Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta's reaction to 1-0 win over Palace and views on the Red Card
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00:00 I love it. I absolutely loved it. It's a really difficult place to come. We played there where
00:28 we wanted to play 11 against 11. We dominated the game, we created enough chances. We missed
00:32 two very, very huge chances. Normally, he puts them away but we never gave up. We continued
00:38 playing there. We wanted to continue. Eddie earned us the right to go ahead with his action,
00:43 score the penalty. And then we have to play half an hour with Thurman, which is a context
00:49 that obviously we didn't prepare. But we have to adapt and I think the players were fantastic
00:54 because I don't think we gave anything away. The shots were great, the way they came out,
01:00 the concentration, the focus, how much they helped the team, the coaching, they changed
01:04 momentum in many occasions of the game. So I'm really happy.
01:13 I prefer not to make comments because for me it's so obvious.
01:28 Nothing at all. It's about the games that we were expecting, that I was expecting, how
01:33 I wanted to defend and attack and what I believed was the best thing. He's played in both games,
01:39 he helped us to win both games for different reasons. He was really good today, he absolutely
01:43 dominated the box when he came on and he's going to play a lot of games. But that's a
01:49 decision sometimes.
01:50 How are you finding the players finding the time-wasting rule to deal with that's how
01:51 old Tom Hanks has picked up his third year at Cardiff? It seems like there's a few issues.
02:05 For me that's not an issue. If the referee makes that call and we are consistent with
02:10 that, I think they explain it. The only thing we are asking is for consistency. If not,
02:15 we need to play with a stopwatch to understand what is it and what is not.
02:20 Can we see tonight why you said you were afraid to sign Declan Rice?
02:28 Hopefully we saw a little bit. I think he was great. I think he was bossing midfield,
02:33 I think he dominated the game. He was very influential both attacking and defending.
02:38 He has started to grow. Today he played in a different position than last week because
02:43 of what we expected from Palace and what we needed there. I think he was really good.
02:47 Is there an issue with the way the VAR is used? On second yellow they can't intervene
03:07 to rescind it but they can intervene to upgrade it. Is that the norm that needs to be adopted?
03:08 I don't know. I don't know if that's the solution. The decision is made. We are not going to
03:09 change it now. We adapted to it. Unfortunately we made the game much tougher and normally
03:16 you are going to drop points when you have to play in this league for 30 minutes away
03:19 from home. To survive the way we did is not something that usually happens but we are
03:24 so happy that we overcame that big hurdle.
03:27 On your penalty take, it's not in your presentation.
03:30 I had no clue. It's about leadership of players and if they felt it was the right thing to
03:37 do, for me I'm fine. They have to make those decisions on the pitch. I was surprised like
03:42 everybody else. They made that, he scored the goal which is the important thing and
03:46 we won the game.
03:47 It's quite interesting seeing that team at the end. A lot of big players, tall players,
03:48 defensive players, strong in the air, clearing away, dominating the box. How nice is it to
03:49 have that option now that you can do that?
04:03 When you have to develop a squad, there are certain things that a squad has to have to
04:07 be successful and win and be consistently at their very best. That's what we are trying
04:14 to do and that means that different profiles are needed. We have to take the game and be
04:19 very physical. We are capable of doing that.
04:20 You had two wins in two very tight games that were scratched at some point. When you look
04:21 at the two performances together, do you think you've come close yet to the level you want
04:22 to see this season?
04:23 No, because we have to put the ball in the net more often. Especially with the dominance
04:37 that we are having in games, we have to do that more often. But it's the most difficult
04:40 thing in football. If you don't do that, then you have to do the other part, which is you
04:45 have to be extremely solid. We were last week and we are today with the chances that we
04:50 conceded. Let's keep playing better and evolving.
04:57 Thank you.
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