Nine Sports April 01, 2010, 3:00 a.m. BST, April 4, 2010
England Premier Soccer League
30th round.
Arsenal (name)
will be hosting the
Liverpool (England)
.. Arteta attended the pre-match conference today.
[Status of teams after the International Competition Day]
"Many of the players I haven't seen face to face yet, I'll see them continuously this afternoon and tomorrow I'll start evaluating the formations and ask them about them before I make a decision, but there's not much big news so far."
[Will you have some new scruples?]
"No."
[On Saka]
"He has not yet practiced with the team and has always worked alone, unfortunately he had to be withdrawn from the national team evening. He's feeling better now, but he's still not practicing with the team right now."
[During the International Day of Race, did you evaluate your recent progress, and any setbacks you encountered?]
"Yes, obviously at every stage of the season we've done analysis, we've gone and reflected on what we're doing and thought about the way forward, that's for sure."
"I think one of the problems is the lack of sustained concentration in the evening, such as the second goal we conceded against West Ham United. The other good thing I have to say is the way the team is playing and the way they are reacting on the pitch," he said.
Arsenal (name)
The role that emerged from the counterattack that opened up afterward was great."
[About the matchups
Liverpool (England)
and in
Liverpool (England)
Some lessons learned from]
"Obviously, against this type of team, they have a strong formation that will catch every mistake you make and put a bounty on you, and maybe even if you don't make a mistake and do what you're meant to do perfectly, they have a way to break down your defense from that and rely on your individual ability to score."
"Other than that, I prefer to concentrate on myself.
Liverpool (England)
The accomplishments reached in recent years are incredible, and it's clear that they and the
Manchester City football club
The competition between them has made both teams better, and they have always assisted in pushing each other to a higher level. This has been a great success in the
England Premier Soccer League
It's probably unheard of in the league, but we need to get to that level, and we've been in a lot of situations this season.
Liverpool (England)
Suffered a wave of injuries, but I still marvel at what they've done."
"I thought there were times when you had to adapt to your opponent.
Liverpool (England)
We are better than us, but we also have the opportunity to make the opponent passive, it depends on the performance of both sides, it is different from the previous games, you need to make adjustments according to the game situation to get the desired result."
"Other than that, I don't like to compare the journeys that different teams have taken.
Liverpool (England)
What they've done is extraordinary, they've done a great job with the format, with maximizing their resources, and the two teams are at different stages and it's important for us to know where we are, we have some immediate priorities to continue to improve the formation in the future, to develop the team more and perhaps more competitively, and that's where we are right now."
[On Lowe]
"He's got some hip discomfort, so I'll investigate him again today and then climb with the doctor and the physical therapist to see if he'll be able to take the practice tomorrow."
[Slavia Prague contest, will it be better than the
Liverpool (England)
Increasingly important]
Liverpool (England)
We also know that if we want to improve our ranking and get the
European crown
Qualification, then it is necessary for us to maintain stability in the final nine rounds of the league, the need for a winning streak. Right now we have to compete with
Liverpool (England)
There's no turning back when we open the game, we have to win. If we win.
Liverpool (England)
The team will be in a better frame of mind and will have more energy to participate in other tournaments, so let's just focus on the
Liverpool (England)
[If
Arsenal (name)
Winning the UEFA Champions League, that would also get the
European crown
Eligibility]
"That's another thing, it depends on our results and performances, the competitions will be played one at a time and we will maximize the use of the opportunities in each competition."
[Nketia and England u21]
"I think it's the focus of the era, the u21 does provide a very large amount of talent for the English first team, and as a coach it's necessary to handle everything correctly, and that takes moments, and I'm not worried about that, I think the form in which English soccer has developed, and the achievements that have been gained over the years have been extraordinary."
Arsenal (name)
Are raising funds to recruit new players]
"Obviously, we need everyone's support to try to do the work we want to do, we all share the same vision of good, we have had many meetings on this, and everyone has reached a consensus. We can recognize the reality, but there is a lot of uncertainty in the transfer market, what we can do now is to maintain the stability of the team, which is a tricky issue at the moment, we have to win more games."
[For players on loan, are they under consideration?]
"That's something we'll think about at the end of the season, we're sending them out on loan to give them more playing time and to see how well they play in different teams before we try to bring them back and keep coaching them. We will evaluate the performance of these players to build my future squad."
[Lacazette has been doing well lately and there are other salons interested in him.]
"I think Lacazette has been playing very well, as well as for a couple of months now, he's been sticking to that. He scores goals and offers something different to the team, his power is amazing, that's what we need, we need players of cutting edge nature, and we want to do that, throughout the season we have been short of goals, short of creativity in the attacking thirty meters, and we need players like that to come in and make a difference for us."
"When people talk about my players and make some speculations, my first feeling is to be happy, it means that they are doing well, so other salons will pay attention to them. Laca's problems can be dealt with in the summer, I'll talk to him and propose a future that we envision, that's all. Now I just hope the players can focus and concentrate on the competition."
