All or Nothing: Arsenal (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
[narrator] The North London Derby
is looming on the horizon.
In just eight days,
Arsenal will play Tottenham.
It's one of the most intense football
matches in the world.
And for the players
it's a test like no other.
But before they can focus on that,
they have to deal with Burnley.
[intriguing music]
[broadcaster] Fresh from their first win
of this fledgling Premier League season,
Arsenal make the 460 mile round-trip
to Lancashire.
[music continues]
[broadcaster] The narrative
around Arsenal at the moment,
they're only ever one game away
from it being calamitous again.
[journalist] Yes.
[narrator] Mikel Arteta
remains under pressure.
So far in the league,
Arsenal have played four games
and only scored one goal.
[whistle]
[cheers]
[commentator] And we are underway.
[suspenseful music]
[commentator] Good turn by Saka.
He's running at the Burnley defence here.
He's got an option in Pépé,
he's been unceremoniously tripped.
[suspenseful music continues]
[whistle]
[shouts]
A wonderful left-footed strike
from Odegaard.
30 minutes gone here at Turf Moor
and Aresenal lead one-nil.
[cheers]
That's the Norweigian's first goal
since returning to Arsenal.
And that's full time.
Odegaard's classy free kick
is enough to claim all 3 points.
Arsenal are on the up,
that's two wins on the bounce
and they're building momentum.
[applause]
[cheers]
[crowd chants]
[narrator] But within minutes
of the final whistle,
there's only one thing
on the fans' minds.
Can't go into a North London Derby
expecting to lose, can ya?
Tottenham next week,
that'll be a massive test.
I don't feel optimistic.
Equally I don't feel pessimistic,
but you know.
That's what it's like supporting Arsenal.
[narrator] But the victory
instils some belief,
as they head back
towards North London.
[hip-hop music]
When you love what you do,
that is called passion.
We have to believe,
we have to have energy.
[shouts]
Show these people how much you care.
[cheers]
Let's go for it.
[crowd chanting]
[clippers buzzing]
[intriguing music]
[producer] Do many people know
the story?
[Pierre-Emerick] Nobody knows
about the story.
This is the first time
I'm telling to people
why I'm always doing a star
while I'm playing against Tottenham.
Back in 2016,
I lost my grandfather.
We played against Tottenham on that day.
So that's why I'm doing a star
always against them
because that day I remember
I scored twice for him
and I was really happy
and that's why since then,
I always do something for him.
And so he is my star.
[in French] Are you getting stars?
- Do they look good?
- Very.
- Do you like them?
- Yeah.
And do you like them?
[Pierre-Emerick] Oh yeah!
[producer] What do you think it will feel
like to score on Sunday?
[sighs]
Ah...
It will be for sure something great.
Hopefully it happens.
And... but I know...
I know how it is when I score.
I've scored in a few derbies here,
at home.
So I know what's the feeling
and I'm just waiting for it.
[upbeat music]
Good morning, guys.
We're going to do one simple exercise
that after, I'm gonna explain you why.
You're going to see first an image, okay?
What you have to have is...
I'm gonna give you 45 seconds.
You have to try to memorise
what is there.
Guys, it's not a competition.
It's so simple,
you get it wrong, don't worry.
Pepe looks worried, eh?
[laughter]
Nico, you worried?
It's not an exam, guys.
It has to be the position
and the number,
memorise please.
Okay, how many you got
more or less right...
here?
And how many you got right
from this section? Kieran.
I tried to memorise the left side.
But did you get all right here?
Ben?
[narrator] Mikel Arteta
needs his team to click.
[Arteta] You didn't get to this side.
[narrator] And that means the players
need to know where each other are
on the pitch instinctively.
[Arteta] All good on the left? And here?
Didn't have time.
[Arteta] Okay, would you say
that the majority of you,
you could get the right section
almost 100%
and you would struggle
to get 30, 40, 50% of this one?
Why do you think that we are able
to memorise this?
Sort of what we train every day.
[Arteta] So, the fact that you train it,
what it does to your brain?
It's because we are all educated
right now and looking at this,
and we process our information
based on that.
In a football match you have less
than a second to make decisions.
So the message here today is,
how important it is for everybody
to understand what is happening
on the pitch.
Because then your decision-making
is much simpler.
So, anything we do
attacking or defending, if we know,
and visually, without even thinking,
we're understanding what happens,
if one player moves here,
what's the next one to do,
how the units work
and interact with each other...
This is the reason why we do it.
[upbeat music]
[narrator] As Arsenal head
into the North London Derby,
they are languishing in 13th place
and below Tottenham.
[music continues]
[hubbub]
Okay guys, to the front please.
[narrator] The club are building
a team for the future,
but the manager needs them
to deliver right now.
[camera clicks]
Big smiles, look like you're happy.
[narrator] The manager puts his faith
in these young players
because he knows just how talented
some of them are.
Take Emile Smith-Rowe.
[upbeat music]
This is him at 15.
When it comes to the close control
of a football, he's a natural.
[cheers]
Emile, that was much better.
You've gotta give yourself
at least a yard to the line,
in case you wanna go that side.
You're too close.
[narrator] For Emile Smith-Rowe,
the North London Derby
has an added level.
Since a kid I've always supported
Arsenal.
Unfortunately my dad was a Spurs fan,
so it was a bit toxic in the house
and stuff.
He is proud,
he's definitely proud of me but...
Every time I play Spurs,
there's always a bit of banter
flying around and stuff, so yeah.
[woman] What were your first impressions
of Emile?
Emile, very shy,
he wouldn't make eye contact with you.
Um, he felt...
Um, I would say a little bit
uncomfortable and insecure.
But you can see that he has a huge heart
and everything is there, you know.
[narrator] Emile's talent was obvious.
[applause]
But the club sent him on loan
to develop his character.
When we sent him on loan,
I said I'm only going to ask you...
I'm not going to watch your games,
I only want to hear what people say
about you when you are there,
and how they're going to describe you,
not as a player, as a person.
Because as a player I don't have
any doubts that you can play for us,
but can you cope
with being in that dressing room?
Can you cope with the pressure outside?
I don't know, so you better go there
and impose yourself
and he really did.
[upbeat music]
[cheers]
[narrator] Now he's 21
and he's become Arsenal's No. 10.
[Emile] Yeah, it means so much.
Growing up I've always wanted
to wear the iconic No. 10.
[Granit Xhaka] My suspending
is finished, bro.
My suspending is finished.
Straight back in?
[Granit] You're the future, man.
You're the future.
I felt it from the first day,
you're the future here.
It's not about the future, bro,
it's about now.
Imagine number 10,
and to be captain in the future. Wow.
[cheers]
[hubbub]
[narrator] The other Arsenal prodigy
that Mikel is putting his faith in
is 20-year-old Bukayo Saka.
His parents moved
from Nigeria to London.
Bukayo was enrolled in the Arsenal
academy at just eight years old.
[music continues]
It soon became clear that he too was
extraordinarily gifted.
Maybe like one in a 100,
or something like this, of kids
make it all the way through
the Academy into the first teams.
When I first came into the first team
changing room,
that's when I really thought,
you know, "okay, I'm here."
Like, this is what life is like
as a first team player.
[narrator] Bukayo captured the nation's
imagination by playing for England.
But now, the press are asking
why he hasn't scored
in the league for 19 games.
[man] Mikel, what about B?
- [Arteta] B?
- Yeah, you spoke to him, is he okay?
[Arteta] I think it's confidence.
I think physically now
we have reassured him
that he was one of the best.
[cheers]
From where you were, here,
where you gonna go?
There's only one way.
And in England, I'm sorry,
they are specialists at doing something,
bringing somebody here
and then killing him all the way
to the ground.
[upbeat music]
[Arteta] Our job,
starting from the club,
is as much as possible to protect them.
And at the same time to educate them
because they have a responsibility.
And they can continue
to develop as a person
and professionally, within
the environment that we have at the club.
Gym work?
[Albert Stuivenberg] Gym work,
lower body.
[sighs]
[narrator] Every second of Emile's
previous games have been analysed
and he regularly gets feedback.
[Stuivenberg] What's happening here?
- I tried to get the ball.
- Yeah? Okay.
And he put his foot there.
Speak a little bit louder,
I don't hear you.
I tried to get the ball
and he just pushed me out of the way.
Yeah, but those are the duels, eh?
This is for me, you need to be able
to win these, yeah?
This is part of our practice,
when you are defending,
when we are situations,
small-sided games,
man to man, all those moments,
also in the specific work that you need
to be able to win those balls, Emile.
Much more because you're quicker, yeah?
It's all about using your body
and being much more brave,
to play balls in behind, to make runs,
to make something happen
because you're a creative player.
I want to see you more
in those situations, yeah?
[intriguing music]
[Carlos Cuesta] People think that,
because you live the dream,
your life is easy.
But you face a lot of problems
that nobody faces.
The only thing you need is to play,
to enjoy, to be yourself.
You have too many things.
I don't know, eh?
Maybe I'm wrong.
- Do you agree?
- [Bukayo] I agree with you.
Cause when I was playing my best,
I was relaxed, you know.
Confident, I wasn't thinking too much,
just played my game and enjoyed it.
There is a story behind everybody,
you know, and many times we,
or society in general, criticise or judge
without knowing that this person
is doing their best.
And what do you want to be?
Right now, today,
the day before the Derby.
What do you think
that you need to win?
Yeah, I think we can.
I think the way we're going...
Obviously it was a bad start,
everyone started to speak on it,
but the season is not defined
in three matches, you know.
It's so long.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking,
so I said it's okay.
The two games
we're supposed to win, we win,
and I feel like the team spirit
is a lot better now, the confidence.
And if we can win tomorrow,
I think we'll just go up now.
- You have said the word for me.
- Let's see.
[suspenseful music]
[podcast] We play Spurs on Sunday
and as much as you want to win the game,
you just absolutely
don't want to lose it.
This is the only period in my life where
Arsenal and Spurs are kind of level.
It's bragging rights.
When you win it, it's amazing,
but when you lose it?
It's the worst!
[woman] When we have a game
that is so important,
the tension usually gets to the players,
which is so scary.
The North London Derby
is the biggest game of the season.
Imagine scoring in
the North London Derby, bro.
Best thing ever, bro.
[journalist] Big week ahead, isn't it,
with the North London Derby?
Absolutely. Now we have to put
a run together
and we know how much
we need the result.
[producer] What is it like playing
in a North London Derby at home?
[sighs]
[tense music]
[screams]
[narrator] North London Derbies
are always intense.
Often feisty.
And occasionally,
there's a moment of genius.
[shouts]
[commentator] Thierry Henry...
He's still going.
Thierry Henry!
Oh my word, that is brillant!
It's truly brillant!
Thierry Henry steals the show
in North London.
[crowd cheering]
[narrator] One of the issues
for any Arsenal team is being compared
with the legends of the past.
[Thierry Henry] I think for me,
it's unfair.
It's unfair to compare eras and to expect
people to play the same way.
And I think Arsenal is evolving.
But along the way
do not lose what made you.
People are talking about
restoring the Arsenal DNA.
The Arsenal DNA is to win,
or to compete to win.
I'm talking about the attitude
and the mentality
and how you should walk and run
and breathe and think
and sleep and eat top four.
And also, Arsenal does represent
the most for me,
not only the stuff that we managed
to win as a team,
but what it does represent
in the community.
Always have been
the club of the people, the street.
You know, Arsenal was one of the first
clubs to really have black players.
So it did represent the mass.
The mass of the UK and of how London is.
And I hope people at the club know that
and who they're playing for.
But where I can relate
and identify myself with this team
is with Bukayo Saka and Smith-Rowe
because I can see on their forehead
that it's written Arsenal Football Club.
Did you see that one?
[Henry] I can see how they play,
how they walk, how they run,
how they battle.
Even when they miss something,
when they score, when they don't score,
I can see it's written,
it's Arsenal Football Club.
["No Competition" by D-Block Europe]
♪ No competition, I only see me ♪
♪ Lady from Paris
and she tell me, "Oui" ♪
♪ Go take a pill
And boost your self-esteem ♪
♪ I got what you need, need ♪
♪ Told my connect
"I'll be back in a week" ♪
♪ Whip like Gordon Ram'
The crack is on fleek ♪
♪ I buy her Louis, Louis to her feet
Or we can go CC ♪
♪ None of my cats don't touch my ice
No words, I don't bite, bite ♪
♪ You can get it if you act right
When I see ID, we do the bike ride ♪
♪ Tables turn, bridges burn ♪
[narrator] The players choose the music
in the dressing room.
["No Competition" continues playing]
[hubbub]
[indistinct conversations]
[narrator] Usually, Mikel will give a
talk around an hour before the game,
and then again just before kick-off.
["No Competition" continues playing]
[Arteta] All in? Everybody in?
You are fully prepared, guys,
I am so convinced.
I see it, I feel it.
I saw it in training, I see it in the way
you are, in your faces.
I just want to talk about one thing today
in the game the way I see it.
You are prepared physically,
you are really prepared tactically,
you are prepared technically,
the understanding
between you guys is top.
I'm going to explain you something
really important in today's game.
Guys, we have to play with a big heart.
At the same time,
we have to play with a big brain.
And these have to work together.
This is your passion,
how much you want to put into the game
from the bottom of your heart,
how much you want to fire yourself
and commit yourself in that game.
They want to provoke you in the game,
Hojbjerg, Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Dier,
you are always in control.
When you have to make decisions,
when you have to play through the gears,
you cannot play 100,000 miles an hour
the whole game.
And if we do those two things,
the most powerful thing
in this game happens, which is this.
These people today, the way they see
these two things doing it,
they're going to fully support you
and they're going to give you this, guys.
I'm telling you
because I have experienced it.
The moment you connect
these three things today in the game,
you're going to have a feeling
in that pitch like you are hard,
like you cannot stop it,
you are invincible,
nobody can touch you.
This is the game today,
the rest you know it.
Okay? Let's go, guys.
[tense music]
[narrator] Tottenham
were top of the league a few weeks ago,
but after a couple of defeats,
they arrive with a point to prove.
[suspenseful music]
[cheers and applause]
[commentator] I'll give you
the full team news, Gigi.
Xhaka is back after suspension
and their only change.
So, they line up with Ramsdale in goal,
Tomiyasu, Gabriel, White
and Tierney, the defence.
Xhaka and Partey, then,
will sit in the midfield,
with Smith-Rowe, Odegaard and Saka
behind Aubameyang.
As for Tottenham Hotspur,
they make three changes...
[suspenseful music continues]
[hubbub]
["Nirvana" by Skepta]
[hubbub]
[Steve Round] Come on, boys, eh?
Let's start going!
[crowd] ♪ We love you Arsenal, we do ♪
♪ We love you Arsenal, we do
We love you Arsenal, we do ♪
♪ Oh Arsenal we love you ♪
♪ We love you Arsenal, we do ♪
Is everybody in?
Come here, Stuart.
This guy, for the last 30 years,
has captured emotions.
People, emotions and teams.
I want you to hear from him
what he feels about you
because he sees you every day,
and about our club.
This is tough.
This is my club.
I fucking love this football club.
And I fucking love all of you.
In 30 years, I've photographed
some unbelievable players,
some world-class players,
some great teams.
And I look at you lot,
this is a great team.
This is a great team.
I've been a fan all my life.
This is what we have to do,
we have to go out and win.
This is me, I'm a fan.
This lot outside, they would do anything
to fucking win today.
Look at them.
You go out, the first fucking tackle,
listen to the crowd, they will fucking be
on you straight away.
Win every tackle.
When you score, you look in their faces,
look at the emotion,
look how much they love you.
And show them
how much you love them, okay?
[Arteta] Guys, we are
so privileged to be here!
[cheers]
[tense music]
[suspenseful music]
[cheers and applause]
[crowd cheers]
[whistle]
[commentator] Very good challenge
by Ben White.
And that's the type of challenge
that can set the tone.
Arsenal at the minute
are the sharper of the two sides.
Here is Odegaard running forward,
Aubameyang ahead of him, finds Saka,
right corner of the penalty area.
Saka plays it back!
Smith-Rowe arriving.
[cheers]
And Smith-Rowe gives Arsenal the lead.
Well played by Arsenal.
[chanting]
1-0 to the Arsenal
is the shouts inside the Emirates.
[chanting]
[commentator] The linkup between
Smith-Rowe and Saka is just excellent.
[commentator 2] And Smith-Rowe,
the goalscorer,
powering his way towards
the penalty area.
Smith-Rowe back to Aubameyang.
And Arsenal have got a second goal.
Aubameyang!
[cheers]
And the ball is passed away
by Xhaka to Odegaard,
to Smith-Rowe, and Smith-Rowe to Saka
and he can exploit the gap left
by Reguilón.
And Saka now running forward,
it's three against two,
Saka tries to pass the ball back,
he'll do it alone.
It comes back to Saka and he scores!
[cheers]
And Arsenal are running away
with this one.
Saka has scored his first league goal
in 20 games!
[crowd cheering and chanting]
[Jordan Reece] Well done, boys.
We go again, we go again.
[Steve Round] Keep it going, fellas,
keep it going.
Come on, guys, eh?
We start again, we start again.
My first message,
we have to play a whole second half
and now we have to raise the level.
And when we are there for the taking,
we have to kill them.
When you have the game like this,
you have to go and kill the game.
That's the message I want to send you
right from the beginning.
When we can, as much as possible, guys,
in the right moment with the intensity
and the rhythm that you all show,
to go and to get back and to manage
the fucking ball the way you did it,
we have to carry on doing it,
because they will take chances,
they will start to commit
more players forward.
B, you did really well coming inside,
you won a lot of second balls.
This is key to do it,
we have to try to maintain the rhythm.
[suspenseful music]
[commentator] Saka controls the ball,
tries to get away from Skipp.
Smith-Rowe, Smith-Rowe,
Saka's also there.
Smith-Rowe with his back to goal,
to Odegaard, Arsenal's threatening
again, crosses to Aubameyang...
[cheers]
[commentator] Ball forward,
Harry Kane in here, Harry Kane, goal,
it's just offside,
but it stayed down as well.
Slides in, feeds the ball to Reguilón,
plays it in low... Son, and Son scores!
[crowd chanting]
Oh, it's hit the bar, saved by Ramsdale.
[whistle]
[commentator] Nearly there...
There we go, the final whistle goes.
Mikel Arteta punches the air here
at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal thoroughly deserve this victory,
they were brilliant in the first half.
[joyful music]
[journalist] Emile, just over 50 games
into your Arsenal career,
you've had some pretty good days,
is this the best yet?
100%, you know. It's probably
the best day of my life so far.
Winning another North London Derby
at home and, you know,
scoring in front of my family up there,
it's the best feeling ever.
- What colour is North London?
- Red, man.
Come on, G. Come on.
Come on, man. Red, it's red!
[cheers]
[fan] That was as good as it gets,
knee slide galore, trust me.
If you like knee slides, this game,
this was value for money, like hey!
It is days like this that make
supporting this club so amazing,
I can't believe it.
[in Spanish] Vamos!
- Come on!
- Come on, guys!
["Rock in All Over The World"
by Status Quo playing]
[players singing]
♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe ♪
♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe ♪
[cheers]
C'mon Arsenal!
[Pierre-Emerick] This is for you my man.
We're gonna sign this
and this is for you, so enjoy it.
[Stuart] Everybody in for a picture.
[music continues]
[hubbub]
[cheers]
["Rock in All Over The World" playing]
[narrator] North London is red tonight.
Arsenal win the 204th North London Derby.
It's the kind of victory
that can kick-start a season.
And as the season continues,
it's clear Arsenal are beginning
to reconnect with their fans.
[crowd] One, two, three, four!
♪ I like it, I like it,
I like it, I like it ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe ♪
One, two, three, four!
♪ I like it, I like it,
I like it, I like it ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe ♪
[Arteta] I really believe
that we're going
to An field and we're going to beat them.
[commentator] There's a bit of argy-bargy
going down on the touchline
and Arteta and Klopp have come
squaring up face-to-face.
And Diogo Jota goes around Ramsdale
and scores for Liverpool.
[Ramsdale] That's fucking embarrassing.
[Arteta] I can make changes,
don't think that we're gonna play
all the time the same team, guys.
[fan] Aubameyang on the bench.
- Rightly so, I think.
- Yeah, definitely.
[commentator] Hit the crossbar
from here a while ago.
Hits the back of the net here!
[cheers]
[suspenseful music]
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
[narrator] The North London Derby
is looming on the horizon.
In just eight days,
Arsenal will play Tottenham.
It's one of the most intense football
matches in the world.
And for the players
it's a test like no other.
But before they can focus on that,
they have to deal with Burnley.
[intriguing music]
[broadcaster] Fresh from their first win
of this fledgling Premier League season,
Arsenal make the 460 mile round-trip
to Lancashire.
[music continues]
[broadcaster] The narrative
around Arsenal at the moment,
they're only ever one game away
from it being calamitous again.
[journalist] Yes.
[narrator] Mikel Arteta
remains under pressure.
So far in the league,
Arsenal have played four games
and only scored one goal.
[whistle]
[cheers]
[commentator] And we are underway.
[suspenseful music]
[commentator] Good turn by Saka.
He's running at the Burnley defence here.
He's got an option in Pépé,
he's been unceremoniously tripped.
[suspenseful music continues]
[whistle]
[shouts]
A wonderful left-footed strike
from Odegaard.
30 minutes gone here at Turf Moor
and Aresenal lead one-nil.
[cheers]
That's the Norweigian's first goal
since returning to Arsenal.
And that's full time.
Odegaard's classy free kick
is enough to claim all 3 points.
Arsenal are on the up,
that's two wins on the bounce
and they're building momentum.
[applause]
[cheers]
[crowd chants]
[narrator] But within minutes
of the final whistle,
there's only one thing
on the fans' minds.
Can't go into a North London Derby
expecting to lose, can ya?
Tottenham next week,
that'll be a massive test.
I don't feel optimistic.
Equally I don't feel pessimistic,
but you know.
That's what it's like supporting Arsenal.
[narrator] But the victory
instils some belief,
as they head back
towards North London.
[hip-hop music]
When you love what you do,
that is called passion.
We have to believe,
we have to have energy.
[shouts]
Show these people how much you care.
[cheers]
Let's go for it.
[crowd chanting]
[clippers buzzing]
[intriguing music]
[producer] Do many people know
the story?
[Pierre-Emerick] Nobody knows
about the story.
This is the first time
I'm telling to people
why I'm always doing a star
while I'm playing against Tottenham.
Back in 2016,
I lost my grandfather.
We played against Tottenham on that day.
So that's why I'm doing a star
always against them
because that day I remember
I scored twice for him
and I was really happy
and that's why since then,
I always do something for him.
And so he is my star.
[in French] Are you getting stars?
- Do they look good?
- Very.
- Do you like them?
- Yeah.
And do you like them?
[Pierre-Emerick] Oh yeah!
[producer] What do you think it will feel
like to score on Sunday?
[sighs]
Ah...
It will be for sure something great.
Hopefully it happens.
And... but I know...
I know how it is when I score.
I've scored in a few derbies here,
at home.
So I know what's the feeling
and I'm just waiting for it.
[upbeat music]
Good morning, guys.
We're going to do one simple exercise
that after, I'm gonna explain you why.
You're going to see first an image, okay?
What you have to have is...
I'm gonna give you 45 seconds.
You have to try to memorise
what is there.
Guys, it's not a competition.
It's so simple,
you get it wrong, don't worry.
Pepe looks worried, eh?
[laughter]
Nico, you worried?
It's not an exam, guys.
It has to be the position
and the number,
memorise please.
Okay, how many you got
more or less right...
here?
And how many you got right
from this section? Kieran.
I tried to memorise the left side.
But did you get all right here?
Ben?
[narrator] Mikel Arteta
needs his team to click.
[Arteta] You didn't get to this side.
[narrator] And that means the players
need to know where each other are
on the pitch instinctively.
[Arteta] All good on the left? And here?
Didn't have time.
[Arteta] Okay, would you say
that the majority of you,
you could get the right section
almost 100%
and you would struggle
to get 30, 40, 50% of this one?
Why do you think that we are able
to memorise this?
Sort of what we train every day.
[Arteta] So, the fact that you train it,
what it does to your brain?
It's because we are all educated
right now and looking at this,
and we process our information
based on that.
In a football match you have less
than a second to make decisions.
So the message here today is,
how important it is for everybody
to understand what is happening
on the pitch.
Because then your decision-making
is much simpler.
So, anything we do
attacking or defending, if we know,
and visually, without even thinking,
we're understanding what happens,
if one player moves here,
what's the next one to do,
how the units work
and interact with each other...
This is the reason why we do it.
[upbeat music]
[narrator] As Arsenal head
into the North London Derby,
they are languishing in 13th place
and below Tottenham.
[music continues]
[hubbub]
Okay guys, to the front please.
[narrator] The club are building
a team for the future,
but the manager needs them
to deliver right now.
[camera clicks]
Big smiles, look like you're happy.
[narrator] The manager puts his faith
in these young players
because he knows just how talented
some of them are.
Take Emile Smith-Rowe.
[upbeat music]
This is him at 15.
When it comes to the close control
of a football, he's a natural.
[cheers]
Emile, that was much better.
You've gotta give yourself
at least a yard to the line,
in case you wanna go that side.
You're too close.
[narrator] For Emile Smith-Rowe,
the North London Derby
has an added level.
Since a kid I've always supported
Arsenal.
Unfortunately my dad was a Spurs fan,
so it was a bit toxic in the house
and stuff.
He is proud,
he's definitely proud of me but...
Every time I play Spurs,
there's always a bit of banter
flying around and stuff, so yeah.
[woman] What were your first impressions
of Emile?
Emile, very shy,
he wouldn't make eye contact with you.
Um, he felt...
Um, I would say a little bit
uncomfortable and insecure.
But you can see that he has a huge heart
and everything is there, you know.
[narrator] Emile's talent was obvious.
[applause]
But the club sent him on loan
to develop his character.
When we sent him on loan,
I said I'm only going to ask you...
I'm not going to watch your games,
I only want to hear what people say
about you when you are there,
and how they're going to describe you,
not as a player, as a person.
Because as a player I don't have
any doubts that you can play for us,
but can you cope
with being in that dressing room?
Can you cope with the pressure outside?
I don't know, so you better go there
and impose yourself
and he really did.
[upbeat music]
[cheers]
[narrator] Now he's 21
and he's become Arsenal's No. 10.
[Emile] Yeah, it means so much.
Growing up I've always wanted
to wear the iconic No. 10.
[Granit Xhaka] My suspending
is finished, bro.
My suspending is finished.
Straight back in?
[Granit] You're the future, man.
You're the future.
I felt it from the first day,
you're the future here.
It's not about the future, bro,
it's about now.
Imagine number 10,
and to be captain in the future. Wow.
[cheers]
[hubbub]
[narrator] The other Arsenal prodigy
that Mikel is putting his faith in
is 20-year-old Bukayo Saka.
His parents moved
from Nigeria to London.
Bukayo was enrolled in the Arsenal
academy at just eight years old.
[music continues]
It soon became clear that he too was
extraordinarily gifted.
Maybe like one in a 100,
or something like this, of kids
make it all the way through
the Academy into the first teams.
When I first came into the first team
changing room,
that's when I really thought,
you know, "okay, I'm here."
Like, this is what life is like
as a first team player.
[narrator] Bukayo captured the nation's
imagination by playing for England.
But now, the press are asking
why he hasn't scored
in the league for 19 games.
[man] Mikel, what about B?
- [Arteta] B?
- Yeah, you spoke to him, is he okay?
[Arteta] I think it's confidence.
I think physically now
we have reassured him
that he was one of the best.
[cheers]
From where you were, here,
where you gonna go?
There's only one way.
And in England, I'm sorry,
they are specialists at doing something,
bringing somebody here
and then killing him all the way
to the ground.
[upbeat music]
[Arteta] Our job,
starting from the club,
is as much as possible to protect them.
And at the same time to educate them
because they have a responsibility.
And they can continue
to develop as a person
and professionally, within
the environment that we have at the club.
Gym work?
[Albert Stuivenberg] Gym work,
lower body.
[sighs]
[narrator] Every second of Emile's
previous games have been analysed
and he regularly gets feedback.
[Stuivenberg] What's happening here?
- I tried to get the ball.
- Yeah? Okay.
And he put his foot there.
Speak a little bit louder,
I don't hear you.
I tried to get the ball
and he just pushed me out of the way.
Yeah, but those are the duels, eh?
This is for me, you need to be able
to win these, yeah?
This is part of our practice,
when you are defending,
when we are situations,
small-sided games,
man to man, all those moments,
also in the specific work that you need
to be able to win those balls, Emile.
Much more because you're quicker, yeah?
It's all about using your body
and being much more brave,
to play balls in behind, to make runs,
to make something happen
because you're a creative player.
I want to see you more
in those situations, yeah?
[intriguing music]
[Carlos Cuesta] People think that,
because you live the dream,
your life is easy.
But you face a lot of problems
that nobody faces.
The only thing you need is to play,
to enjoy, to be yourself.
You have too many things.
I don't know, eh?
Maybe I'm wrong.
- Do you agree?
- [Bukayo] I agree with you.
Cause when I was playing my best,
I was relaxed, you know.
Confident, I wasn't thinking too much,
just played my game and enjoyed it.
There is a story behind everybody,
you know, and many times we,
or society in general, criticise or judge
without knowing that this person
is doing their best.
And what do you want to be?
Right now, today,
the day before the Derby.
What do you think
that you need to win?
Yeah, I think we can.
I think the way we're going...
Obviously it was a bad start,
everyone started to speak on it,
but the season is not defined
in three matches, you know.
It's so long.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking,
so I said it's okay.
The two games
we're supposed to win, we win,
and I feel like the team spirit
is a lot better now, the confidence.
And if we can win tomorrow,
I think we'll just go up now.
- You have said the word for me.
- Let's see.
[suspenseful music]
[podcast] We play Spurs on Sunday
and as much as you want to win the game,
you just absolutely
don't want to lose it.
This is the only period in my life where
Arsenal and Spurs are kind of level.
It's bragging rights.
When you win it, it's amazing,
but when you lose it?
It's the worst!
[woman] When we have a game
that is so important,
the tension usually gets to the players,
which is so scary.
The North London Derby
is the biggest game of the season.
Imagine scoring in
the North London Derby, bro.
Best thing ever, bro.
[journalist] Big week ahead, isn't it,
with the North London Derby?
Absolutely. Now we have to put
a run together
and we know how much
we need the result.
[producer] What is it like playing
in a North London Derby at home?
[sighs]
[tense music]
[screams]
[narrator] North London Derbies
are always intense.
Often feisty.
And occasionally,
there's a moment of genius.
[shouts]
[commentator] Thierry Henry...
He's still going.
Thierry Henry!
Oh my word, that is brillant!
It's truly brillant!
Thierry Henry steals the show
in North London.
[crowd cheering]
[narrator] One of the issues
for any Arsenal team is being compared
with the legends of the past.
[Thierry Henry] I think for me,
it's unfair.
It's unfair to compare eras and to expect
people to play the same way.
And I think Arsenal is evolving.
But along the way
do not lose what made you.
People are talking about
restoring the Arsenal DNA.
The Arsenal DNA is to win,
or to compete to win.
I'm talking about the attitude
and the mentality
and how you should walk and run
and breathe and think
and sleep and eat top four.
And also, Arsenal does represent
the most for me,
not only the stuff that we managed
to win as a team,
but what it does represent
in the community.
Always have been
the club of the people, the street.
You know, Arsenal was one of the first
clubs to really have black players.
So it did represent the mass.
The mass of the UK and of how London is.
And I hope people at the club know that
and who they're playing for.
But where I can relate
and identify myself with this team
is with Bukayo Saka and Smith-Rowe
because I can see on their forehead
that it's written Arsenal Football Club.
Did you see that one?
[Henry] I can see how they play,
how they walk, how they run,
how they battle.
Even when they miss something,
when they score, when they don't score,
I can see it's written,
it's Arsenal Football Club.
["No Competition" by D-Block Europe]
♪ No competition, I only see me ♪
♪ Lady from Paris
and she tell me, "Oui" ♪
♪ Go take a pill
And boost your self-esteem ♪
♪ I got what you need, need ♪
♪ Told my connect
"I'll be back in a week" ♪
♪ Whip like Gordon Ram'
The crack is on fleek ♪
♪ I buy her Louis, Louis to her feet
Or we can go CC ♪
♪ None of my cats don't touch my ice
No words, I don't bite, bite ♪
♪ You can get it if you act right
When I see ID, we do the bike ride ♪
♪ Tables turn, bridges burn ♪
[narrator] The players choose the music
in the dressing room.
["No Competition" continues playing]
[hubbub]
[indistinct conversations]
[narrator] Usually, Mikel will give a
talk around an hour before the game,
and then again just before kick-off.
["No Competition" continues playing]
[Arteta] All in? Everybody in?
You are fully prepared, guys,
I am so convinced.
I see it, I feel it.
I saw it in training, I see it in the way
you are, in your faces.
I just want to talk about one thing today
in the game the way I see it.
You are prepared physically,
you are really prepared tactically,
you are prepared technically,
the understanding
between you guys is top.
I'm going to explain you something
really important in today's game.
Guys, we have to play with a big heart.
At the same time,
we have to play with a big brain.
And these have to work together.
This is your passion,
how much you want to put into the game
from the bottom of your heart,
how much you want to fire yourself
and commit yourself in that game.
They want to provoke you in the game,
Hojbjerg, Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Dier,
you are always in control.
When you have to make decisions,
when you have to play through the gears,
you cannot play 100,000 miles an hour
the whole game.
And if we do those two things,
the most powerful thing
in this game happens, which is this.
These people today, the way they see
these two things doing it,
they're going to fully support you
and they're going to give you this, guys.
I'm telling you
because I have experienced it.
The moment you connect
these three things today in the game,
you're going to have a feeling
in that pitch like you are hard,
like you cannot stop it,
you are invincible,
nobody can touch you.
This is the game today,
the rest you know it.
Okay? Let's go, guys.
[tense music]
[narrator] Tottenham
were top of the league a few weeks ago,
but after a couple of defeats,
they arrive with a point to prove.
[suspenseful music]
[cheers and applause]
[commentator] I'll give you
the full team news, Gigi.
Xhaka is back after suspension
and their only change.
So, they line up with Ramsdale in goal,
Tomiyasu, Gabriel, White
and Tierney, the defence.
Xhaka and Partey, then,
will sit in the midfield,
with Smith-Rowe, Odegaard and Saka
behind Aubameyang.
As for Tottenham Hotspur,
they make three changes...
[suspenseful music continues]
[hubbub]
["Nirvana" by Skepta]
[hubbub]
[Steve Round] Come on, boys, eh?
Let's start going!
[crowd] ♪ We love you Arsenal, we do ♪
♪ We love you Arsenal, we do
We love you Arsenal, we do ♪
♪ Oh Arsenal we love you ♪
♪ We love you Arsenal, we do ♪
Is everybody in?
Come here, Stuart.
This guy, for the last 30 years,
has captured emotions.
People, emotions and teams.
I want you to hear from him
what he feels about you
because he sees you every day,
and about our club.
This is tough.
This is my club.
I fucking love this football club.
And I fucking love all of you.
In 30 years, I've photographed
some unbelievable players,
some world-class players,
some great teams.
And I look at you lot,
this is a great team.
This is a great team.
I've been a fan all my life.
This is what we have to do,
we have to go out and win.
This is me, I'm a fan.
This lot outside, they would do anything
to fucking win today.
Look at them.
You go out, the first fucking tackle,
listen to the crowd, they will fucking be
on you straight away.
Win every tackle.
When you score, you look in their faces,
look at the emotion,
look how much they love you.
And show them
how much you love them, okay?
[Arteta] Guys, we are
so privileged to be here!
[cheers]
[tense music]
[suspenseful music]
[cheers and applause]
[crowd cheers]
[whistle]
[commentator] Very good challenge
by Ben White.
And that's the type of challenge
that can set the tone.
Arsenal at the minute
are the sharper of the two sides.
Here is Odegaard running forward,
Aubameyang ahead of him, finds Saka,
right corner of the penalty area.
Saka plays it back!
Smith-Rowe arriving.
[cheers]
And Smith-Rowe gives Arsenal the lead.
Well played by Arsenal.
[chanting]
1-0 to the Arsenal
is the shouts inside the Emirates.
[chanting]
[commentator] The linkup between
Smith-Rowe and Saka is just excellent.
[commentator 2] And Smith-Rowe,
the goalscorer,
powering his way towards
the penalty area.
Smith-Rowe back to Aubameyang.
And Arsenal have got a second goal.
Aubameyang!
[cheers]
And the ball is passed away
by Xhaka to Odegaard,
to Smith-Rowe, and Smith-Rowe to Saka
and he can exploit the gap left
by Reguilón.
And Saka now running forward,
it's three against two,
Saka tries to pass the ball back,
he'll do it alone.
It comes back to Saka and he scores!
[cheers]
And Arsenal are running away
with this one.
Saka has scored his first league goal
in 20 games!
[crowd cheering and chanting]
[Jordan Reece] Well done, boys.
We go again, we go again.
[Steve Round] Keep it going, fellas,
keep it going.
Come on, guys, eh?
We start again, we start again.
My first message,
we have to play a whole second half
and now we have to raise the level.
And when we are there for the taking,
we have to kill them.
When you have the game like this,
you have to go and kill the game.
That's the message I want to send you
right from the beginning.
When we can, as much as possible, guys,
in the right moment with the intensity
and the rhythm that you all show,
to go and to get back and to manage
the fucking ball the way you did it,
we have to carry on doing it,
because they will take chances,
they will start to commit
more players forward.
B, you did really well coming inside,
you won a lot of second balls.
This is key to do it,
we have to try to maintain the rhythm.
[suspenseful music]
[commentator] Saka controls the ball,
tries to get away from Skipp.
Smith-Rowe, Smith-Rowe,
Saka's also there.
Smith-Rowe with his back to goal,
to Odegaard, Arsenal's threatening
again, crosses to Aubameyang...
[cheers]
[commentator] Ball forward,
Harry Kane in here, Harry Kane, goal,
it's just offside,
but it stayed down as well.
Slides in, feeds the ball to Reguilón,
plays it in low... Son, and Son scores!
[crowd chanting]
Oh, it's hit the bar, saved by Ramsdale.
[whistle]
[commentator] Nearly there...
There we go, the final whistle goes.
Mikel Arteta punches the air here
at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal thoroughly deserve this victory,
they were brilliant in the first half.
[joyful music]
[journalist] Emile, just over 50 games
into your Arsenal career,
you've had some pretty good days,
is this the best yet?
100%, you know. It's probably
the best day of my life so far.
Winning another North London Derby
at home and, you know,
scoring in front of my family up there,
it's the best feeling ever.
- What colour is North London?
- Red, man.
Come on, G. Come on.
Come on, man. Red, it's red!
[cheers]
[fan] That was as good as it gets,
knee slide galore, trust me.
If you like knee slides, this game,
this was value for money, like hey!
It is days like this that make
supporting this club so amazing,
I can't believe it.
[in Spanish] Vamos!
- Come on!
- Come on, guys!
["Rock in All Over The World"
by Status Quo playing]
[players singing]
♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe ♪
♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe ♪
[cheers]
C'mon Arsenal!
[Pierre-Emerick] This is for you my man.
We're gonna sign this
and this is for you, so enjoy it.
[Stuart] Everybody in for a picture.
[music continues]
[hubbub]
[cheers]
["Rock in All Over The World" playing]
[narrator] North London is red tonight.
Arsenal win the 204th North London Derby.
It's the kind of victory
that can kick-start a season.
And as the season continues,
it's clear Arsenal are beginning
to reconnect with their fans.
[crowd] One, two, three, four!
♪ I like it, I like it,
I like it, I like it ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe ♪
One, two, three, four!
♪ I like it, I like it,
I like it, I like it ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe ♪
[Arteta] I really believe
that we're going
to An field and we're going to beat them.
[commentator] There's a bit of argy-bargy
going down on the touchline
and Arteta and Klopp have come
squaring up face-to-face.
And Diogo Jota goes around Ramsdale
and scores for Liverpool.
[Ramsdale] That's fucking embarrassing.
[Arteta] I can make changes,
don't think that we're gonna play
all the time the same team, guys.
[fan] Aubameyang on the bench.
- Rightly so, I think.
- Yeah, definitely.
[commentator] Hit the crossbar
from here a while ago.
Hits the back of the net here!
[cheers]
[suspenseful music]