Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (kick-off 16:30).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
- No fresh injury concerns, and there is "a real possibility" that Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard are available against Spurs.
- On Bukayo Saka's new contract: "He is one of our own, for him to make that decision is a really positive thing."
- On the draw at Wolves: "This is one chapter, chapter 27 says we draw against Wolves. What I'm interested in is the next one, how do we write our own destiny? Life moves on. There's nothing we can do about the result, what we can do is focus on the next one."
- Arteta was asked about a piece of social media content that Wolves shared which mocked Arsenal's time-wasting before the equaliser: "I read the press conference of Rob [Edwards], the manager, before the game. He thinks that we are the best team in the league by far. I'm much more interested about that than any other thing that I don't know who posts or whatever, especially because I don't read it."
- On whether Spurs is the perfect next game: "It is the next game and it's the one we cannot wait to play. We'd love to play today, to get that feeling in our tummies and use it in the right way. We'll have to show up on Sunday."
- Arteta was asked about facing a team coached by a new manager, and he said: "It has happened to us seven times already this season. We will have the capacity to adapt but the main focus is on what we have to do to win."
- When asked whether he would support his players leaving the pitch if racially abused, Arteta said: "Everyone is aware of the protocols. There is no room for racism in this sport. You have to go case by case to understand what is the best option."
- On whether there is cause to be worried about their season: "We have to live in the present. The present is beautiful. We're exactly where we want to be in every competition and what is there to play? We need to earn it like we have done in the last seven or eight months."
- On what he, as manager, must do: "To keep calm, to keep my eyes and ears open. To understand what the players need to give the best. That's it."
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