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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta's  3-0 win reaction, Zubimendi & new signings’ performance  13/09/2025  Emirates Stadium, London, UK

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00:00We'll kick off with Sky.

00:02Hello.

00:04Talk to us about that Zubramendi guy, is that something you've been teaching him on the training?

00:08Certainly no. Zero credit for that.

00:11Incredible execution, the timing, the way he connects with the ball

00:15and the way the ball travels in that trajectory.

00:18Certainly he's given us a lot of positive things,

00:22his presence, his authority on the pitch,

00:25the way he connects with the players and that composure that he's having.

00:29If you start to add assists and goals like this,

00:31then it's another dimension of a player.

00:33What did you make of Ezei on his full debut for the club?

00:36The new ones that they started, fine for them today.

00:40I'm really impressed with them.

00:41I think you can sense and feel that there are new relationships flourishing there

00:46that are going to give us different things.

00:48To become more unpredictable, Noni was exceptional as well.

00:52We played a front three that we never played before.

00:54Good, the exposure of them, in terms of the timing as well,

00:58exactly what they needed because they played a lot of minutes

01:01and overall very happy.

01:04Michael, considering the players you had out today

01:07and then losing Martin early on,

01:09and then to play like that still,

01:12does that sort of show the squad depth that you've worked on

01:15all summer to get who's actually here and thriving already?

01:19Yeah, because if we would have done that,

01:21and as you said with the injuries that we have,

01:23unfortunately some of them are very difficult to control,

01:25we'll be in a very different place.

01:27We knew that that was the standard,

01:29that's the standard of the other teams in the league in Europe,

01:32and you can see that.

01:34I'm very happy because it gives us options,

01:37it gives us the capacity as well to change the game,

01:39it gives us the capacity to have freshness in the team,

01:41and now we have to make sure that everybody feels connected and important.

01:45Could you just check on Martin?

01:47Yeah.

01:48Presumably it's his shoulder, is it?

01:49Yeah, very similar.

01:50I don't know if it's exactly the same place,

01:52but very, very similar injury.

01:54He wasn't comfortable to continue.

01:55He's played two games with Norway,

01:57unfortunately he cannot carry on today,

01:59so we have to assess him with the doctors and see,

02:01but I'm sure he will try his best to be fit for Tuesday.

02:04Jordan?

02:05I just thought on Martin,

02:07because it's a very similar injury and it happened and he was fine

02:09and it's happened again,

02:11do you think you may have to go down a similar route to what you did with Kai

02:14in terms of just having an operation, getting it sorted?

02:17With Martin?

02:19No, I don't think that's, well, I'm not the expert,

02:22but they weren't concerned at that level at all.

02:25I mean, the last time in a few days he was able to manage the pain,

02:29especially it wasn't that the injury was that bad.

02:32I don't know the extent of two days, but hopefully not.

02:37And it's quite rare to see Declan not starting for Arsenal,

02:40but is that just quite nice?

02:41Did he need that rest and do you need to do that more?

02:45Yes, and as well because Mikel comes after scoring four goals in two games

02:51with a really high emotional state

02:53and I want to use that when a player is in that moment,

02:56I want to play him because he's going to bring something different

02:59with the qualities that they have

03:01and Declan comes in and it will have an impact immediately

03:04or we'll play the next game.

03:05And that's what we need to try to manage the best possible way.

03:08Can I just ask how you felt Ethan did in place of Martin?

03:12Because obviously throughout pre-season I think he played in that position quite often.

03:16So how have you seen him kind of develop in that role over the past few months?

03:20Very good, different qualities and you can sense, especially in the first time when he got the ball in certain areas,

03:25how comfortable he is to carry the ball straight away.

03:28The moment he's very close to the box he's got one thing in his mind,

03:31which is the goal and nothing else.

03:33And that's great that we have different qualities within the same position.

03:37And again, against Leeds I think it was the same thing.

03:40After 20 minutes we have to get Martin out, he came on and did very well.

03:45And how's Saliba doing? He missed today?

03:48Yeah, he trained yesterday and he did the whole session and he was OK.

03:52I spoke to him afterwards and he said, I think I need a few more days.

03:56The turnaround has been too quick for the extent of the injury.

03:59So when I play, he says that, don't push it.

04:02And I think Mosque was very, very good.

04:04Yes, I'm very good.

04:05Yes, I'm very good.

04:06Yes, I'm very good.

04:07Mascaro, again played, as you said, played really well.

04:09How hard could he be pushing Saliba and Gabriel this season?

04:14He even seems to come because, as you said...

04:15You've just seen today and what he did in Anfield.

04:17Very, very hard he's going to push them and this kid wants it a lot

04:21and he's so willing to learn.

04:22He's got already some great qualities that fit very well any position that we want to use

04:27in relation to the connections and the qualities of the other defenders.

04:31So that was it.

04:32And with so many defenders now, especially the ones that are pushing to start,

04:36how do you balance that?

04:37Because they obviously all want to play every week.

04:39So how do you balance that?

04:41Well, we need two players per position.

04:43This is football, nothing different.

04:44Again, in the other teams, when you see the qualities that they have,

04:47it's nothing new.

04:48It's just perform, be available as much as possible

04:51because we're going to need them.

04:52And in relation to the opponent, what we want to create,

04:55we'll use certain players, certain qualities.

04:58Miguel, you mentioned the high emotional state there for Marino.

05:02Yeah.

05:03But all of the new players, almost all of them have had big moments.

05:06How important is that in terms of getting something about this early,

05:09even as if today was the pass after Martin's goal?

05:12Well, that's very positive because as well some of the players

05:15that we decided to come off, when you see the reception

05:19and the connection they've been with our supporters already,

05:22that's top, that's exactly what you need because that's going to help you.

05:24It gives confidence.

05:25It gives you more ambition, I think, to do better.

05:29And they are all in a good place, I think.

05:31And just on the depth, is that a specific response to what the Champions League is now,

05:36that you basically have a parallel league season?

05:38Yeah, and obviously the amount of players that they have to play.

05:42They have to play 70 or 74 games throughout the season.

05:45It's never been done.

05:46When the intensity goes that high, they are not going to be able to sustain that.

05:50So, you need more players.

05:52The standards have raised.

05:53We need better players and there's no secret.

05:55Tom, Football London?

05:57Michael, you talked before the game about the perception of your side,

06:00how they approach the Liverpool game.

06:02Obviously, you talked about that game and this game, two opposite results.

06:05Do you see a difference at all in how you approach both games

06:08and the intent to win both games?

06:10No.

06:11They're the same.

06:12Hopefully you were in the preparation for the game in my meetings.

06:16James, your best.

06:18You mentioned Poloni earlier.

06:21Could you reflect on what it is he's brought to the squad that's a bit different?

06:24I mean, it seems like when he gets the ball, he just goes.

06:28Yeah.

06:29Yeah.

06:30A lot of courage.

06:32That's how I describe it.

06:34Obviously a lot of quality, but a lot of courage.

06:36And we were about to sign him and there was that reaction around him.

06:41I spoke to him and he was like,

06:43I'll go for it.

06:44I can't wait to put that shirt on and play for you guys.

06:47I said, well, let's bring him.

06:49If I was convinced before, I'm more convinced now that he's going to do it.

06:52And yeah, I think he has such a power, such a capacity to repeat efforts

06:58because to be able to do that physically you have to have a different specimen,

07:01I think.

07:02And he's certainly that.

07:03But he's very schoolful, very unpredictable.

07:05He's so willing to learn and it brings joy.

07:08You know, I look at him and he's always smiling,

07:10he's always trying things.

07:11He gets one wrong, he goes again.

07:13And that's what I love about the creative players,

07:16because you need that to be successful.

07:18OK, last couple.

07:19Phil from PA first.

07:20Hi.

07:21That's eight goals in two games,

07:24and you only conceded one goal in the four games so far.

07:27Do you think that, obviously you lost to Liverpool,

07:29but do you think that last one will be sort of moved on to a new level this year

07:32and what you're seeing and what sort of message are you sending out in terms of the title?

07:37That's what we hope,

07:38but we need to go game by game.

07:40It doesn't matter what we talk about,

07:41what we want to do,

07:42what we have to do.

07:43It's not what we want,

07:44we have to now work today, again, review.

07:46There are things that we have to get better at to be able to score even more

07:50and be more dominant in certain phases of the game.

07:52And go game by game.

07:54And I'm prepared to win in Bilbao,

07:56which is going to be incredible.

07:58I hope you all go,

07:59because it's one of the best places to go,

08:01north of Spain,

08:02that's where I'm from.

08:03So, go.

08:04I think you're going to enjoy, guys,

08:05and an incredible stadium atmosphere to play football.

08:08OK, finally to Ryan.

08:09Mikel, just on some of the new signings,

08:11obviously you signed them to making an immediate impact,

08:14but did you expect them to sort of settle as quickly as they have,

08:17because they have gelled?

08:19Yeah, well, I have no question in terms of what we want

08:23and dressing room and feeling part of that

08:26or the support that we're going to have from our people,

08:28no question.

08:29But then, yeah, things have to click

08:31and go well for you in the first instances.

08:34But we have tried to create the right environment for them

08:36and the quality is there.

08:37But I'm very glad that so early already,

08:39you can see that, wow,

08:41they're going to add so much value to the team.

08:43OK, guys, thanks very much.

08:44Yeah, thank you.

08:45Any recommendations?

08:48A lot.

08:49You're not going to get it wrong going.

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