Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says they cannot approach the competition 'in a different way' out of respect.
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00:00 How difficult is it to convince even the supporters that something like the Carabao Cup is really
00:06 important for them?
00:07 I don't know if we can convince them because if you ask about the priority what it will
00:13 be it wouldn't be for sure the Carabao Cup. For us it's more internally how we use it,
00:20 what are the demands we put on ourselves and how we approach every single game. We play
00:24 for Arsenal Football Club and you cannot approach it in any different way because that's not
00:28 respecting the game.
00:29 Do the players in a way almost take it as a bit of an insult when they're playing in
00:34 the Carabao Cup and all the big names are resting and suddenly they're playing and they
00:39 sort of think I shouldn't be playing in this either?
00:42 No. I don't know. I don't think I have three World Cup winners in the squad that can think
00:48 like this about the Carabao Cup. I might be wrong but I don't think nobody can think like
00:52 that. I think that would be very, very arrogant.