Arteta and Saliba on champions league return leg v PSV leading 7-1
11/03/2025
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00:00Is there any injury updates and is it a chance for Gabriel Martel to get more minutes?
00:07Yeah, everybody finished the game, I guess Man Utd with no issues, so I expect the same
00:12players to be available and Gabi for sure will be available as well.
00:15And now there's been a couple of days between the games, is there any further reflection
00:20on that draw at Man Utd?
00:22The same, the same as before and now full focus on PSV.
00:26It's a unique situation coming into a game with a 7-1 lead, so does it give you a chance
00:30to rotate the team tomorrow or how are you going to approach that?
00:34It is unique but understanding as well how the game was played a week ago and the fact
00:40that everything went in the right direction for us from the beginning and we're going
00:45to have to end the right tomorrow to go in the same direction, so fully focused on that.
00:50It's probably a little bit strange coming into a game where you have a six-goal lead
00:54to be asking about chance creation and finishing, but is there anything you can do to improve
00:59on the way the team has been building up and taking chances?
01:03Yes for sure, there's always improvement and from the other day as well we already
01:07talked about a lot of situations that we could have done better because the situations are
01:13there, but that's it, it's about execution in football and it's what you can do next
01:17and my job is to give the team as many tools as possible, reassurance and confidence as
01:21well that we can deliver again.
01:24Do you expect to go even more on to the Champions League now in the position you're in,
01:30considering the position you are in the Premier League, 15 points behind, is this the only
01:35realistic chance left of the trophy?
01:37Well it's a competition that we have a lot of enthusiasm, putting a lot of energy, we're
01:42very consistent and winning tomorrow puts us in a very good position, that's it.
01:47Gary Sky?
01:48Hello, surprise me, surprise me.
01:54I'll try, but I doubt I'll succeed.
01:57I know you won't say, and Arnaud Sloat's not saying the title race is over, but pundits
02:03are queuing up to say the title race is over, do you still believe that until it's mathematically
02:10not over you can carry on fighting for it?
02:12Yes we're going to carry on fighting to try to win every game, which is the only thing
02:16we can do at the moment because sadly it doesn't depend on us.
02:19That didn't surprise you that question did it?
02:21No.
02:22I was very predictable by the way.
02:25Are you a betting man?
02:26No.
02:28If you were, would you back yourself to win the Premier League?
02:32Now?
02:33Yeah.
02:35Good question, that surprised me.
02:39How do you convince the players that the fight is still on, on both fronts?
02:43We're talking about now tomorrow's game and Champions League, that's all.
02:47You said the Champions League, obviously that must be the competition you've got most
02:54chance of winning silverware this season.
02:56If you had to choose, start of any season, if you had to choose either the Premier League
03:01to win it or the Champions League to win it, which one would you personally choose?
03:06I'm very lucky because I don't have to choose, nobody put me in that situation,
03:09so we have four at the start of the season and we go for the four of them and see what we get.
03:15When you arrived, if someone had said that you'd be second again in the Premier League
03:20as we speak and in pretty much the quarter-finals of the Champions League, that would be a dream
03:26season, wouldn't it, given where the club were when you got here?
03:29If somebody said that, I don't know, that's for somebody to understand and to put that.
03:34If somebody would say that with the injuries that we had with five red cards and everything
03:38that's going on, probably, but I don't know.
03:41Everybody has different opinions, you have to respect that.
03:45Hi, Mikel, how are you?
03:46Good, thank you.
03:47So this is your last chance of winning Silverware, does it put pressure on you,
03:51the fact that you've now got only one competition to go for?
03:54But it's the demands that we put in every competition that we play, it's not adding
03:57pressure, it's the reality of where we are and what we want to deliver and we are very,
04:03very, very much conscious that the demands for this football club is to reach the highest
04:09level and win those competitions, that's it.
04:12You just said the demands are to win competition, win Silverware, would it be, I won't say
04:18failure, I think that's too hard a word, would it be a major disappointment to you if you
04:22finish this season again without Silverware, despite the fact that you've progressed again
04:27maybe in your own mind from last season?
04:29We are not there yet and I think the way I describe failure, it will be very different
04:35maybe to yours or to somebody else's.
04:37How would you describe it?
04:39That's for me.
04:40In terms of this game tomorrow night, normally a manager would say you've got to respect
04:45the opposition, which you have to, but you must admit you're already through pretty much
04:49to the quarter-finals, I mean no team has ever had a six-goal lead and lost a tie.
04:54So how do you convince the players that this is a game where they've got to keep their
04:58concentration 100% and be professional?
05:02Very easy, just understanding what happened in the first game and the direction it could
05:06have taken in the first ten minutes, after all the control that we have, if we give the
05:10goal away or if the referee would have given the second yellow card to Miles, very simple.
05:15So this is football, you have to earn it and we're going to have to do a great job tomorrow
05:18again to win the game.
05:21Harry from BBC London.
05:22Hi Miquel, obviously there's still a game to be played tomorrow night but you're in
05:26a really commanding position as has already been said, have you already been looking at
05:30the two potential opponents and trying to figure out maybe ways of potentially overcoming
05:35them?
05:36Well since the day that we had the teams in the group stages and you are playing with
05:41one opposition you are looking at the others for sure and then once we knew as well the
05:46possible ones, first of all because we know them all because they are so good, so yeah
05:51you start to put in your head what if but that's it after you know that you have to
05:55earn every right to be in that position.
05:58And after tomorrow you play just once more this month, obviously the season's provided
06:02a really hectic schedule and that's contributed to injuries and stuff, does this period come
06:07as a welcomed one or would you prefer to have that rhythm of playing games more regularly?
06:11Well we knew of the period since the last international November the amount of games
06:15that we had to play so yeah a lot of players will go international duty after the Chelsea
06:20game and after that is the final sprint.
06:24Simon Evenstander.
06:25Hi Miguel, could I just ask you about Xheco, he's played the last few games in midfield
06:31and he's had that opportunity, just how you feel he's played there and what he's brought
06:34to the team in that position?
06:36He's very good and with the options that we have we believe that it's a position that
06:40he can help in, that suits him, he's played there before, I know him for many years and
06:45he can really fit in that position and he's adapted really well in training and had a
06:49few opportunities in the last few games as well to show that so happy that he's been
06:54playing well there.
06:55You've got a lot of things to sort in the summer but is sitting down with him and discussing
06:59his future one of the things you want to do because he'll have a year left on his contract?
07:02I do that with every player, before we finalise the season if possible we have time to do
07:07so so everybody's clear on expectations from each other, clarity about how we're feeling
07:12about each other and how that relationship can continue is the best thing and other things
07:17to do and discuss and I'm satisfied I'm going to have that discussion with all of them.
07:22Jordan Athetic.
07:24Obviously you enjoyed a really good first leg but PSG play a very different style to
07:29a lot of the domestic opponents, you come up against no blocks and maybe the last few
07:33games you've been struggling to create, just looking to the summer and how you evolved
07:37the team, do you think you need to take the burden off of Odegaard and add some more players
07:43with that invention and guile in the small spaces?
07:47Yeah, the spaces can be in different situations in relation to what the team does, it's not
07:55only about the space, it has to be created, not just used and to create it you need threating
07:59behind as well to stress teams out, you need players that can fix more than one opponent
08:04as well, I think it's very important to create the spaces.
08:06There are various ways, we have different profiles of players, unfortunately we're
08:10missing some of them but they're constantly adapting and willing to evolve the team.
08:15I just wanted to ask you about Raheem, he obviously never got off the bench at the weekend,
08:20have you spoken to him about that and how has it been managing him the last six months
08:26because you've obviously got a long relationship with him, it must have been difficult when
08:30you happen to tell him he's not playing?
08:32The same with the rest of the players, at the end we make decisions on the day which
08:36player we believe fits better in the manner the game is developing and he's come on in
08:41many of the games and didn't the other day and that's it.
08:44Is he likely to feature tomorrow?
08:46Sorry?
08:47Is he likely to start tomorrow?
08:48I will decide that tomorrow with him and with the rest of them.
08:54You mentioned the injuries you've had this season, you've lost a couple of them for
08:57extended periods, one of those players has just come back is Ben Wyatt, what is it that
09:01you've missed in him not being with the team as much as he has been over the last two seasons?
09:06Well obviously that connection that we had in the right side with him, Bugayo and Martin
09:10was something exceptional and a real threat to the team and we missed that.
09:14It's true that Juren has been equally exceptional as well with his performance and consistently
09:20and now we're going to have another option which is great to have.
09:24This week there's been a lot of speculation around the sporting director situation as
09:26well, what's important for you in a relationship with that figure, what type of qualities do
09:32you enjoy in working with that type of position at the club?
09:36The best one for me, ownership, board, everybody is aligned that this is the right person to
09:43take us to the next level, that's the most important thing.
09:46OK, finally in the live section we'll go to Charles.
09:48You had quite a few youngsters in and around the matchday squad of late because of the
09:53injuries, is tomorrow night, given the context, maybe not from the start, a good opportunity
09:57to reward people, Nathan for example, who obviously put in a lot of work on the training
10:02ground with the squad, is it a good opportunity to reward maybe some of those in game state?
10:07Yeah, we did that once when we could and it's always great because they've been, as you
10:11said, extremely helpful and they've been bringing so much to the team so whenever you
10:16have the opportunity to any player to say thank you or to give minutes, which at the
10:23end is the way of telling them we trust you and we appreciate what you do for us, minutes,
10:28we will do.
10:28Just on Ben, he hasn't started a game yet since he's come back from the injury, is he
10:33ready to start now as you sort of work your way back up to...
10:36Yeah, I think we have to manage him very well because he was still having some issues to
10:40manage in terms of the load and we're very cautious of that to make sure that when he
10:44comes back he can now maintain that level and there's no more setbacks but I think he's
10:48in a good position now to give him a start.
10:51OK, that finishes the live section, we'll now go to 10.30pm tonight, we'll kick off
10:55with Sam from Telegraph.
10:57Hi, sorry I've got a tactical question, so forgive me if it's completely illogical,
11:02but with the low-block, deep-block situation you face, do you want that to be real because
11:08it pins the other team back and keeps them away from your goal or would you wish that
11:12every team played like PSV did?
11:15Depends, against Man United we have 11 situations where we have open spaces to attack, 11, big
11:21ones, we use one.
11:23Top teams they use nine and in the past and against other teams we have used 60-70% of
11:28that situation.
11:29The situations were there, we didn't use them.
11:32Then there are the set-pieces as well, then there are positional attacks when do they
11:36want to play there?
11:36No, maybe you do things that well that you force them to be there and then you have to
11:40be equally efficient in that area, which is the lowest rate in football when you have
11:45that much density.
11:46It's pure logic, but we have to improve.
11:49We've been very good through the season against back-fives for example and now we
11:54have a struggle to win because we have sets and chances with the end score to open up
11:57the scores, which is very important in any context of a game.
12:02To the untrained eye, it looks like for example that Arsenal and Man City face a lot of those
12:07deep-blocks because of the way you play in build-up, but in Liverpool for example the
12:11games always feel more open and there's less density there.
12:15Is that right?
12:16Do you think it's because of the way you play?
12:19In context of matches as well, however you score a goal, because that's in terms of the
12:24duration of how much time you have in a low-block and that's very simple to see in the league
12:29what is the ratio.
12:30But it's very much related as well to how many games you have with sets and 0-0 or going
12:36down on the score-sheet.
12:38But maybe our way of playing as well and the threat that Liverpool has in certain positions
12:42and how they can threat from the back line, the opposition line, creates more situations
12:47like this.
12:48But a lot of them they win for example from defending set-pieces and then they run, so
12:53we haven't conceded many set-pieces either.
12:59Just on Raheem, how much is his body's form struggling with the lack of minutes?
13:05He's a warrior for the rest of the season but he's not in perhaps a tip-top match condition
13:10to come on and impact it?
13:12For every player that he doesn't play probably consistently, when you ask him he would say
13:16I lack this and I need that, that's normal when you don't play regularly.
13:30He's played games, he's come in in games like many other players.
13:34At the end it's our decision to decide who starts and who comes on.
13:40Kieran has been exceptional, Alex trains every day so well.
13:43There are many players, Ethan when he wasn't playing that much he deserved to play, now
13:47it's Ben, it's Jakub, I can say exactly the same thing.
13:50And is there a chance between now and the end of the season that he could become a starter
13:54or is his role now just prevention?
13:57The chance is the same for all the players.
14:02Just on the sporting director, I know you can't comment on individuals but how important
14:07is it that the new person comes in as soon as possible so you can start planning for
14:11the summer?
14:13Yes, I think it's been a process that the club believe it was the right thing to do
14:18and once they are ready and they believe it's the right moment to make that public, they
14:25will do it and we'll work from that.
14:27But the club is very prepared on the next steps.
14:31And given how far you find yourself behind Liverpool in the title race and the problems
14:36you have with the squad, do you think it's going to be quite a big summer for us, you
14:39need quite a lot of investment in the squad to challenge again for the league next season?
14:43Well every summer because there are things that you can predict and other things that
14:48probably happen that are not on the table right now but I have full belief that our
14:54squad when it's fully fit is very, very strong.
14:57But in comparison to last year when you didn't really make many additions, do you think this
15:01time you need a couple more just in case the same sort of thing happens again?
15:06Yes, we knew as well as the capacity that we have to do certain things.
15:10We know what is ideal but you cannot have sometimes everything that you want because
15:16you have to respect that there are other things that are limiting you.
15:20When you talk about the final sprint after the Chelsea game in the international break,
15:26the reality is that as we speak you are in theory six games from winning the Champions
15:32League and if you do a good job tomorrow night, five games from winning the Champions League.
15:36Is that something you felt the need to emphasise to your players that you're actually not that
15:41far, you've done the lion's share of the work in this competition now?
15:45Yes, we've done a lot and probably the most exciting part is coming right now and we have
15:51to make sure that's right tomorrow and that we finish the job in the way that we want
15:56to do to put ourselves in a great position to go again.
16:00There are some big clubs left in the Champions League as there always are in the last
16:05eight or 16. Is there any reason why any of them should look upon Arsenal as
16:10outsiders? Because on your day you could beat any of these teams left in company.
16:16Yes, after you have to do it. As I said, we've been extremely consistent in the competition,
16:22we've been very, very good and now we have to continue to do. As you said,
16:27I have full belief as well that we can compete against any team. It's on those days
16:33getting the best out of ourselves and controlling every detail because when you get to those
16:37stages that's what is going to define the moment to go through or not.
16:50What do you think the main differences are between him two or three years ago and him
16:55right now at Arsenal?
16:57Timing in football flies, as well as playing for different clubs, things move and change and
17:03you have to do it again. Raj has been incredibly consistent in the last 10 years for the things
17:08that he's done and it's about doing them again for sure.
17:11Has he lost anything in particular from then to now?
17:13Lost.
17:15Now what he's not having is probably the time that he used to have before to play and show that.
17:21In terms of your relationship with him, of course at Man City you were assistant coach
17:24and you're quite close with him, you spend a lot of time in training and developing different
17:27things. How has your relationship changed between obviously being an assistant coach
17:31and now being his boss?
17:34On a personal level not so much but obviously it is different because of the role that he has
17:42right now and what we demand from each other or what Pep used to demand from him is different
17:48because now I'm the person that makes the final call.
17:51OK, finally we'll go to Hamza from the Times at the back there.
17:55When you watched back the PSV match, I know you mentioned earlier that you scored early
18:00and how a team plays, but was there anything that you think your team did differently to
18:03score as many goals as you did or was it just on the day that the shots were intended?
18:08Yeah, that we were extremely efficient, that we picked the right players in the box in the right
18:12moment and we had a lot of shots on target in percentage to the amount of attempts that we had.
18:18And yeah, that was a big thing.
18:22And just one more from me, I noticed statistically you're one of the teams that
18:27moved up through the wings the most in the league. I just wanted to understand
18:32what's the idea behind that because it's a point of difference with most of the league.
18:38You progress up the wings statistically more than most other teams in the league. I just
18:42wanted to understand what's the idea behind that, why you attack through the wings more?
18:47Yes, because we have to adjust to the qualities of our place.
18:52OK.
19:01Yeah, I like to attack through the centre, yeah. I like to attack where the space is
19:05and where I have more probability to be successful.
19:08OK, guys. Thanks very much. Thank you, guys.
19:25Cool. Thank you, guys, for joining. We'll kick off with Gary.
19:30Hello there. The fact you're here hopefully means that you're playing,
19:34but that's not always the case with Mikel. But I'm sure there will be changes working
19:40against you. You've got this big lead. How important, though, is it that you don't
19:43take the advantage you've got for granted?
19:47Yeah, hello. First of all, yeah, I don't know if I'm playing tomorrow. I really know maybe
19:52tonight or tomorrow morning. But, yeah, we all want to play tomorrow because it's a Champions
19:57League game and we play at home and we want to win tomorrow because it can give us a lot
20:03of confidence and we can be qualified. So tomorrow it's an important game for us.
20:10I was reading a social media site of one of the football broadcasters. They say the last
20:15two games you've had 11 aerial duels and you've won all of them, 100 per cent of them,
20:22and they've gone hashtag Colossus. Do you like being a Colossus?
20:26Yeah, I like being a Colossus. But, yeah, it's a good start. It means that I've played
20:33good the last two games, but it's not enough. I can do better, I think.
20:38What about in the other box? Because Nicole Arteta said here a few weeks ago,
20:42we were talking about the injuries to Tikkabi Kai-Havertz, that we know that
20:48Panfiori has himself up top, we know that Nick Almerino's doing a job there.
20:53You told him apparently that you used to play centre-forward and you were offering your services.
20:58Yeah, I think it was a joke because, yeah, I know that I can play striker, but here it's
21:04different to be a striker at this big club. It's different, but yeah, I used to play striker
21:10when I was young, but now it's different. So he won't see you offering your services?
21:14Yeah, if the coach needs me there, I will be there, but I don't think so. I think I'll stay at the back.
21:23Hi, good to meet you. As a footballer, you're conditioned
21:27to go into every game with a certain amount of jeopardy when you might lose.
21:33There isn't that tomorrow, right? So just explain to me how you go into a game,
21:37which probably is the first time in your career where you've been six goals ahead.
21:42I think the coach will tell us today, I think we don't have to think about the last game.
21:50Tomorrow is important as well and we have to win. Even if we beat them 7-1 last week,
21:57tomorrow it will be important because we want to win every game.
22:01And the game is at home as well and if we win tomorrow, we will have good confidence for the
22:06next games. And the Champions League now is all important. I mean, I think you'd agree with me
22:12probably that winning the Premier League is not going to happen this year. So winning the
22:15Champions League, and as a footballer, you want to win silverware. So explain to me how important
22:21the next two months are in this competition? Yeah, of course. But if we want to be there in
22:27the next two months, we have to win tomorrow or not lose. But yeah, of course, everyone wants to
22:33win the Champions League because this competition is one competition that you watch when you are
22:38young and you want to win. And we know that the competition is really hard to win, so we'll give
22:44everything and anything can happen. And finally from me, from an outsider's point of view,
22:50Arsenal improving every year but still haven't won that trophy yet,
22:55the major trophy under Mikel Arteta. Why is that? What's been missing?
23:02I think it's just some margin. I think we are close. We are very close and we'll keep going.
23:08We don't have to stop working. When you are close like this, of course, when you don't win
23:14trophies, it's sad. But we have to keep going because with the work, we will do the big step.
23:22I'm really sure that we will arrive there.
23:42Yeah, of course. I was a big fan when I was young.
23:47And when I celebrate a goal, it's because football games are so hard to win. So,
23:55yeah, when my teammates score a goal, I'm so happy. So, yeah, I always had this passion and
24:01especially because I'm a big fan of this club and playing there and scoring there is like a
24:08dream for me. So, I enjoy everything, every day, every game. So, that's it.
24:17I'm really happy here. I have two years and a half as well. So, yeah,
24:37there is nothing. I'm happy here and I want to continue here.
24:47I think I'm lucky because, yeah, even with the injury of Ben White, Timber came back from ACL,
25:14big injury, and he played like he never had ACL before. He's so, so good.
25:22We are so lucky to have good defenders like this because, yeah, he plays so, so good.
25:28Ben or Timber, it's the same. We have to adapt.
25:34We are so happy to have good defenders like this.
25:44Yeah, of course. I want to be one day the best defender in the world. I know I have to
25:51work a lot to win trophies as well. But, yeah, it's my dream.
26:03I think I'm not so far, but I'm not the best at the moment because, for me,
26:08this season has not been so good. It's like this. I have to review my season. I have to
26:16work on my games. But, yeah, this season has not been so good. But I have to watch,
26:23especially my partner Gabriel, who has been so, so good this season. There are a few as well.
26:31But, yeah, of course, I have to focus on myself and work more.
26:37It must be hard when you have these setbacks in the league and the domestic cuts. Do you still
26:52feel like the squad truly believe they can win the Champions League this year?
26:57Yeah, of course. It's sad when you don't win a trophy, but you have to keep believing because
27:03we are here. We won the first game last week. Tomorrow, if we win or if we draw, we are in the
27:10quarter-final. And after, anything can happen. You have to believe in yourself and everyone
27:17thinks that we can do it.
27:18And just when we talk about your contract, two years left,
27:22you've not spoken about not winning a trophy yet. Do you want to stay at Arsenal until
27:26you have got those big trophies, the Champions League, on your CV?
27:30Of course, I want to win big things with Arsenal. Because if you leave this club and you
27:37didn't win anything, the fans and the people, they will forget about you. So,
27:42of course, I want to win big things here.
27:45Jordan?
28:04Yeah, when I was younger, everyone wanted to be a striker, a winger. We didn't think
28:10about a centre-back. But sometimes it's football. If you're not good enough to play in front,
28:16you have to go at the back. But I think now it's changed a bit because you can see there
28:23are more young players that, even at the edge, they want to be centre-back or full-back.
28:32But it's good. It means that there are no only wingers or strikers. So, yeah, it's good.
28:40And defenders now, and players in general, everyone's so big.
28:44Did you have to be big to be a world-class centre-back?
28:49I don't think so. Because I think, like one example, Sergio Ramos, for me, one of the two
28:56best centre-backs in history, is not so big. So, yeah, I don't think you have to be that big.
29:03But, of course, it's good if you are big as well. But, yeah, it depends. Everyone has this quality.
29:09And, yeah, that's it.
29:12Just on your ambition to become the best defender in the world,
29:15which areas of your game do you think you need to improve?
29:20My concentration. I have to score more. I have to help my team to win some trophies.
29:28When you win some trophies now, you can say, yeah, I'm the best. But, yeah, we didn't win.
29:36As I said, this season I didn't help a lot my team to win some trophies. But we're still in
29:43Champions League. The Premier League is not finished. So, I have to push to demand more
29:48myself to help my team.
29:53Champions League is obviously your last realistic chance this season of winning
29:58a trophy. How much extra motivation does that give you? And do you still believe
30:05as much as you ever have that you can win the trophies you dream of winning at all?
30:10Yeah, of course. If we don't believe or if we don't dream to win the Champions League,
30:14there is no point to play. We are here. This season, with the new format, it was not easy
30:20to be qualified. Now we won the first game. Tomorrow we have the chance to win again and
30:28to be qualified. And after, there is four games before the final. We can do it.
30:35And we all believe that we can do it. And we have to work and pray as well.
30:41And just on the potential with the new contract,
30:43are you able to clarify if any sort of talks over an extension have started yet?
30:47Not yet. Because, yeah, we have some years again. So, there is no rush at the minute.
30:54I'm happy here. And that's it.
30:57Cool. Last couple on this side. We'll go to the back.
31:10Yeah, we played against him last season. I wanted his shirt. But Gabriel as well
31:15wanted his shirt. So, I gave it to Gabriel because Gabriel was so...
31:20So, he wanted his shirt so bad. So, I gave it to Gabriel. But, yeah, it's the only
31:28thing that I spoke with him. And, of course, for me, he's the best of the history.
31:34And there is, yeah, some other, like Van Dijk for me, who is unbelievable.
31:40Gabriel. And there is some other as well.
31:44Hi, William. This season, obviously, in terms of defences across the Premier League,
31:50Arsenal have got the biggest defence by distance. Obviously, Liverpool lead the table.
31:55What do you think of the various factors as to why there's a gap between Arsenal and Liverpool
32:00this season in particular?
32:03If they are first, it's because they did something that we didn't do. I think,
32:09of course, there is a big gap. But we have to keep going. They are good. They are so good as well.
32:20I think this season, we don't deserve to be at the top. That's it. But we have to keep going.
32:26We are second. There is the Champions League as well. So, we will push.
32:31In terms of when you first came to the club, you went on loan to France a few times.
32:36How have you transformed from that to now, obviously,
32:38being one of the best defenders in the league and obviously doing really well with Arsenal?
32:41Because that must have been a difficult period at the start there.
32:44Yeah, it's good because my first two seasons, I played really good football.
32:51And it's good because I'm playing for Arsenal as well. I'm a starter. So, it's good. But I have to
32:59demand more because, as I said, this season I'm not happy with my football. But it's good.
33:06Because I know when I'm good and when I'm not good. I have to keep going. There is three months
33:12left and we have to push everything to try to win something.
33:19William, there are some amazing forwards still left in the Champions League,
33:25whether it be Mbappe or Salah or Lewandowski. But to win the Champions League,
33:30do you believe, as a defender, that it boils down to who has the best defence
33:35rather than who has the most firepower and attack?
33:39Yeah, I think if you want to win trophies, your defence has to be good. You have to defend well,
33:46but you have to attack as well. But yeah, first of all, you have to defend well because if you
33:51don't concede, if you make some clean sheets, you have a good chance to win the game. But yeah,
33:57of course you have to defend after scoring goals.