31,400 -Good, bro? -How are you, bro? 244 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:32,720 -Feeling good? -Yeah. 245 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:34,720 -Training today? -Yeah. Good, man, really good. 246 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,480 I think every player has a role and that role 247 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:39,880 within a season changes. 248 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,200 Sometimes you have to be in the side-lines or in the bench 249 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,880 and be extremely supportive and be ready to contribute whether it's 5 minutes 250 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:51,000 or 10 minutes or don't contribute at all, just with your energy, 251 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,160 with your body language, being very supportive with the team. 252 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,600 Inside, Eddie. Inside, bravo. 253 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,720 [Eddie] It's probably the hardest thing in football, I think, 254 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:01,240 for a player. 255 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,320 You work so hard every day to be out there on the pitch on the weekend. 256 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,760 And obviously that's the aim of everyone to be on the pitch 257 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,320 but at the end of the day, only 11 can start, you know. 258 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:14,760 [Arteta] Right come here, Gabi, Cedric, Mo. Mo, come as well. 259 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,760 Pépé come here, Rob. 260 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,360 [Rob] I'm not the one making the decisions, the manager is. 261 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:21,320 What he decides, 262 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,760 I'm happy with, support the team if I'm playing or not. 263 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,640 -Ultimate team player. -[producer] You are. 264 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:29,600 If you got 11 of me, you'd be all right. 265 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,400 [laughing] 266 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,440 Bravo. Again, Mo! 267 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,200 [Mohamed] I'm not happy, I don't play but I... 268 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:40,720 I keep this angry, I put it in the training because... 269 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,440 You know, like I give everything to make, 270 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,160 you know, the coach make me to play but if he don't play, okay, it's fine, 271 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,720 but I still, yeah... I still not happy to don't play. 272 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:51,240 Really good, boys. 273 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:52,600 [whistle] 274 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:54,400 Very good. 275 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,040 [Arteta] It's true that we have very important injuries, key players as well, 276 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,480 but again, you can cry, find excuses 277 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:03,040 or try to do the opposite thing. 278 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:04,240 We need to be stronger 279 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,720 and try to maintain the spirit and the belief of the players 280 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,680 as high as possible. 281 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:11,720 How are you, Sambi? 282 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:21,560 Enjoy your food, Nuno. 283 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:22,600 [Eddie] You've changed. 284 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,080 -You've changed a lot since you come, no? -You've changed quick, huh? 285 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,640 -This guy before was smiling, smiling. -Yeah, he was so happy. 286 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:31,560 I was playing. 287 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:33,920 So what, my friend? 288 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,640 You think you are the fucking only one not playing, my friend, huh? 289 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,360 Stop feeling sorry for yourself and fucking wake up, yeah man. 290 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:43,680 [tense music] 291 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:49,840 [podcaster] Arteta's biggest challenge is how to make this one loss in isolation 292 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,680 and not a defining moment for the season. 293 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,200 [podcaster 2] Arsenal were humbled by Crystal Palace, 294 00:14:58,400 --> 00:14:59,280 and they've got a point to prove. 295 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,920 [suspenseful music] 296 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:10,520 [narrator] A home match against Brighton, 297 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,080 who have failed to score in their last 3 games, 298 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,760 presents the perfect opportunity 299 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,960 for Mikel's side to bounce back from the Palace defeat. 300 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,560 [music continues] 301 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:27,680 [Arteta] Stand up, guys, please. Come together. 302 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:29,640 Come, come. 303 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,960 Edison invented the lightbulb. 304 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,280 Today I want to see a team 305 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,400 that is connected, because a bulb by himself is nothing. 306 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:49,320 I want to see a team that is connected with each other and that shines. 307 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:54,880 And you want to transmit to him light and energy and passion 308 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,120 and how you play football, 309 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:57,800 and you too the same. 310 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,760 And each of us play the game connected. 311 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,080 Because what happens when we play connected, guys? 312 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:05,960 What is the next thing that happens? 313 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,320 That we connect with 60,000 people that creates more energy 314 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,080 because at the end is electricity, 315 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,520 that through heat creates light and life, 316 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,520 because if not, it would be fucking dark, 317 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:19,560 if this guy wouldn't have the idea to do that. 318 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:24,000 And I want you to play like this today because as good as we are, 319 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:25,160 it depends on one thing. 320 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,320 What makes us special is our attitude 321 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:31,760 and today I want you to play with that attitude, go out there, 322 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,920 fucking turn the light on and play football. Let's go. 323 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,280 -[shouting and clapping] -[bell ringing] 324 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,480 [crowd cheering] 325 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,040 [commentator] A must-win game, this for Arsenal. 326 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,080 [commentator 2] Yeah absolutely, after the result against Crystal Palace, 327 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:46,520 they'll want to get straight back on it. 328 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,160 [whistle] 329 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,760 [suspenseful music] 330 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,320 [commentator 3] Now, chance for Welbeck to get through the middle 331 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,640 and Ramsdale has to come swiftly off his line and thump it out of play. 332 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,160 Lokonga has it again, turns away from Mac Allister, 333 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:05,400 up to Gabriel, who's got Danny Welbeck breathing down his neck and Pascal Gross, 334 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:06,880 and just passes it straight out of play. 335 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:08,920 [commentator 2] Well, it's not a great start by Arsenal, 336 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:10,560 some worrying signs there, there really are. 337 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,760 [commentator 3] They've got the ball down the right-hand side now Brighton, 338 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,560 pulls it back, it's going to be... Trossard! 339 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,240 [crowd cheering] 340 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,160 Brighton lead! 341 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:28,760 And Arsenal's chase for the top 4 takes a big, big blow. 342 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,520 [narrator] Arsenal continue to struggle at the start of the second half. 343 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:35,960 [commentator] Can he pull it back for a teammate? 344 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,400 What a goal! 345 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:43,480 Oh, yes! And Arsenal's destiny, maybe it's not in their own hands. 346 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,720 [tense music] 347 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:54,080 [narrator] Martin Odegaard manages to score in the last minute of normal time. 348 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,960 [commentator] Another drive from Odegaard, it's in. 349 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:57,560 They have got a goal back. 350 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,480 [narrator] Before substitute Eddie Nketiah 351 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,720 has a chance to level in the dying seconds. 352 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,440 [crowd shouting] 353 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,560 [commentator] What a save by Sánchez. 354 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,040 [narrator] But it's all too late. 355 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:10,560 [whistle] 356 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,080 [commentator] Brighton & Hove Albion condemn Arsenal 357 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,480 to back-to-back defeats. 358 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,680 [tense music continues] 359 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:26,880 [Aaron] Talk about fucking basics 360 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,160 and a throw-in goes into the box and we fucking concede. 361 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,000 Ah! 362 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:33,800 Basics. 363 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:49,040 [player] Fuck! 364 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,400 [Arteta] I have too many emotions. Look at me please when I talk. 365 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,000 I have many too emotions and feelings 366 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,320 so I'm not going to find the right words to give you now, 367 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,760 so I prefer to speak to you on Monday. 368 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,520 It's great that you didn't give up, guys, 369 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,960 but we have to start to play from the first minute, 370 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,680 because now it's two games for the first half, guys, 371 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,240 we weren't there, we didn't exist, 372 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,240 we were nowhere near the team that we have to be. 373 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:42,760 [melancholic music] 374 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:45,800 [fan] It's the players, they have to blame themselves, 375 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,040 to look at themselves and understand they need a lot of bottle. 376 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,720 If you're trying to get top four, you need to find something deep down 377 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,560 and actually get it. 378 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,240 Performances like that won't get you top 4 379 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,680 and we're not going to move anywhere, same old Arsenal. 380 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,520 [melancholic music continues] 381 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,720 [fan 2] If that team there turns up how they did today at Chelsea 382 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,520 and Tottenham, no chance at all. 383 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,440 [narrator] For the first time in 4 months, 384 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,800 Arsenal slump to 2 consecutive league defeats, 385 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:17,080 and are overtaken by local rivals, Tottenham Hotspur. 386 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,880 [soft music] 387 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,080 [Arteta] After defeats, obviously the energy drops, belief drops, 388 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,680 you question yourself and you have a period of 24-48 hours, 389 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,680 I would say, where you have to digest those losses. 390 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,960 But then you have to somehow get out there and try to build again 391 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:52,080 the confidence, the momentum, 392 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:56,200 the energy and the right level of preparation to... 393 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,040 to go into the next match, because that one is gone. 394 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,320 [hubbub] 395 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:05,520 [Arteta] Okay. 396 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,760 Right guys, after the game, I didn't want to talk to you. 397 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,720 I was sure that I was going to say something that I was going to regret 398 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,000 but I tell you today, it was a fucking disaster. 399 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,800 I look in your eyes and I tell you it was a fucking disaster, 400 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,760 it was nowhere near the level that we have to play. 401 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:25,800 Some of you, attitude. 402 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:31,080 I'm not talking about making mistakes, yeah, or courage to play. 403 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,400 After losing 2 games at this club against Crystal Palace and Brighton, 404 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,480 it has to be a fucking funeral. 405 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,240 A funeral. 406 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,040 You know why you didn't win? 407 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,440 Because there is something missing, something missing inside you. 408 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,280 When you go out there something is missing, so how do we change it? 409 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:51,200 We change it in training. 410 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,840 Every ball, and every action has to be at your best, 411 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,280 that's the way we change it. 412 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,320 Because believe me, I'm not going to change anything, eh? 413 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:01,160 I'm not going to change it. 414 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,800 I will change a player or 2 or 3 or 4 or 11 415 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,600 but I'm not going to change anything that we do 416 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,680 because that's what it's taken all the way here 417 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,000 and that's what it's going to take us to the next level. 418 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,720 But we have to do better because you can do it better. 419 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,600 So hopefully you leave that room understanding that it's not good enough, 420 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,640 that we have to play a completely different level and listen, 421 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,640 I'm not demanding anybody to go here, 422 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,000 dribble 3 players and put the ball in the top corner, eh? 423 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:31,320 I think. I'm just saying do the basics right, okay? 424 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,320 Anything from your side? 425 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,320 Anything that you need? 426 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,600 If you need to go for a drink, you need to go to watch a football game together, 427 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,160 whatever, tell me. 428 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,760 For me, it's not a problem, but I want to see you enjoy. 429 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,160 I see you there in the first half 430 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,360 and I am saying: "What the fuck am I doing?" 431 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,480 I want to go inside. I don't feel the team. 432 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,480 I don't feel it. 433 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:57,920 Let's go. 434 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,120 [suspenseful music] 435 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,360 [narrator] In Arsenal's next game, away at Southampton, 436 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:16,080 academy graduate Eddie Nketiah is given his first league start, 437 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,160 but struggles to make an impact. 438 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,200 [commentator] Nketiah's got to do better there. 439 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:23,680 The youngster will be disappointed 440 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,800 that he's not been able to get himself involved. 441 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,880 [narrator] Arsenal lose 1-nil. 442 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,560 [commentator] Elyounoussi, Bednarek. 443 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,520 [crowd shouting] 444 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,520 [narrator] Another defeat sees Mikel's team drop to 6th in the table. 445 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,360 Behind Manchester United. 446 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:43,720 Since the international break, 447 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,240 they've suffered 3 losses in a row and only managed to score 1 goal. 448 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,760 [radio host] Go to Sam who's an Arsenal fan. Sam, good evening. 449 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,160 [Sam] I just don't think Eddie Nketiah's good enough 450 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,200 for Arsenal for the next level that they want to get to. 451 00:23:57,360 --> 00:24:00,120 [radio host] Would Arsenal fans be disappointed to see him leave? 452 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:01,760 Do you think they want to keep him at the club? 453 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,160 [man] They'll understand that if Arsenal want to get back 454 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,080 to where they want to get to, they're gonna have to move on from him 455 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,520 or certainly if they want to keep him as backup, 456 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,520 they're going to have to get someone else in above him. 457 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:11,760 [Ian Wright] People don't realise. 458 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:16,240 Being a striker, it's tough, you know, especially with Arsenal. 459 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,120 The responsibility of the game is on you. 460 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:19,560 But if you go into a game thinking, 461 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,520 "Oh my gosh, I have to score because that's my job," 462 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:24,240 you're putting yourself under too much pressure. 463 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:29,600 I think Eddie... He's what, 23 now? And you know, kinda on his shoulders 464 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,600 to shoot Arsenal back into the Champions League 465 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:33,760 and winning the Premier League, 466 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,640 it's a lot of pressure, that's why he's gonna need help. 467 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,400 [soft music] 468 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,720 [podcaster] Hello, listeners and welcome back. 469 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:58,920 Delighted to announce we're joined in the studio 470 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,760 with Arsenal footballer Eddie Nketiah. 471 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,120 [Eddie] Good to be here, man. 472 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:04,720 [podcaster 2] Arsenal fans, when you hear the noise, 473 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,800 it's always like, "We need a new number 9, 474 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,120 "Auba's gone." 475 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,680 Are you sort of sitting there thinking: "You know what, I can be a solution, 476 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,120 "if you give me the minutes"? 477 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,880 [Eddie] That's my biggest frustration. 478 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,120 I can't remember a time I've ever had 3 games in a row to actually play. 479 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,880 How can you judge someone? Give someone an opportunity, you know? 480 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:25,560 If I start 3, 4 games, I don't score, that's on me but I start one game, 481 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,560 I'm starting okay but we haven't scored and I'm off at 59 minute, like, 482 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,320 what am I meant to do? 483 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,520 You know, I'm coming on 8, 7 minutes to come and save the day. 484 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:34,960 Yeah, it's difficult, bro. 485 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:37,920 That's what you want as a player, an opportunity of 5, 6 games in a row. 486 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,800 You don't really feel like you're going to get that opportunity, so... 487 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,880 that's probably the hardest thing. 488 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,120 [journalist] Eddie Nketiah has spoken today about 489 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,360 being frustrated at his lack of opportunities. 490 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,600 And he's right to be upset and this is what we want from the players 491 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,760 that they haven't had the minutes, and especially Eddie 492 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,760 because if there is a player in that dressing room that deserves more chances, 493 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:02,080 er, that was for sure Eddie. 494 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,160 Can Arsenal qualify for the Champions League without scoring regularly? 495 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,640 Our strikers needs to score goals, our attacking players need to create. 496 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,360 We need clean sheets, so it's a combination of everything, 497 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,560 it's not just a single player has to do a job. 498 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,680 With Eddie, I said many times, as well how much I rate him, 499 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,440 that the fact that we had big plans for him in this club for the future 500 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:27,120 and this is where we are today and we have to accept that... 501 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:28,240 that reality. 502 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,520 [soft music] 503 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,120 [Arteta] When you are not selected, you take it personally. 504 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,120 When I was a player, I was annoyed 505 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:39,600 and I would... [groans] 506 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,280 ...go home and I wasn't happy at all. 507 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,200 And it's just, we are here because we want to play 508 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:47,640 and the best moment of the week 509 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,600 is the Saturday or the Sunday, 510 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,960 when you go there and the whistle goes and you start to compete. 511 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:55,000 That's why you are a football player. 512 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,000 [Arteta] Great ball, Mo. 513 00:26:58,200 --> 00:26:59,400 [Mohamed] Some of the young players, they don't play, 514 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:00,880 they get frustrated. 515 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,080 He's not happy but I keep saying to him 516 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,360 just focus on your job, you're going to get your chance for sure. 517 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,760 [hubbub] 518 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,120 [Granit] You are young, you are naïve. You want to do 519 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,520 more than... than maybe you can. 520 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,480 And with age, with experience, with a lot of games, 521 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:22,680 you start to learn. 522 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:27,160 No one wants to sit outside and watch them without helping. 523 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:28,880 But this is part of football. 524 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,200 In the end, you have to be very strong mentally. 525 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:33,320 Eddie? 526 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:38,960 [Arteta] Eddie is someone that wants to be the best. 527 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,160 He wants to be the number 9 of this football club, 528 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:42,960 and when he's not playing, 529 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:45,560 he shows you in training with his level in training, 530 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,960 with his anger in training 531 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:49,280 that a lot of times, you are wrong. 532 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:50,520 Ready? 533 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,560 I'm going to try to win the ball, eh? 534 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:58,280 1, 2, 3, now here diagonal. Bravo, Eddie, top. 535 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,240 [narrator] Arsenal's next game is against Chelsea, 536 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,080 the club who signed Eddie when he was just 9 years old, 537 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,080 but dropped him from their academy a few years later. 538 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,840 [Eddie] As a 13-year-old boy, you know, it was tough to take. 539 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,440 I think it came a little bit as a surprise. 540 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,040 Having that experience kind of motivated me more to... 541 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,760 to succeed, I think, and dealing with adversity at such a young age, 542 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,240 I think it built me up to be a lot stronger, you know. 543 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,360 [Arteta] Eddie! 544 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,320 1, 2, 3, here. 545 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:28,360 Bravo. 546 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:30,440 [whistle] 547 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:33,640 Every time. 548 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:35,520 Perfect. 549 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,920 [narrator] After impressing in training, 550 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,960 Eddie has a chance to start successive league games 551 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:43,880 for the first time this season. 552 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,280 Assistant coach Albert Stuivenberg 553 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,360 talks him through recent performances 554 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,520 to prepare him for the next match. 555 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:56,120 So, what was it that we discussed there that you... 556 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:57,720 you know, 557 00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,400 took into the Southampton game? 558 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:03,720 Yeah, just tried to be more alert, not switch off as much, yeah. 559 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,240 The fact that obviously it was my first start so can only get better. 560 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,640 Yeah. True, it was your first start in the Premier League 561 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:13,320 so there was still a lot to gain. 562 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,800 It's not easy, I understand that. 563 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:20,320 Also, from where you're coming from, you know, the not playing a lot of games 564 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,800 and now, you have to play in the highest level... 565 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,840 But you are able to, but if you are in the box for me, 566 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,200 you cannot be like this. 567 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,080 You understand? In the box. 568 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:34,080 At any time that we are in the crossing position, 569 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,440 I want to see you alive and ready to go and to attack the ball. 570 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,800 Need to keep this one going, huh? 571 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:41,760 -Yeah. -Yeah? 572 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,960 Don't focus too much on scoring goals, it will come. 573 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,000 The moment is there, you take it, it's... 574 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:51,280 it's part of your nature, don't worry about it. 575 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,400 Focus on, you know, the process 576 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:58,920 and if you keep doing that then all the trust that more goals will come, 577 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:00,440 no problem at all. 578 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:03,840 -Thank you. -Yeah, stay fit. 579 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,960 Yeah. Have a good evening. 580 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,360 [soft music] 581 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,120 [narrator] Bukayo Saka is another academy graduate, 582 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,480 and the club's top scorer this season. 583 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:17,480 Thank you. 584 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,360 [narrator] But back in the summer, there was concern for Bukayo 585 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:25,400 when he was racially abused after missing a penalty at the European Championships. 586 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:26,440 [Bukayo] After the Euros, 587 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,880 there was a kid that sent me a letter with his pocket money 588 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,840 and he was just talking about how sad he was for me and stuff, 589 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,360 and he said that he would love to have played football with me in the park 590 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:38,920 and have ice-cream with me and stuff. 591 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,600 Never expected anything like that, especially for a young kid to give me 592 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,880 his pocket money, that must mean a lot 'cause I know when I was a kid, 593 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,080 you know, that money, it means everything. 594 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,400 We just thought it would be nice if we go to the Emirates and go and surprise him. 595 00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:58,680 You want an ice-cream, Teddy? 596 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,480 [woman gasps] 597 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,520 [laughs] 598 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:06,720 Chocolate or strawberry? 599 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,560 -Er, strawberry. -Strawberry. 600 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,240 [producer] Why did you write the letter? 601 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:16,000 Er, because people were being racist to Saka, 602 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,640 bullying him. 603 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,000 [Bukayo] Is there a football anywhere around? Surely there's a football! 604 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,920 Teddy wants to show me his skills. 605 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:31,360 No, honestly, Teddy, thank you a lot for your letter. 606 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,080 I was upset and it made me happy. 607 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,320 One day you're going to be on this pitch with me, yeah? 608 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:37,280 Yeah. 609 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:38,800 It's nice, no? 610 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,360 This is nice. 611 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:44,640 [shouts] 612 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,320 [laughs] 613 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,040 Good penalty, Teddy. 614 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:52,960 It's a young Ben White we got. 615 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,800 Boom! Yes, Teddy. 616 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,240 Do you think we're going to get top 4 this season? 617 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:00,320 Er, probably. 618 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:01,280 -Yeah? -Yeah. 619 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,360 -Do you believe in us? -Yeah. 620 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:04,840 That's nice, that's nice. 621 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,600 [tense music] 622 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,440 [podcaster] We all thought the real chance for fourth 623 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,800 would all be next season. 624 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:26,200 In fact, it was this season and turns out we weren't ready for it. 625 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,200 [podcaster 2] You can't lose 3 in a row in the Premier League 626 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,000 to Palace, Brighton, Southampton, 627 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,000 in April, scoring one goal, 628 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,920 if you want to be taken seriously as a team that's on the up. 629 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,840 [tense music continues] 630 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:51,000 [narrator] Arsenal are desperate for a win and Mikel is taking a gamble. 631 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,640 Along with Eddie Nketiah maintaining his place, 632 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,800 Rob Holding makes only his third league start in nearly 8 months 633 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:03,080 and Mohamed Elneny makes only his second start this season. 634 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,640 Tonight, they face London rivals, Chelsea, 635 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,680 the current holders of the Champions League 636 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:10,960 and the Club World Cup. 637 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:12,680 Our squad is very limited. 638 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,480 Selling Aubameyang and not replacing his goals... Right now we're struggling. 639 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,880 Do I trust Eddie Nketiah up front with the 3 centre-backs? 640 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:20,920 It is what it is, man. 641 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,320 But he's here to prove us wrong so why not, man. 642 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,360 I want you to feel something. 643 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,200 So after the game against Southampton I looked at you in the eye. 644 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:37,560 I know when you are suffering 645 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,040 and I know when you are having a tough moment. 646 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:44,400 And I feel for you, so I want you to feel that moment when you are disappointed, 647 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,560 when you feel "Fucking hell, I let the team down", 648 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,960 or we didn't find a way to do it and how it feels. 649 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:54,000 And after that, guys, I want you to feel now, in 2 hours, 650 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,120 how you're going to feel when we win this match. 651 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:57,640 If we're going to have that feeling, 652 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,800 there is one thing that I guarantee that you have to go on that pitch, 653 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:05,080 and it's you have to give absolutely your best, you have to finish that game 654 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,720 that you can go in the fucking bin because you are throwing up, 655 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,080 you are fucked. 656 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:10,480 So, you have to suffer. 657 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,120 -[bell ringing] -I want you to go out there, guys, 658 00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:14,880 and fucking fight and if Nuno, you make a mistake 659 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:15,920 or you make a mistake, 660 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,280 everybody in the fucking bench is going to be with you, let's go! 661 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,200 [shouting and clapping] 662 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,160 [suspenseful music] 663 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,040 [crowd chanting] 664 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,480 [commentator] Well, this certainly feels like Arsenal's most important game 665 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,320 at Chelsea for several years. 666 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:34,960 [whistle] 667 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,640 Forward by Mason Mount, Alonso! 668 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,600 [inaudible dialogue] 669 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:51,520 Arsenal take it back, away by Tavares, Eddie Nketiah is chasing it, 670 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,160 Christensen should get there first, 671 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:55,920 but that's a poor back pass. 672 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:57,560 Eddie Nketiah is on to it. 673 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:01,560 And Eddie Nketiah puts Arsenal in front, 674 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,880 at Stamford Bridge. 675 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:05,120 [crowd cheers] 676 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,040 His first Premier League goal for more than 12 months 677 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,920 and what a time, what a place to get it. 678 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,160 [narrator] Eddie Nketiah gives Arsenal a dream start 679 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,080 but Chelsea reply instantly. 680 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,280 [commentator] Werner. 681 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:18,360 [crowd shouts] 682 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,040 Oh, the deflection has taken it away 683 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,600 from Ramsdale. 684 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,640 And Chelsea are level. 685 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,800 Arsenal are pressing again, Chelsea in retreat. 686 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,520 Saka, Odegaard, Emile Smith-Rowe! 687 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,120 Oh, stunning! 688 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:39,920 [narrator] Arsenal fight back through Emile Smith-Rowe and retake the lead. 689 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:45,080 But again, can't keep it more than 5 minutes. 690 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,200 [tense music] 691 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:48,640 [whistle] 692 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,160 [commentator] Half time and what a half. 693 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,280 Nothing between them but so much to enjoy. 694 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,320 It is Chelsea 2, Arsenal 2. 695 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:00,280 [hubbub] 696 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:08,200 Okay, what happened in the first half is your level of desire, rhythm, passion, 697 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,040 commitment is here, you know. 698 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,400 But we have to go from here when we don't have the ball 699 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,200 to a little bit here when we have it. 700 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,640 Because if not, we are playing at the same pace and we cannot play 701 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:19,680 at the same pace. 702 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:24,120 Maintain the same level of commitment, aggression, communication and engagement 703 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,160 and with the ball, a little bit more "pausa". Okay, guys. 704 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,480 [shouting and clapping] 705 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,320 [crowd chanting] 706 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,200 [commentator] Here we go again then, more of the same please. 707 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:36,800 [whistle] 708 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,040 [suspenseful music] 709 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:43,400 Tavares putting in Nketiah, Silva's across, 710 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,360 Nketiah's there! 711 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:50,080 His second of the night. And Arsenal are ahead again. 712 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,200 [shouts] 713 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,280 Played in by Cedric, and Saka's gone over. 714 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:57,800 -Was he being held there? -[whistle] 715 00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,680 It's a penalty. 716 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:01,680 [tense music] 717 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:03,840 [crowd chanting] 718 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,320 Bukayo Saka who so suffered 719 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:15,360 in the aftermath of his penalty miss at Wembley last summer, 720 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:17,280 with this to win it for Arsenal. 721 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,680 [suspenseful music] 722 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:24,360 [shouting] 723 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,640 And Bukayo Saka wins it. 724 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:35,160 A fabulous night for Arsenal, they won't forget this one in a hurry 725 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,680 and their Champions League dream 726 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,320 is very much alive. 727 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:40,600 [whistle] 728 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,160 [cheers] 729 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:47,960 Young and brave, and tonight, brilliant. Exactly as Arteta would have wanted it. 730 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,160 [Alexandre] [in French] Oui ! Oui ! 731 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:52,600 [player] Let's go! 732 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:54,600 [Alexandre] [in French] Oui ! 733 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:58,080 [Alexandre] Well done, everyone! 734 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,680 [in French] Oui, Leno ! Oui, Pépé ! 735 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:06,840 [Shad Forsythe] Fuck yeah, lads! Fuck yeah! 736 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,800 [hubbub] 737 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,560 [clapping and cheering] 738 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,400 [Arteta] Boys, boys, stand up please, come together. 739 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:22,840 [coach] B, come here. 740 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,440 [hubbub] 741 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:33,480 I've been repeating you what I feel about you guys, and especially when you lose, 742 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,800 especially when you lose because I know you. 743 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,480 In life, to good people good things happens. 744 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:41,600 Eddie Nketiah, what you've done all this season 745 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:44,200 and everything that you have to be eating with my decisions, 746 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:45,920 at the end of the day look what happens. 747 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,000 And in this moments, the London Derby, we had the chance and look what happened. 748 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:53,640 Elneny, Rob, everybody, it's fucking a pleasure just to be a coach, 749 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:57,520 to experience people like you and how you look after each other, 750 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:58,480 how you look after the team. 751 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,200 That's an example of a professional player, 752 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:02,840 someone who cares about their team. 753 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,320 And when that happens, I repeat myself, good things happen. 754 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,160 Enjoy the moment but now, guys, it's Manchester United, yeah? 755 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:13,480 We've done great, we had the game in hand, we have taken it all the way, 756 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,040 deserve to be happy, guys, enjoy together the wins, 757 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,120 but Manchester United has to win as well. 758 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,640 [clapping and cheering] 759 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,040 [joyful music] 760 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,320 [chanting] We've got super Mik Arteta! 761 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,120 [fan] Come to Stamford Bridge after 3 losses, 762 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:36,640 we came, we saw, and we conquered. 763 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:42,160 [podcaster] Eddie actually taking that first chance that he had, 764 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,040 I think at that point I kind of, you know, 765 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:47,080 remarked "Fuck me, Eddie's turned into Ian Wright," you know. 766 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:48,080 [laughing] 767 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:49,200 [Ian Wright] Very pleased for Eddie, 768 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,400 'cause it's very difficult to come into a side, 769 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,640 who are not playing well, you're the striker coming on, 770 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:54,760 you're not creating chances, 771 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:56,320 and people are saying "Ah, he's not doing enough." 772 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,080 I think it's starting to happen for him. 773 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,400 Because he's got the energy, he's got the vibrancy, 774 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:02,920 he's got the potential. 775 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:04,120 I'm very, very pleased for him 776 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:08,280 because he's been so much more patient than I ever would have been. 777 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,080 [joyful music] 778 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:23,600 Eddie, what a game he had. 779 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,120 [man] Yeah, yeah, that was a great game. 780 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,360 How tenacious he was, the... 781 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,080 the hunger he had that we're just starving of a striker 782 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,320 that can just do a bit of dog work and look what he got, 783 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:35,000 he went and got himself two goals. 784 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:37,920 [fan] For me, Smith-Rowe, 785 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,280 that finish against Chelsea, wow. 786 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:43,200 How can he just pass it into the net like that? 787 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,200 Do you how much technical brilliance you need to have? 788 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:46,480 Mendy had no chance. 789 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:47,800 No chance. 790 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,680 [joyful music continues] 791 00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,160 [Emile] I remember I scored last season against them. 792 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,120 We had no fans so it wasn't... 793 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,600 it wasn't ideal but this time it was good, man. 794 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:09,840 No better feeling and obviously, Bukayo as well, scoring a penalty. 795 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:12,360 Good for his confidence as well, you know. 796 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,360 No fear at all, man. 797 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,560 Such strong mentality from him. 798 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,200 We're good friends, man, and obviously we grew up together 799 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:23,680 through the academy and stuff so... 800 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,600 Yeah, we always talk about it, like, coming all the way through 801 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,640 and getting an opportunity to play together for the first team. 802 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,840 Like, that was always the dream for all of us, you know. 803 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,160 We just want to perform 804 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,600 and the main thing is making everyone happy for the club 805 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:39,920 and all the fans and stuff, 806 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,600 so yeah, we try not to have any fear when we step onto the pitch 807 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,400 and it's even better when we're at home 808 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,280 and all the fans are shouting our names and stuff. 809 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,400 So sick, man. 810 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,880 [upbeat music] 811 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:05,480 -You're not taking this home, are you? -[Kieran] Mate, they want me to. 812 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,800 How the fuck am I getting that into hand luggage man? 813 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:09,160 Oh, to Scotland? 814 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,040 He's probably going on fucking Jet2 or EasyJet, mate. 815 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,200 [narrator] The victory against Chelsea has breathed new life 816 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,680 back into Arsenal's hunt for Champions League football. 817 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:19,520 [Granit] Last season was very difficult for us 818 00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:21,200 without Europa League, Champions League. 819 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,400 The most important thing is to keep working, to stay together 820 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,200 and at the end, let's see where we are in the table. 821 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:33,480 Good morning, guys. The funeral is over, okay? 822 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,160 Now you can live your life. 823 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,280 I just give everything in that Chelsea game, 824 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,120 I enjoy a lot when I play against the big teams. 825 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,840 You just focus on your game and you focus 826 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,280 how you're going to beat them and, er, that's it, yeah. 827 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,680 [narrator] Mo is currently observing Ramadan, 828 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,440 and so is fasting during daylight hours. 829 00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:56,360 Teach me, Ramadan Mubarak? 830 00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:58,480 -Mubarak. -Mubarak. There we go. 831 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:01,360 [narrator] Nutritionist Laura is doing regular body scans 832 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:03,680 to ensure Mo is fit to play. 833 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:06,960 [Laura] Nice and still. 834 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:08,600 6 minutes. 835 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,400 [Laura] The DEXA scan is an X-ray machine 836 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:15,080 and we utilise it to check on a player's body composition 837 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,560 to make sure that they're not losing too much muscle. 838 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,640 What time did you wake up this morning? 839 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:25,520 Like 4:45. 840 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:26,680 [Laura] Okay. 841 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,760 What have you had so far? 842 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:31,640 I eat before I sleep. 843 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,160 Like, I ate like 11 o'clock. 844 00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:35,560 [Laura] Okay, so you haven't eaten this morning? 845 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:36,640 No. 846 00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,360 Okay, all right. 847 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,240 [narrator] Arsenal now face fellow Champions League contenders 848 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:43,960 Manchester United. 849 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,520 [Laura] All right. Let's have a look. 850 00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:49,320 So, lean mass is up a little bit. 851 00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,160 Body fat is down slightly. 852 00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:52,600 It's good. 853 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,160 [narrator] It's a huge game and with Thomas Partey out, 854 00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,040 Mo Elneny will once again be called upon. 855 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,080 I think that we're going to reach 856 00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:03,200 our goal. 857 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:04,960 I promise, if you see our training, 858 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:08,040 if you see how Mikel prepares and you see the players, 859 00:44:08,240 --> 00:44:11,400 how hungry they are and everyone fighting for his position, 860 00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,320 I never see someone give everything, work really hard 861 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,040 and they don't get reward. Never. 862 00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:19,640 [tense music] 863 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,440 [crowd chanting] 864 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:33,720 [fan] United always turn up against us, they always turn up. 865 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,960 [fan 2] It does not matter how we get the job done, 866 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:39,040 but you have to get the job done 867 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:42,400 because at this stage of the season, it's so vital, these points. 868 00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:45,080 Effectively, win at Manchester United, done and dusted, 869 00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:46,720 completely out of the equation. 870 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,480 [narrator] If Arsenal beat Manchester United, 871 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:54,480 they will make it almost impossible for their old rivals to make top 4. 872 00:44:55,840 --> 00:45:00,840 However, standing in their way is the game's all-time top scorer, 873 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:02,760 Cristiano Ronaldo. 874 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,440 [Cédric] Come on, come on, come on. Let's go. 875 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:15,160 Come on, come on everyone ready, everyone ready, from the start. 876 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:17,560 Okay, stand up, guys. 877 00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:20,680 Ready. 878 00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:22,800 Get together. 879 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,840 The other day I asked you one thing, have the feeling before the match, 880 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:34,520 how it feels when you go there, 881 00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:36,680 you play at Stamford Bridge and you win. 882 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,680 I want feelings, I want you to go out there, guys, 883 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:43,640 to win the match and to impose ourselves in front of our people, okay? 884 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:45,160 Fucking enjoy. 885 00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:46,560 [cheering and clapping] 886 00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:50,520 [hip-hop music] 887 00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:53,080 [hubbub] 888 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,360 [crowd cheering] 889 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:04,800 [hip-hop music continues] 890 00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:12,480 [commentator] This used to be the fiercest of rivalries 891 00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:16,800 and these are now two sides in the scrap for the top 4 to earn the right 892 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:19,200 to return to Europe's top table. 893 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:24,920 [whistle] 894 00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:26,480 [suspenseful music] 895 00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:32,560 [commentator 2] Saka's illegally fouled. 896 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:34,240 Ronaldo. 897 00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:37,040 And Arsenal are much quicker, much hungrier. 898 00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,720 It's Saka, lovely strike, it's a great save, 899 00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:42,880 the rebound is put in 900 00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:45,160 by Tavares. 901 00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,480 [commentator 3] And Manchester United have conceded 902 00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:50,520 inside 3 minutes at the Emirates Stadium. 903 00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,320 [commentator 4] Tavares following in for his first Arsenal goal. 904 00:46:54,720 --> 00:46:57,680 [commentator 5] Xhaka to Elneny, Elneny plays it forward to Odegaard, 905 00:46:57,840 --> 00:46:59,320 they might test them here. 906 00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:03,000 Elneny gets it back, now Nketiah's inside the area. 907 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:05,360 Stopped by David de Gea. It's a magnificent chance. 908 00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:11,920 So easy for Elneny and Xhaka to get on the ball and start the play. 909 00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:15,120 Arsenal just have got a sense of blood here. 910 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:19,440 Saka, moving forward at pace for Arsenal. 911 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,880 [commentator 4] Here's Odegaard looking for Saka, he goes down. 912 00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:25,600 [shouting] 913 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:27,040 It's a penalty. 914 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:28,560 [whistle] 915 00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:30,680 [suspenseful music] 916 00:47:31,720 --> 00:47:32,520 [shouting] 917 00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:35,560 [commentator 3] Drives it into the corner. 918 00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:37,440 And Arsenal have a 2-goal lead. 919 00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:43,800 [commentator 5] Matic wins it into the area, 920 00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:45,920 and it's tapped in at the far post by Ronaldo. 921 00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:47,560 [crowd shouts] 922 00:47:47,720 --> 00:47:49,040 [whistle] 923 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:50,280 There is the half time whistle. 924 00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:52,160 Arsenal have got to be incredibly careful here. 925 00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:55,280 2-nil up in the game and now they've found themselves 2-1 926 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:56,800 and giving up chances. 927 00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:59,160 [suspenseful music] 928 00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:00,920 [whistle] 929 00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:05,840 [narrator] The second half starts with the same frenetic energy. 930 00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:07,560 And Manchester United are given 931 00:48:07,720 --> 00:48:10,640 the perfect opportunity to level the score. 932 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:15,560 [commentator] Did it come off a hand, that? I think it did, it's a penalty. 933 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:18,200 [whistle] 934 00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:19,600 [tense music] 935 00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:23,320 -Hits the post! -[cheering] 936 00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:31,960 [commentator 2] Elneny wins it, plays it square to Xhaka who shoots. 937 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:33,120 What a goal from Xhaka. 938 00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,320 25 yards out! 939 00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:39,640 [victorious music] 940 00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:42,040 [screaming] 941 00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:44,240 [whistle] 942 00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:46,320 [commentator] And there goes the final whistle. 943 00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:48,680 3 points then going Arsenal's way. 944 00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:50,840 [cheering] 945 00:48:58,200 --> 00:48:59,000 [Mohamed] Well done. 946 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:00,760 Well done, boys. 947 00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:02,520 Yes, lads, yes! 948 00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:05,240 [cheering] 949 00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:11,640 [Arteta] Guys, I think we are all so proud of you, the amount of energy, 950 00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:14,640 belief that you put, how you suffer in difficult moments, 951 00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:16,400 it was fucking incredible. 952 00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:18,720 My heart is going to stop at some stage with you, guys, 953 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:22,800 but I'm so proud to coach you, to be with you as I've always said. 954 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:26,600 Elneny, if somebody here doesn't have energy, you put the energy. 955 00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:28,520 That's why we're going to need every fucking one. 956 00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:31,120 So today, make sure you fucking enjoy it tonight, 957 00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:32,760 if you want to and then, guys, 958 00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:34,120 it's West Ham and it's the next one. 959 00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:37,280 We are in the fucking race and we're going to have a real go 960 00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:39,080 so we're going to need you, everybody, 961 00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:41,360 and everybody means every single person 962 00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:45,000 pulling and adding and pushing this boat as quick as possible, okay? 963 00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:46,880 [clapping and cheering] 964 00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:49,040 [hubbub] 965 00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:56,080 [Gaspar] Well done. 966 00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:02,640 Can you see this end to the season coming down to a straight shoot out 967 00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:06,040 in the North London derby for a top 4 finish? 968 00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:09,640 Of course that head to head game is going to be really, really important. 969 00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:11,240 Is that something you'd relish? 970 00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:14,600 This is why we are here to play big matches, erm, 971 00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:18,320 that can define big moments and that's the beauty of this game. 972 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:21,880 -Ciao. -[in Spanish] Ciao, mi amor. 973 00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,040 We have a huge ambition to play Champions League next season. 974 00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:26,840 We have 4 games, guys, 4 games to go. 975 00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:29,480 We don't lose here, we find a way and we win! 976 00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:32,360 It all comes down to us v. Tottenham. 977 00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:36,720 [commentator] It's as big a London derby that I can remember. 978 00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:39,440 The prize is the future. 979 00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:45,160 [commentator 2] And there is the red, and Arsenal are down to 10 men. 980 00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:46,880 A lot happened in the last few months, 981 00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:48,280 to be in the position that we are in, 982 00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:50,160 so let's go for it. 983 00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:52,600 [tense music] 984 00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:55,760 [Arteta] When you want to achieve something, you have to suffer. 985 00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:59,440 At the minute it's all them, and we have to flick the switch. 986 00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:01,920 -Guys, we have to turn this around. -[clapping and cheering] 987 00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:05,600 [tense music]