All or Nothing: Arsenal (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Episode #1.3 - full transcript
Get close guys, come on.
Friday night, guys.
The stadium is full.
Your families,
your supporters are here,
you have to lift them
to get fire out of them.
I want everybody hunting, going back,
winning the duel, putting the ball back,
and playing forward
and managing, regain.
We have to be compact,
we have to believe
and we have to have energy.
Compact and fucking aggressive
from the beginning.
The first 10 minutes,
I want to lift the crowd.
So you two in the box, shot, crosses,
set pieces and we play high.
We have to attack them in behind, guys.
Let's go...
Energy, guys!
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
When you love what you do,
that is called passion.
We have to believe,
we have to have energy.
Show these people how much you care.
Let's go for it.
Nine weeks into the league
and it's been three wins,
three defeats and two draws.
No one quite knows what to expect
from Mikel Arteta's team.
A little bit feisty
in the first minute.
Ball to the back post,
the overhead kick, it's a miskick
and Saka comes in with the left foot.
Smith-Rowe's corner.
Another good one, it's Partey,
this time it's in!
Thomas Partey
with the touch,
and it's his first goal for Arsenal!
Ben White now bursting
forward, he's still going!
Excellent again from Arsenal.
Smith-Rowe, Tavares on the overlap.
It's been an electric start by Arsenal.
21-year-old left-back
Nuno Tavares
was the club's first summer signing.
Tonight, he's making his debut
in the Premier League.
I hope they've got plenty
of sugar in his tea,
Tavares, he's run about 40 mile
in that first half,
all down that left-hand side,
and here he goes again.
He can pick his spot here,
the cross comes in,
Lacazette's underneath it,
falls here to Bukayo Saka,
on his left foot,
tries to square it towards Aubameyang...
There's a challenge in the penalty area.
- Lacazette has gone down.
- It's a penalty.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
to double Arsenal's lead.
Oh, it's saved by Martínez...
Aubameyang puts in the rebound
and Arsenal have doubled their lead,
2-0.
Tavares, Aubameyang.
Good football again.
Smith-Rowe might have to go
on his own this time.
Emile Smith-Rowe, he's still going,
deflects off the post, and in.
Arsenal have made it 3-0
and Aston Villa are in disarray.
Bailey, though, trying to get away,
holds off a couple of challenges
and they've scored.
Ramsey has scored
and there was no stopping that,
and Ramsdale won't get that clean sheet.
It's not gonna win them
the game but what it does do,
it takes away that clean sheet.
There goes the final whistle!
A big 3 points for Arsenal.
They're 7 unbeaten in all competitions
and at times tonight
they were exhilarating.
Well done!
Fucking shit, man!
Tackle the fucking player.
Fuck you.
That cost me the bastard clean sheet.
Be happy.
Not easy to win the games, huh?
All right, guys.
So, I just want to say
I love my boys again.
I just want to say to you, guys,
I'm proud of you, guys,
the way you played,
the aggression, the purpose,
what you transmitted on the pitch,
the quality that you showed today.
There are things
that still that we have to do better,
but you have to continue like that,
with that belief,
with that energy, and it's a joy.
Out there watching you play like that
is a fucking joy.
Nuno, to have the Premier League
first start
and play the way you played, my friend,
chapeau!
Your energy, you can have a drink.
Well done guys, let's continue,
let's continue.
Yeah!
What is this shit car?
Bro, they are the best car ever.
After the win at home,
the squad must now prepare
for a tough set of away matches
against some of the biggest teams
in the league.
The morning after each match,
Mikel and his team have a debrief.
They go over their tactics
and the well being of the players.
Let's get an update, guys.
Okay.
So, update from the game,
as you all saw,
it was a pretty intense game.
We did have a couple of cramps but
the lads were really improving on that.
And Laca, of course,
that was his first significant effort
in a Premier League game
without many matches under his belt.
Aaron, he's fine, no complaints.
He's doing great.
He was furious.
He was furious after the game.
Well, he was right, you know.
Yeah, but I love it, love it.
Nuno as well, yeah?
He's off the charts, his stats.
The way we started the game,
straight away in the first action
against Watkins,
the reaction of the whole team,
that changed the tone,
and how involved we are
in the game to do that.
16 shots, 0 against,
they didn't run once and it was
a complete domination of the game,
that is not a coincidence,
and we have to continue to do that,
something that in the second half
we struggled a little bit more.
That's it. Okay?
Thank you.
Five minutes, yeah?
Yes!
New signing Aaron Ramsdale
has made a big impact.
In the 6 games he has started,
Arsenal are unbeaten
when Ramsdale has been in goal.
Since the moment that I had him
on the phone, it was first of all him,
then I spoke to his father,
I was so impressed
and I said: This is the one.
And he was very confident, he was...
full of enthusiasm,
he was really open about...
how he has developed the last few years,
how he wants to make his mark
at the club.
It was natural, it was clear
and he was so determined,
like what you see on the pitch.
Wait! Crush that!
Aaron's previous two clubs
were both relegated
from the Premier League,
joining Arsenal is a big step up.
When you play
for a big club,
you definitely feel it and I'm loving it.
I'm not walking around saying
I am the best in the world,
but I'll always have aspirations
to get there.
Vamos!
Where I've come from,
in terms of the past two seasons,
I knew how hard clean sheets
are to come by in this league.
It's not just me trying
to keep the ball out
of the back of the net or my back four,
it's everyone.
And I think for me it's the main thing
of showing everyone that for 95 minutes,
we're concentrated and we're all
working for the common goal.
The Aston Villa game,
in the last five minutes where
they scored, em...
on other days that could either be
a 1-1 equaliser or a 2-1
and then the last 5-10 minutes
are a nervey ending.
Since the beginning
of the season,
Arsenal's defence has been overhauled
with an influx of young talent.
Four of the current back five
are new to the club.
Mikel and his staff need to understand
these new players
and mould them into a defensive unit.
There was a very famous Spanish coach
who used to say that
players are numbers.
I cannot treat players like numbers.
For me, they are people
and I don't know
when I am 30 years in this job
if I change my mind, I don't know,
today I cannot do it, I...
I need to understand them
emotionally as well,
what happens in their lives,
how they're experiencing new challenges,
new country, this new club.
There is a two-way trafic, you know.
And that person has to be willing
as well to give.
Um, no issues with Mo,
nothing with Nuno,
Tommy, there's a little bit
of soreness in that ankle.
With Nuno,
it's been pretty difficult to get
information out of him.
We need to somehow
create a comfortable environment,
a room where he is comfortable
to chat and express how he's feeling,
because at the moment, it's not the case.
He trains really hard
and he's not complaining at all,
but I think we have to monitor
the player in a different way.
You're right,
he is very, very quiet.
I'll put one of the guys
to work specifically with him.
- Okay, that's it for me.
- Thank you.
With his 1st choice left-back,
Kieran Tierney, currently injured,
Mikel has started new signing
Nuno Tavares, earlier than expected.
What did you do yesterday?
IKEA. With my mum.
Mums love IKEA.
You have everything there.
Aïe, aïe, aïe, aïe!
I used to go once a month
when I was little
and every stand she stopped...
Hmm?
Nuno left home in Portugal
to sign for Arsenal 4 months ago.
What was it like,
leaving your family in Portugal?
- Was it hard?
- Yeah, a little bit.
But I keep strong here for them.
People are different than in Portugal,
so I try to give everything
to the club.
I felt so proud of me
to... to start on Premier League debut.
I'm waiting for this moment again.
Programs!
Good afternoon, this is game day
and we're just under half an hour away
from kick-off here
at the King Power Stadium.
It is Leicester City versus Arsenal.
Playing Leicester City away
will be no easy feat
for Mikel's fledging defence.
Leicester have one of the Premier
League's most prolific goal scorers.
Get together.
Get in a circle together.
- Ben is coming.
- Who?
Ben, Ben.
Yeah?
Stay close to him.
We are going to do something, guys.
We're going to get all the energy
that is in this room together.
We are going to do it one way.
When I tell you,
I want you to start to do this,
and I want you to close your eyes.
I am going to tell you what is going
to happen in this game.
And after that, you're going
to grab each other's hands
and we're going to create a bubble
with the energy that we're going
to play fucking there.
You understand? Everybody understands?
Start to do this.
Close your eyes
and I want to see you, as a team,
how aggressive you are going to be
in every fucking high press situation
you are in,
with your unit and when that happens,
you're going to regain the ball,
and you're going to play forward,
and you're going to finish the action,
and if not, when the ball is over,
you're going to track back
and you win and go to the ball
because we don't have to let them run.
With the ball, clarity, ability
and trust on each other.
Every action, every ball, guys,
we play as a team.
Have the courage, guys, and enjoy
fucking playing with each other.
Grab each other's hands now
and feel it in your body,
who we are, next to each other.
Who. We. Are.
Enjoy playing together.
Let's go out and fucking win this game,
guys.
Let's go!
Bukayo Saka.
Still going now, it's Saka.
Oh, it's very nearly a perfect start
for the Gunners.
Saka into the danger area
and it's turned in by Gabriel.
And Arsenal lead inside 5 minutes!
And here comes Aubameyang,
stealing possession from Daniel Amartey.
Still Aubameyang,
straight at Schmeichel in the end.
Lacazette joining the attack
down the middle.
Here is the Frenchman,
goes to pass one into the box
and it comes for Smith-Rowe!
And Arsenal double their advantage.
Arsenal have a two-goal lead
and a victory in the bag,
if they can keep a clean sheet.
Into Iheanacho.
He's gonna try his luck.
There's no foul there!
A free kick has been given
here to Leicester City
in a very promising situation.
Brilliant save! Turned in, is it?
No, it's on the line.
An astonishing save
by Aaron Ramsdale.
Well, that's full time here
at the King Power
and it's another win
for Mikel Arteta's men.
Aaron doesn't concede a goal,
and the team are now 9 games unbeaten.
So, I wanted to say
something if...
if Mikel says yes?
I, okay, so everyone close your eyes.
Go like this with your hands
and now sing:
Arsenal follow this result
with a 1-0 win against Watford.
The unbeaten run is now 10.
I think this season,
there's been ups, there's been downs,
but I have, I have a positive outlook.
When I look at the other teams around us,
I feel like we just want it more.
I feel like we have such a reason
to want to get it
and the characters in the squad
just look like they love Arsenal,
they want to get us back
to where we deserve to be.
I think with Arteta,
you can see that the players respect him.
I bet those players want to do so well
for Mikel Arteta.
Maybe he'd rule with a little bit
of respect but also a little bit of fear.
You know about Thorpe Park, innit?
Thorpe Park?
So, it's a park?
What they doing?
Rollercoasters, mazes, rides,
then there's like, games to win,
like big teddy bears.
- It's nice with your girl, bro.
- Ah yeah, yeah.
The success on the pitch
is changing the atmosphere
at the training ground.
The phone number of your father,
do you know it?
- Yes.
- How do you think about those numbers?
Do you know it in isolation or
you do it like blocks of three numbers?
The first four, the second four
and then the last.
So, you go in fours?
Most people go in threes.
They memorise in threes.
Do you know what a maze is?
No.
You don't know what a maze is?
Do you know what a maze is?
- A maze?
- Yeah.
What is this?
I can't describe... Karl, you know
what a maze is, right? No?
If you tell me my number
in a different way,
I don't recognise my number
because it's also by sound,
the way you memorise it.
The game is the same.
You work with the units, it's much
simpler to understand where the ball is.
It's interesting.
I see Mikel better.
Yeah.
Bit more relaxed, yeah.
Yeah, much more calm.
He's so smart,
he's learning every day.
Yeah.
I see him more with the players.
You know?
I always said,
when he started to develop
a little bit more
personal relationships
with the players,
he can go on for another level because...
Understand football tactical wise,
he's top.
You've got to capture the hearts
as well as the minds.
You can see the team are really together
and they're all fighting for each other,
they're all talking, socialising,
having lunch together.
It all stems from the manager.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.
Hello! Hello!
Kieran Tierney arrived
from Scottish side Celtic back in 2019.
The thing I enjoy most
is making our family proud.
Aye, that's the best,
genuinely the best thing, like
money cannae buy stuff like that.
My mum would watch TV
and saw these superstars...
They're celebrities
more than footballers at times.
And when I came down here,
she was scared if I would go like that,
like if I would just change.
He's been out
with an ankle injury for 3 weeks.
The medical staff are currently
overseeing his transition
back to the first team.
5% isn't it, your body fat?
I'm 7.5 now.
KT.
- Doc-aldhino.
- Hey.
Doc, I've hacked the system.
Which one?
The body fat system.
- He's done it, he's nailed it.
- 7.5.
I'm disappointed.
What's happened to Cadbury's?
Cadbury's shares will take a dive.
Yeah, I know. That's the time
to invest in it though, innit?
Have you made
an effort for that?
Slight adjustments.
Have you stopped
eating chocolate?
No, have I fuck!
- No, he can't do that.
- Impossible.
- All good?
- All good.
When you're playing every week,
you just see life
as when's the next game?
There's just pressure,
pressure, pressure.
When I'm injured there's no pressure,
it feels weird.
You just feel like you don't know
where you are,
you're just in the middle
of nowhere really.
- You okay?
- I'm still not 100.
Now I can train and get back so...
- Nearly there, nearly there.
- Nice.
The medical staff are meeting
to discuss Kieran's progress.
Anyone complaining on the beds?
KT has pulled me there.
He's obviously mentioned
that he wants to train Thursday,
so it might be worth just having
a chat with him.
The plan is for recovery
at the moment, though.
Yeah. But then he also mentioned
the mental side.
I said, as games go
on and you build intensity around
training sessions in the game,
you get into that rhythm,
this will be a thing of the past.
We're on a trajectory
that's going the right way.
Good stuff.
How you doing, big guy?
What do you want?
Do you want a wee bit of everything?
That's your usual.
- I'll have my usual, please.
- Yeah, yeah.
The venison, please.
Johnny McCall um
was Kieran's personal chef
before he started working at Arsenal.
Do you know how much two of them cost?
£148. Mate, honestly.
- It's one of the best meats you'll get.
- I'd have some of that tonight.
Kieran, I'm gonna take some home
and give to the dog as well.
Aye, exactly.
Kieran lives with Johnny
near the training ground.
Can get quite angry sometimes
if we get beat, yeah, it's not...
But that's just passion from him,
that's what he cares about,
so I stay out of his way.
Aye. Johnny knows. If I am angry,
he leaves the food and just bolts.
Yeah, that's it.
Where I grew up
was Muirhouse in Mother well.
I mean, it was just
the working-class upbringing
and if you wanted something,
you were told you needed to work for it
and I think that's where I get
a lot of my work rate from.
And my mentality
is from my mum and dad
'cause they work for everything
that they had.
My mum had three jobs,
as a dinner lady,
as a cleaner in the school...
She was up at 6 in the morning
every day, 5-6 in the morning,
just to provide for us,
to provide for me and my sister.
What was it like,
moving down to a city like London?
It was hard to start with,
I was really struggling,
really low point and homesick,
was terrible to start with.
Outside training,
we had a lot of time to think.
I'm not saying I was ever in a bad place
where it was suicidal or that,
but my friends have been.
Two or three of them have
committed suicide, lost their life and,
like, you're with these people
and you don't know a thing because
they've not spoke.
So I think I feel
a certain responsibility to try and help
as much as I can because
I kind of know how it feels
to be in a certain place.
Looking back now it was hard.
My mum and dad say all the time:
"It's brilliant that you've got Johnny,
it relaxes us
that you've got Johnny there,
not just because he cooks
but he looks after you."
I'm getting emotional.
I don't speak often, man, so when
I speak it's from the heart, innit.
I'm gonna get a dog.
You know a cockapoo?
Oh. Like a puppy?
- "Poopy"?
- Poodle.
Man said "poopy".
Wait, is he trying to say puppy?
Arsenal's next match
is against title contenders Liverpool.
The last time an Arsenal team won at
An field in the league was back in 2012,
when Mikel was in the starting line-up.
It's a fixture that puts Arsenal's
unbeaten run at risk.
Good afternoon, guys,
nice to see you all.
Now we have to focus here,
we have a run of games coming, guys,
that are going to dictate big time
what's gonna happen in our season,
and we have to start in An field.
The most important thing
is not what we do here or here, guys,
the most important thing with An field,
is that emotionally you are
in top condition to compete there.
And to do that,
you have to know, what is An field.
And it's, believe me, very different
to any ground that you have experienced
in the Premier League.
First of all, you have to go there top:
"I go to An field
and I am going to beat them
and I'm going to win."
And I really believe that we're going
to An field and we're going to beat them.
And you put the extension leads,
after, I want them here.
Mikel wants
to prepare the players
for the intense atmosphere
at An field,
something that many of the team
have yet to experience.
One of my crazy ideas.
Today, they are going to train
with, in the background,
"You'll Never Walk Alone".
That's a good idea.
Interesting idea.
I'm looking forward to this.
There's a word that we use in Spain
on cycling when a cyclist is going up
and looks amazing
and in one kilometre he goes... Boom!
And looks like he's stuck and he can't...
It's a word, it's called "pájara".
And I had it once at An field.
The game was going there
and suddenly I could only see red shirts
flying around,
the game is passing all over me
and I cannot react.
And people would think
"what is he doing?",
and I am like... I cannot do it.
I cannot do it emotionally, physically,
I cannot cope, everything goes too fast.
And I only had that feeling in my career
once and it was at An field.
Boys! Mentally, we start to play
the game now.
Okay? We are at An field, let's go.
Move! Yes, like that.
Again, again, again!
When that crowd is in that mood,
they play every ball of that game
with the team. And you can feel it.
With Kieran Tierney
fully fit again,
Mikel must decide which of his left-backs
is better prepared to start at An field.
Nuno! You have
to give yourself the space you need.
As soon as you see Sal ah going,
just take a look if it's Chamberlain,
or if it's, what's his name,
Alexander-Arnold.
Bravo boys, well done!
In September,
Arsenal were 15 places below Liverpool,
but if they were to pull off
a shock victory here today,
they would go above
Jürgen Klopp's side.
I don't know why but I'm quietly
confident about this game,
I have no idea why.
I think that Arteta,
it's his time to show
how good he is
and I trust him, I really trust him.
Okay, guys, the last two days
we have discussed a lot
about what we have to do in the tactical
level, technical level of the game.
Now I'm going to tell you
how we have to win the game
and how we're going
to compete in this game.
And first of all, to compete, guys,
we have to be like this in this pitch.
Like this.
And this doesn't break for 96 minutes.
In the last few days,
maybe you saw me, and I put the music
because on this pitch,
I am a little bit emotional
and I'm gonna tell you why I'm emotional.
When I had that shirt and I was there,
I came here.
For a long time,
they didn't win here
and we won 2 years in a row here.
But there was the next year
and I was prepared to come here,
I was believing that we could win.
Do you know what happened?
We start to lose the game.
And they were all over us,
and you know what I did myself?
I hid and I gave up on the pitch.
We lost 5-1. I gave up.
I never forgot for the rest of my career
what I did here, I never did.
Don't leave anything
on that fucking pitch
because it's a regret that I don't see.
I let the team down
and I let myself down,
and I don't want you to go through that.
So, go out there, guys,
and play with fucking courage
and be ourselves today on that pitch.
Do me please only that favour.
Yeah?
Tavares has won it back
just in front of the centre circle.
He's quite an interesting character,
Nuno Tavares.
He's been given the opportunity
again today with Tierney back fit,
he's on the bench,
so I think that just proves
over the last couple of games
he's deserved his opportunity
to stay in this starting 11.
The opening 30 minutes
are fiercely contested.
Lovely cross in towards
the near post
and Saka dipped his head
but didn't get proper contact on it.
Drops towards Thiago, left-footed shot,
scooped by the goalkeeper, Mané is there,
double save from Ramsdale,
stops it from going beyond him
and into the net.
That's a late challenge from Mané.
It's brought the Arsenal bench
to their feet.
There's a bit of argy-bargy
going down on the touchline,
and Arteta and Klopp
have come squaring up face-to-face,
and now they're throwing arms
at one another and snarling and spitting
and getting rather heated
on the touchline.
Lacazette has spotted
the run of Aubameyang
and across comes Fabinho
and puts out the fire
before it bursts into flames.
- Listen to that crowd now.
- Yeah, they fancy it.
Free kick to Liverpool 15 yards outside
the penalty area,
6 minutes before half-time.
It's aimed in towards Mané
who headers it beyond Ramsdale!
And Liverpool lead by a goal to nil.
Guys, we have to stay
in the game.
The chances will come.
We have to stay aggressive,
we have to manage the game a little bit
better in the middle of the park.
Believe til the last minute.
Are we on it? Yes?
Arsenal get the second half
underway looking to restore parity.
Tavares runs it at the defence and gives
it straight to Jota
and Diogo Jota
goes around Ramsdale...
and scores for Liverpool.
Nuno Tavares with the back pass
and Arsenal...
Well, they've been punished.
Tavares, nice step away from his marker,
but he walks straight
into two Liverpool players.
Mané down the left,
he's got Sal ah waiting inside the area,
he finds him and it's a goal.
Easy goal.
Here's Sal ah.
Alexander-Arnold.
And the first touch for Takumi Minamino
is to put the ball in the net.
There is the full-time whistle.
Liverpool lay waste to Arsenal's
unbeaten run, in emphatic style.
We have to go again, eh?
No fucking moping about.
Guys, we were 10 games unbeaten
after the start that we had.
You come, in my opinion,
to the toughest place in this league
and we sustained them for 45 minutes
because we did most of the time
what we had to do.
Even if they were superior,
and we have to accept that,
that they were better than us.
But in the first 20 minutes
of the second half, guys,
the team break apart.
I just suffer for you,
because I know how tough it is
to be there 2-0, 3-0, 4-0
and keep going and going and going.
I asked for one thing
before the game,
that's for nobody to hide
and they didn't.
And the errors or the mistakes,
believe me, I throw them in the bin.
It's part of the learning process
and it's part of this profession.
I will defend you out there, guys,
don't worry, because I will defend you.
If anything, it's my mistake,
I will take responsibility.
So, pick it up and stay together,
and on Monday, guys,
head up and we'll start again. Okay?
Do you wonder about
that moment when Mikel Arteta
got in Klopp's face
and it ignited the crowd?
That was naïve for me.
Just gassed them up.
At An field, you don't want
to be gassing up that crowd
and whipping them up.
The games keep coming.
Arsenal bounce back against Newcastle,
but Aubameyang fails to score.
Smith-Rowe!
Good save. Aubameyang!
How has he missed from there?
Arsenal then travel
to Old Trafford
and lose to their old rivals.
Cristiano Ronaldo!
Aubameyang is subbed off
for the second game in a row.
And off goes
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Not really fired tonight.
It's kind of where he's been
in the last few games.
Arsenal's form has faltered,
losing 2 of their last 3 games.
They are not picking up points
and their rivals are gaining ground.
When you go to An field,
you pick your best team and I think
Kieran Tierney is our best left-back,
and I feel like that was a mistake.
At Old Trafford, why would
Arteta take off his captain?
You start to wonder
and you're looking behind the scenes...
Is all well between
the player and the manager?
One of the biggest advice
that Pep gave me...
He used to tell me
"This is the loneliest profession."
When you close that door,
it's you and your worries
and your issues and your...
decisions that are always there.
I don't regret one bit the decisions
that I make.
Every difficult moment is making me
a better person or a better professional,
is preparing me for something
that is going to come forward,
for another challenge.
This is the way I take it,
it's my decision to be here.
Guys, get together please.
There are things that we have
to get better and we have to improve
and one of them is a very strong link
when we drop our intensity a little bit,
guys, the way the game changes
and I will show you that more in units
to convince you
how important that is
and how much of a strength it is for us
when we are able to maintain
the high intensity
with the players
that we have right now
and the way we are trying to play.
This week, giving higher intensity,
more commitment
and raise the level of the quality.
So, now is the moment to raise the level
and everybody alive
because I can make changes.
Don't think that we're gonna play
all the time the same team, guys.
So, earn it and the best way to earn it
is not talking, is to do it on the pitch
in the week, yeah?
Let's go.
With his team
starting to stumble in the league,
Mikel needs a win.
He is closely monitoring
the players' performances in training
to decide his upcoming line-up
for the next game against Everton.
He seems very relaxed
at the moment.
Difficult one, that one,
because is he ready to come out
or can he go again?
I know the fans like KT,
I can feel that,
but I will try to fight
for my position.
It's not me against Kieran,
it's about the position
to play to Arsenal.
Kieran, in the first two phases
of the build-up,
when the ball arrives, in this case,
to Tomi
and we make maybe three highs
and they come,
all the time keep an eye inside.
Liverpool away, Newcastle home,
Man U away,
I was just on the bench
and it's the first time that it had ever
happened to me.
And it was just a hard one to take.
The reality is that both of us want
to play,
and that's just the nature of the game.
Good session.
Well done, boys.
No extras today, everybody in.
After training,
Nuno is meeting with
development coach Carlos Cuesta
to discuss his recent performances.
I want to understand one thing.
If you don't understand something,
tell me.
I want to understand why, Nuno,
some days you are up to here,
others you are here,
and others only here.
And I understand we are people.
People have better days and worse days.
But I want to understand it.
I don't know.
I think about my mistakes
because that's what stays in my head...
Not the good things I did on the pitch.
I think, in your head,
you always think about
what you did wrong in the game.
What do you mean?
You are going to make mistakes.
It's normal,
don't worry about it.
We'll correct them
and they won't be repeated.
Maybe you will make different ones.
It's normal.
And you have everything.
You have intelligence
to be a champion.
And what I want is to help you.
Here, Nuno, you will find people
that help you.
Carlos, he can understand players
because he's young too.
He help me get better
and improve.
I knew you were up to something!
After losing
their last two away matches,
the team prepare to travel North
once again.
Everton up next.
They're going through quite a rough patch
at the moment.
What are your thoughts on the situation
there at the moment?
The moment that you lose a game or two,
the pressure is coming for everybody,
it's no different there.
After the United game,
it was Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer
were talking about the game
and they expressed concern.
There was an issue between yourself
and your skipper
because you took him off
with 15 minutes to go.
There's no rift, is there?
I can guarantee you
there is none of that.
They were saying it was humiliating
for him to be taken off,
but I mean, presumably Pierre-Emerick
doesn't feel like that?
Well, that is the last word
I would use,
to do something with my players,
that's for sure,
because if that's humiliating,
imagine the ones that are not
in the squad.
Tierney's back in the side, I'm happy.
I like Tavares but he's very raw,
as you can tell.
- Aubameyang on the bench.
- Yeah, dropped, rightly so, I think.
Yeah, definitely, definitely.
Kieran Tierney
is one of the four changes.
He's in for Nuno Tavares.
Tierney, who had missed
the last 6 Premier League games.
Just keep the start of the game.
To get the momentum that we want,
we have to take the game to the ground,
to the final third and stay there.
On that pitch,
something has to be seen, guys.
What I experienced with you guys
in the last three or four days,
your cohesion, your chemistry,
I want to see that on the pitch, guys.
Have that chemistry,
transmit that energy, that commitment.
The players that are playing,
the guys that are here will be so
important when they come in, all of you.
And the staff, let's fucking go with it.
Let's go!
So, here we go,
the Monday night game at Good is on Park,
it's Everton against Arsenal.
It's come through
to Doucouré who swivels and shoots,
but he was off balance.
That was a chance for Everton.
Here's Richarlison
into the penalty area.
Everton have just increased
the tempo a little bit.
Defender goes down, Gordon shoots,
comes off Tomiyasu.
Everton fans are enjoying what
they're seeing here, this is better.
This is better football,
here's Tierney.
That's a decent ball and they've scored!
Martin Odegaard! The Gunners'
first opportunity after a quality move.
Tierney going
through the gears and finding his feet
at just the right point of the half
with a beautiful ball.
Arsenal have been poor
this 1st half,
their goal has been
against the run of play
and they're going to have to step up
their game in the 2nd half
if they want to keep this lead.
We're causing our own problems, come on.
Boys, we play only backwards,
only backwards.
So why do you think
this is gonna happen?
One time we play forward we score.
I really have to take you,
all of you, in the byline
to give you, to react
and to start to demand yourself
if you want to play at this level, guys!
Do I have to do that?
You've been fucking lucky. Lucky!
With the ball you have advantages
everywhere, do you realise that?
I want to see a team
with fucking different characters
and now is the moment to take the ball,
take the ball and play.
I don't want to be defending,
I want high press,
take the ball and attack them
and go for the second one.
Play!
Let's go! Let's go!
With just ten minutes left
on the clock,
Arsenal look like
they might escape with a win.
Could be a big night
for Arsenal.
They might be about to move to within
one point of the Champions League places.
It's off the crossbar
and then there's a rebound, it's in!
Richarlison!
Everton 1, Arsenal 1!
What an atmosphere now!
Good is on Park as loud
as it's been all night.
Demarai Gray will now bear down
on the Arsenal penalty area,
hit the crossbar from here a while ago,
hits the back of the net here!
It's a match-winning goal.
From 1-0 down,
they're gonna win this game 2-1.
There is the final whistle.
That's fucking embarrassing.
Ten minutes to go,
throw-in in our fucking final third.
Throw the ball long...
Defend the fucking game,
so fucking naïve.
I don't want to regret anything that
I am going to say now
so I prefer not to say much.
But the reaction here is late.
Here is too late. It's there.
Okay, I have to announce
you something.
Following the last disciplinary issue
that we had with Auba,
we have decided as a club
that he is no longer our captain.
Mikel Arteta's tested
positive for Covid-19
and will miss the game
against Manchester City.
Fucking go out there
and win this fucking match.
Saka with a shot.
Saka with a goal.
And it's a red card.
Friday night, guys.
The stadium is full.
Your families,
your supporters are here,
you have to lift them
to get fire out of them.
I want everybody hunting, going back,
winning the duel, putting the ball back,
and playing forward
and managing, regain.
We have to be compact,
we have to believe
and we have to have energy.
Compact and fucking aggressive
from the beginning.
The first 10 minutes,
I want to lift the crowd.
So you two in the box, shot, crosses,
set pieces and we play high.
We have to attack them in behind, guys.
Let's go...
Energy, guys!
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
When you love what you do,
that is called passion.
We have to believe,
we have to have energy.
Show these people how much you care.
Let's go for it.
Nine weeks into the league
and it's been three wins,
three defeats and two draws.
No one quite knows what to expect
from Mikel Arteta's team.
A little bit feisty
in the first minute.
Ball to the back post,
the overhead kick, it's a miskick
and Saka comes in with the left foot.
Smith-Rowe's corner.
Another good one, it's Partey,
this time it's in!
Thomas Partey
with the touch,
and it's his first goal for Arsenal!
Ben White now bursting
forward, he's still going!
Excellent again from Arsenal.
Smith-Rowe, Tavares on the overlap.
It's been an electric start by Arsenal.
21-year-old left-back
Nuno Tavares
was the club's first summer signing.
Tonight, he's making his debut
in the Premier League.
I hope they've got plenty
of sugar in his tea,
Tavares, he's run about 40 mile
in that first half,
all down that left-hand side,
and here he goes again.
He can pick his spot here,
the cross comes in,
Lacazette's underneath it,
falls here to Bukayo Saka,
on his left foot,
tries to square it towards Aubameyang...
There's a challenge in the penalty area.
- Lacazette has gone down.
- It's a penalty.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
to double Arsenal's lead.
Oh, it's saved by Martínez...
Aubameyang puts in the rebound
and Arsenal have doubled their lead,
2-0.
Tavares, Aubameyang.
Good football again.
Smith-Rowe might have to go
on his own this time.
Emile Smith-Rowe, he's still going,
deflects off the post, and in.
Arsenal have made it 3-0
and Aston Villa are in disarray.
Bailey, though, trying to get away,
holds off a couple of challenges
and they've scored.
Ramsey has scored
and there was no stopping that,
and Ramsdale won't get that clean sheet.
It's not gonna win them
the game but what it does do,
it takes away that clean sheet.
There goes the final whistle!
A big 3 points for Arsenal.
They're 7 unbeaten in all competitions
and at times tonight
they were exhilarating.
Well done!
Fucking shit, man!
Tackle the fucking player.
Fuck you.
That cost me the bastard clean sheet.
Be happy.
Not easy to win the games, huh?
All right, guys.
So, I just want to say
I love my boys again.
I just want to say to you, guys,
I'm proud of you, guys,
the way you played,
the aggression, the purpose,
what you transmitted on the pitch,
the quality that you showed today.
There are things
that still that we have to do better,
but you have to continue like that,
with that belief,
with that energy, and it's a joy.
Out there watching you play like that
is a fucking joy.
Nuno, to have the Premier League
first start
and play the way you played, my friend,
chapeau!
Your energy, you can have a drink.
Well done guys, let's continue,
let's continue.
Yeah!
What is this shit car?
Bro, they are the best car ever.
After the win at home,
the squad must now prepare
for a tough set of away matches
against some of the biggest teams
in the league.
The morning after each match,
Mikel and his team have a debrief.
They go over their tactics
and the well being of the players.
Let's get an update, guys.
Okay.
So, update from the game,
as you all saw,
it was a pretty intense game.
We did have a couple of cramps but
the lads were really improving on that.
And Laca, of course,
that was his first significant effort
in a Premier League game
without many matches under his belt.
Aaron, he's fine, no complaints.
He's doing great.
He was furious.
He was furious after the game.
Well, he was right, you know.
Yeah, but I love it, love it.
Nuno as well, yeah?
He's off the charts, his stats.
The way we started the game,
straight away in the first action
against Watkins,
the reaction of the whole team,
that changed the tone,
and how involved we are
in the game to do that.
16 shots, 0 against,
they didn't run once and it was
a complete domination of the game,
that is not a coincidence,
and we have to continue to do that,
something that in the second half
we struggled a little bit more.
That's it. Okay?
Thank you.
Five minutes, yeah?
Yes!
New signing Aaron Ramsdale
has made a big impact.
In the 6 games he has started,
Arsenal are unbeaten
when Ramsdale has been in goal.
Since the moment that I had him
on the phone, it was first of all him,
then I spoke to his father,
I was so impressed
and I said: This is the one.
And he was very confident, he was...
full of enthusiasm,
he was really open about...
how he has developed the last few years,
how he wants to make his mark
at the club.
It was natural, it was clear
and he was so determined,
like what you see on the pitch.
Wait! Crush that!
Aaron's previous two clubs
were both relegated
from the Premier League,
joining Arsenal is a big step up.
When you play
for a big club,
you definitely feel it and I'm loving it.
I'm not walking around saying
I am the best in the world,
but I'll always have aspirations
to get there.
Vamos!
Where I've come from,
in terms of the past two seasons,
I knew how hard clean sheets
are to come by in this league.
It's not just me trying
to keep the ball out
of the back of the net or my back four,
it's everyone.
And I think for me it's the main thing
of showing everyone that for 95 minutes,
we're concentrated and we're all
working for the common goal.
The Aston Villa game,
in the last five minutes where
they scored, em...
on other days that could either be
a 1-1 equaliser or a 2-1
and then the last 5-10 minutes
are a nervey ending.
Since the beginning
of the season,
Arsenal's defence has been overhauled
with an influx of young talent.
Four of the current back five
are new to the club.
Mikel and his staff need to understand
these new players
and mould them into a defensive unit.
There was a very famous Spanish coach
who used to say that
players are numbers.
I cannot treat players like numbers.
For me, they are people
and I don't know
when I am 30 years in this job
if I change my mind, I don't know,
today I cannot do it, I...
I need to understand them
emotionally as well,
what happens in their lives,
how they're experiencing new challenges,
new country, this new club.
There is a two-way trafic, you know.
And that person has to be willing
as well to give.
Um, no issues with Mo,
nothing with Nuno,
Tommy, there's a little bit
of soreness in that ankle.
With Nuno,
it's been pretty difficult to get
information out of him.
We need to somehow
create a comfortable environment,
a room where he is comfortable
to chat and express how he's feeling,
because at the moment, it's not the case.
He trains really hard
and he's not complaining at all,
but I think we have to monitor
the player in a different way.
You're right,
he is very, very quiet.
I'll put one of the guys
to work specifically with him.
- Okay, that's it for me.
- Thank you.
With his 1st choice left-back,
Kieran Tierney, currently injured,
Mikel has started new signing
Nuno Tavares, earlier than expected.
What did you do yesterday?
IKEA. With my mum.
Mums love IKEA.
You have everything there.
Aïe, aïe, aïe, aïe!
I used to go once a month
when I was little
and every stand she stopped...
Hmm?
Nuno left home in Portugal
to sign for Arsenal 4 months ago.
What was it like,
leaving your family in Portugal?
- Was it hard?
- Yeah, a little bit.
But I keep strong here for them.
People are different than in Portugal,
so I try to give everything
to the club.
I felt so proud of me
to... to start on Premier League debut.
I'm waiting for this moment again.
Programs!
Good afternoon, this is game day
and we're just under half an hour away
from kick-off here
at the King Power Stadium.
It is Leicester City versus Arsenal.
Playing Leicester City away
will be no easy feat
for Mikel's fledging defence.
Leicester have one of the Premier
League's most prolific goal scorers.
Get together.
Get in a circle together.
- Ben is coming.
- Who?
Ben, Ben.
Yeah?
Stay close to him.
We are going to do something, guys.
We're going to get all the energy
that is in this room together.
We are going to do it one way.
When I tell you,
I want you to start to do this,
and I want you to close your eyes.
I am going to tell you what is going
to happen in this game.
And after that, you're going
to grab each other's hands
and we're going to create a bubble
with the energy that we're going
to play fucking there.
You understand? Everybody understands?
Start to do this.
Close your eyes
and I want to see you, as a team,
how aggressive you are going to be
in every fucking high press situation
you are in,
with your unit and when that happens,
you're going to regain the ball,
and you're going to play forward,
and you're going to finish the action,
and if not, when the ball is over,
you're going to track back
and you win and go to the ball
because we don't have to let them run.
With the ball, clarity, ability
and trust on each other.
Every action, every ball, guys,
we play as a team.
Have the courage, guys, and enjoy
fucking playing with each other.
Grab each other's hands now
and feel it in your body,
who we are, next to each other.
Who. We. Are.
Enjoy playing together.
Let's go out and fucking win this game,
guys.
Let's go!
Bukayo Saka.
Still going now, it's Saka.
Oh, it's very nearly a perfect start
for the Gunners.
Saka into the danger area
and it's turned in by Gabriel.
And Arsenal lead inside 5 minutes!
And here comes Aubameyang,
stealing possession from Daniel Amartey.
Still Aubameyang,
straight at Schmeichel in the end.
Lacazette joining the attack
down the middle.
Here is the Frenchman,
goes to pass one into the box
and it comes for Smith-Rowe!
And Arsenal double their advantage.
Arsenal have a two-goal lead
and a victory in the bag,
if they can keep a clean sheet.
Into Iheanacho.
He's gonna try his luck.
There's no foul there!
A free kick has been given
here to Leicester City
in a very promising situation.
Brilliant save! Turned in, is it?
No, it's on the line.
An astonishing save
by Aaron Ramsdale.
Well, that's full time here
at the King Power
and it's another win
for Mikel Arteta's men.
Aaron doesn't concede a goal,
and the team are now 9 games unbeaten.
So, I wanted to say
something if...
if Mikel says yes?
I, okay, so everyone close your eyes.
Go like this with your hands
and now sing:
Arsenal follow this result
with a 1-0 win against Watford.
The unbeaten run is now 10.
I think this season,
there's been ups, there's been downs,
but I have, I have a positive outlook.
When I look at the other teams around us,
I feel like we just want it more.
I feel like we have such a reason
to want to get it
and the characters in the squad
just look like they love Arsenal,
they want to get us back
to where we deserve to be.
I think with Arteta,
you can see that the players respect him.
I bet those players want to do so well
for Mikel Arteta.
Maybe he'd rule with a little bit
of respect but also a little bit of fear.
You know about Thorpe Park, innit?
Thorpe Park?
So, it's a park?
What they doing?
Rollercoasters, mazes, rides,
then there's like, games to win,
like big teddy bears.
- It's nice with your girl, bro.
- Ah yeah, yeah.
The success on the pitch
is changing the atmosphere
at the training ground.
The phone number of your father,
do you know it?
- Yes.
- How do you think about those numbers?
Do you know it in isolation or
you do it like blocks of three numbers?
The first four, the second four
and then the last.
So, you go in fours?
Most people go in threes.
They memorise in threes.
Do you know what a maze is?
No.
You don't know what a maze is?
Do you know what a maze is?
- A maze?
- Yeah.
What is this?
I can't describe... Karl, you know
what a maze is, right? No?
If you tell me my number
in a different way,
I don't recognise my number
because it's also by sound,
the way you memorise it.
The game is the same.
You work with the units, it's much
simpler to understand where the ball is.
It's interesting.
I see Mikel better.
Yeah.
Bit more relaxed, yeah.
Yeah, much more calm.
He's so smart,
he's learning every day.
Yeah.
I see him more with the players.
You know?
I always said,
when he started to develop
a little bit more
personal relationships
with the players,
he can go on for another level because...
Understand football tactical wise,
he's top.
You've got to capture the hearts
as well as the minds.
You can see the team are really together
and they're all fighting for each other,
they're all talking, socialising,
having lunch together.
It all stems from the manager.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.
Hello! Hello!
Kieran Tierney arrived
from Scottish side Celtic back in 2019.
The thing I enjoy most
is making our family proud.
Aye, that's the best,
genuinely the best thing, like
money cannae buy stuff like that.
My mum would watch TV
and saw these superstars...
They're celebrities
more than footballers at times.
And when I came down here,
she was scared if I would go like that,
like if I would just change.
He's been out
with an ankle injury for 3 weeks.
The medical staff are currently
overseeing his transition
back to the first team.
5% isn't it, your body fat?
I'm 7.5 now.
KT.
- Doc-aldhino.
- Hey.
Doc, I've hacked the system.
Which one?
The body fat system.
- He's done it, he's nailed it.
- 7.5.
I'm disappointed.
What's happened to Cadbury's?
Cadbury's shares will take a dive.
Yeah, I know. That's the time
to invest in it though, innit?
Have you made
an effort for that?
Slight adjustments.
Have you stopped
eating chocolate?
No, have I fuck!
- No, he can't do that.
- Impossible.
- All good?
- All good.
When you're playing every week,
you just see life
as when's the next game?
There's just pressure,
pressure, pressure.
When I'm injured there's no pressure,
it feels weird.
You just feel like you don't know
where you are,
you're just in the middle
of nowhere really.
- You okay?
- I'm still not 100.
Now I can train and get back so...
- Nearly there, nearly there.
- Nice.
The medical staff are meeting
to discuss Kieran's progress.
Anyone complaining on the beds?
KT has pulled me there.
He's obviously mentioned
that he wants to train Thursday,
so it might be worth just having
a chat with him.
The plan is for recovery
at the moment, though.
Yeah. But then he also mentioned
the mental side.
I said, as games go
on and you build intensity around
training sessions in the game,
you get into that rhythm,
this will be a thing of the past.
We're on a trajectory
that's going the right way.
Good stuff.
How you doing, big guy?
What do you want?
Do you want a wee bit of everything?
That's your usual.
- I'll have my usual, please.
- Yeah, yeah.
The venison, please.
Johnny McCall um
was Kieran's personal chef
before he started working at Arsenal.
Do you know how much two of them cost?
£148. Mate, honestly.
- It's one of the best meats you'll get.
- I'd have some of that tonight.
Kieran, I'm gonna take some home
and give to the dog as well.
Aye, exactly.
Kieran lives with Johnny
near the training ground.
Can get quite angry sometimes
if we get beat, yeah, it's not...
But that's just passion from him,
that's what he cares about,
so I stay out of his way.
Aye. Johnny knows. If I am angry,
he leaves the food and just bolts.
Yeah, that's it.
Where I grew up
was Muirhouse in Mother well.
I mean, it was just
the working-class upbringing
and if you wanted something,
you were told you needed to work for it
and I think that's where I get
a lot of my work rate from.
And my mentality
is from my mum and dad
'cause they work for everything
that they had.
My mum had three jobs,
as a dinner lady,
as a cleaner in the school...
She was up at 6 in the morning
every day, 5-6 in the morning,
just to provide for us,
to provide for me and my sister.
What was it like,
moving down to a city like London?
It was hard to start with,
I was really struggling,
really low point and homesick,
was terrible to start with.
Outside training,
we had a lot of time to think.
I'm not saying I was ever in a bad place
where it was suicidal or that,
but my friends have been.
Two or three of them have
committed suicide, lost their life and,
like, you're with these people
and you don't know a thing because
they've not spoke.
So I think I feel
a certain responsibility to try and help
as much as I can because
I kind of know how it feels
to be in a certain place.
Looking back now it was hard.
My mum and dad say all the time:
"It's brilliant that you've got Johnny,
it relaxes us
that you've got Johnny there,
not just because he cooks
but he looks after you."
I'm getting emotional.
I don't speak often, man, so when
I speak it's from the heart, innit.
I'm gonna get a dog.
You know a cockapoo?
Oh. Like a puppy?
- "Poopy"?
- Poodle.
Man said "poopy".
Wait, is he trying to say puppy?
Arsenal's next match
is against title contenders Liverpool.
The last time an Arsenal team won at
An field in the league was back in 2012,
when Mikel was in the starting line-up.
It's a fixture that puts Arsenal's
unbeaten run at risk.
Good afternoon, guys,
nice to see you all.
Now we have to focus here,
we have a run of games coming, guys,
that are going to dictate big time
what's gonna happen in our season,
and we have to start in An field.
The most important thing
is not what we do here or here, guys,
the most important thing with An field,
is that emotionally you are
in top condition to compete there.
And to do that,
you have to know, what is An field.
And it's, believe me, very different
to any ground that you have experienced
in the Premier League.
First of all, you have to go there top:
"I go to An field
and I am going to beat them
and I'm going to win."
And I really believe that we're going
to An field and we're going to beat them.
And you put the extension leads,
after, I want them here.
Mikel wants
to prepare the players
for the intense atmosphere
at An field,
something that many of the team
have yet to experience.
One of my crazy ideas.
Today, they are going to train
with, in the background,
"You'll Never Walk Alone".
That's a good idea.
Interesting idea.
I'm looking forward to this.
There's a word that we use in Spain
on cycling when a cyclist is going up
and looks amazing
and in one kilometre he goes... Boom!
And looks like he's stuck and he can't...
It's a word, it's called "pájara".
And I had it once at An field.
The game was going there
and suddenly I could only see red shirts
flying around,
the game is passing all over me
and I cannot react.
And people would think
"what is he doing?",
and I am like... I cannot do it.
I cannot do it emotionally, physically,
I cannot cope, everything goes too fast.
And I only had that feeling in my career
once and it was at An field.
Boys! Mentally, we start to play
the game now.
Okay? We are at An field, let's go.
Move! Yes, like that.
Again, again, again!
When that crowd is in that mood,
they play every ball of that game
with the team. And you can feel it.
With Kieran Tierney
fully fit again,
Mikel must decide which of his left-backs
is better prepared to start at An field.
Nuno! You have
to give yourself the space you need.
As soon as you see Sal ah going,
just take a look if it's Chamberlain,
or if it's, what's his name,
Alexander-Arnold.
Bravo boys, well done!
In September,
Arsenal were 15 places below Liverpool,
but if they were to pull off
a shock victory here today,
they would go above
Jürgen Klopp's side.
I don't know why but I'm quietly
confident about this game,
I have no idea why.
I think that Arteta,
it's his time to show
how good he is
and I trust him, I really trust him.
Okay, guys, the last two days
we have discussed a lot
about what we have to do in the tactical
level, technical level of the game.
Now I'm going to tell you
how we have to win the game
and how we're going
to compete in this game.
And first of all, to compete, guys,
we have to be like this in this pitch.
Like this.
And this doesn't break for 96 minutes.
In the last few days,
maybe you saw me, and I put the music
because on this pitch,
I am a little bit emotional
and I'm gonna tell you why I'm emotional.
When I had that shirt and I was there,
I came here.
For a long time,
they didn't win here
and we won 2 years in a row here.
But there was the next year
and I was prepared to come here,
I was believing that we could win.
Do you know what happened?
We start to lose the game.
And they were all over us,
and you know what I did myself?
I hid and I gave up on the pitch.
We lost 5-1. I gave up.
I never forgot for the rest of my career
what I did here, I never did.
Don't leave anything
on that fucking pitch
because it's a regret that I don't see.
I let the team down
and I let myself down,
and I don't want you to go through that.
So, go out there, guys,
and play with fucking courage
and be ourselves today on that pitch.
Do me please only that favour.
Yeah?
Tavares has won it back
just in front of the centre circle.
He's quite an interesting character,
Nuno Tavares.
He's been given the opportunity
again today with Tierney back fit,
he's on the bench,
so I think that just proves
over the last couple of games
he's deserved his opportunity
to stay in this starting 11.
The opening 30 minutes
are fiercely contested.
Lovely cross in towards
the near post
and Saka dipped his head
but didn't get proper contact on it.
Drops towards Thiago, left-footed shot,
scooped by the goalkeeper, Mané is there,
double save from Ramsdale,
stops it from going beyond him
and into the net.
That's a late challenge from Mané.
It's brought the Arsenal bench
to their feet.
There's a bit of argy-bargy
going down on the touchline,
and Arteta and Klopp
have come squaring up face-to-face,
and now they're throwing arms
at one another and snarling and spitting
and getting rather heated
on the touchline.
Lacazette has spotted
the run of Aubameyang
and across comes Fabinho
and puts out the fire
before it bursts into flames.
- Listen to that crowd now.
- Yeah, they fancy it.
Free kick to Liverpool 15 yards outside
the penalty area,
6 minutes before half-time.
It's aimed in towards Mané
who headers it beyond Ramsdale!
And Liverpool lead by a goal to nil.
Guys, we have to stay
in the game.
The chances will come.
We have to stay aggressive,
we have to manage the game a little bit
better in the middle of the park.
Believe til the last minute.
Are we on it? Yes?
Arsenal get the second half
underway looking to restore parity.
Tavares runs it at the defence and gives
it straight to Jota
and Diogo Jota
goes around Ramsdale...
and scores for Liverpool.
Nuno Tavares with the back pass
and Arsenal...
Well, they've been punished.
Tavares, nice step away from his marker,
but he walks straight
into two Liverpool players.
Mané down the left,
he's got Sal ah waiting inside the area,
he finds him and it's a goal.
Easy goal.
Here's Sal ah.
Alexander-Arnold.
And the first touch for Takumi Minamino
is to put the ball in the net.
There is the full-time whistle.
Liverpool lay waste to Arsenal's
unbeaten run, in emphatic style.
We have to go again, eh?
No fucking moping about.
Guys, we were 10 games unbeaten
after the start that we had.
You come, in my opinion,
to the toughest place in this league
and we sustained them for 45 minutes
because we did most of the time
what we had to do.
Even if they were superior,
and we have to accept that,
that they were better than us.
But in the first 20 minutes
of the second half, guys,
the team break apart.
I just suffer for you,
because I know how tough it is
to be there 2-0, 3-0, 4-0
and keep going and going and going.
I asked for one thing
before the game,
that's for nobody to hide
and they didn't.
And the errors or the mistakes,
believe me, I throw them in the bin.
It's part of the learning process
and it's part of this profession.
I will defend you out there, guys,
don't worry, because I will defend you.
If anything, it's my mistake,
I will take responsibility.
So, pick it up and stay together,
and on Monday, guys,
head up and we'll start again. Okay?
Do you wonder about
that moment when Mikel Arteta
got in Klopp's face
and it ignited the crowd?
That was naïve for me.
Just gassed them up.
At An field, you don't want
to be gassing up that crowd
and whipping them up.
The games keep coming.
Arsenal bounce back against Newcastle,
but Aubameyang fails to score.
Smith-Rowe!
Good save. Aubameyang!
How has he missed from there?
Arsenal then travel
to Old Trafford
and lose to their old rivals.
Cristiano Ronaldo!
Aubameyang is subbed off
for the second game in a row.
And off goes
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Not really fired tonight.
It's kind of where he's been
in the last few games.
Arsenal's form has faltered,
losing 2 of their last 3 games.
They are not picking up points
and their rivals are gaining ground.
When you go to An field,
you pick your best team and I think
Kieran Tierney is our best left-back,
and I feel like that was a mistake.
At Old Trafford, why would
Arteta take off his captain?
You start to wonder
and you're looking behind the scenes...
Is all well between
the player and the manager?
One of the biggest advice
that Pep gave me...
He used to tell me
"This is the loneliest profession."
When you close that door,
it's you and your worries
and your issues and your...
decisions that are always there.
I don't regret one bit the decisions
that I make.
Every difficult moment is making me
a better person or a better professional,
is preparing me for something
that is going to come forward,
for another challenge.
This is the way I take it,
it's my decision to be here.
Guys, get together please.
There are things that we have
to get better and we have to improve
and one of them is a very strong link
when we drop our intensity a little bit,
guys, the way the game changes
and I will show you that more in units
to convince you
how important that is
and how much of a strength it is for us
when we are able to maintain
the high intensity
with the players
that we have right now
and the way we are trying to play.
This week, giving higher intensity,
more commitment
and raise the level of the quality.
So, now is the moment to raise the level
and everybody alive
because I can make changes.
Don't think that we're gonna play
all the time the same team, guys.
So, earn it and the best way to earn it
is not talking, is to do it on the pitch
in the week, yeah?
Let's go.
With his team
starting to stumble in the league,
Mikel needs a win.
He is closely monitoring
the players' performances in training
to decide his upcoming line-up
for the next game against Everton.
He seems very relaxed
at the moment.
Difficult one, that one,
because is he ready to come out
or can he go again?
I know the fans like KT,
I can feel that,
but I will try to fight
for my position.
It's not me against Kieran,
it's about the position
to play to Arsenal.
Kieran, in the first two phases
of the build-up,
when the ball arrives, in this case,
to Tomi
and we make maybe three highs
and they come,
all the time keep an eye inside.
Liverpool away, Newcastle home,
Man U away,
I was just on the bench
and it's the first time that it had ever
happened to me.
And it was just a hard one to take.
The reality is that both of us want
to play,
and that's just the nature of the game.
Good session.
Well done, boys.
No extras today, everybody in.
After training,
Nuno is meeting with
development coach Carlos Cuesta
to discuss his recent performances.
I want to understand one thing.
If you don't understand something,
tell me.
I want to understand why, Nuno,
some days you are up to here,
others you are here,
and others only here.
And I understand we are people.
People have better days and worse days.
But I want to understand it.
I don't know.
I think about my mistakes
because that's what stays in my head...
Not the good things I did on the pitch.
I think, in your head,
you always think about
what you did wrong in the game.
What do you mean?
You are going to make mistakes.
It's normal,
don't worry about it.
We'll correct them
and they won't be repeated.
Maybe you will make different ones.
It's normal.
And you have everything.
You have intelligence
to be a champion.
And what I want is to help you.
Here, Nuno, you will find people
that help you.
Carlos, he can understand players
because he's young too.
He help me get better
and improve.
I knew you were up to something!
After losing
their last two away matches,
the team prepare to travel North
once again.
Everton up next.
They're going through quite a rough patch
at the moment.
What are your thoughts on the situation
there at the moment?
The moment that you lose a game or two,
the pressure is coming for everybody,
it's no different there.
After the United game,
it was Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer
were talking about the game
and they expressed concern.
There was an issue between yourself
and your skipper
because you took him off
with 15 minutes to go.
There's no rift, is there?
I can guarantee you
there is none of that.
They were saying it was humiliating
for him to be taken off,
but I mean, presumably Pierre-Emerick
doesn't feel like that?
Well, that is the last word
I would use,
to do something with my players,
that's for sure,
because if that's humiliating,
imagine the ones that are not
in the squad.
Tierney's back in the side, I'm happy.
I like Tavares but he's very raw,
as you can tell.
- Aubameyang on the bench.
- Yeah, dropped, rightly so, I think.
Yeah, definitely, definitely.
Kieran Tierney
is one of the four changes.
He's in for Nuno Tavares.
Tierney, who had missed
the last 6 Premier League games.
Just keep the start of the game.
To get the momentum that we want,
we have to take the game to the ground,
to the final third and stay there.
On that pitch,
something has to be seen, guys.
What I experienced with you guys
in the last three or four days,
your cohesion, your chemistry,
I want to see that on the pitch, guys.
Have that chemistry,
transmit that energy, that commitment.
The players that are playing,
the guys that are here will be so
important when they come in, all of you.
And the staff, let's fucking go with it.
Let's go!
So, here we go,
the Monday night game at Good is on Park,
it's Everton against Arsenal.
It's come through
to Doucouré who swivels and shoots,
but he was off balance.
That was a chance for Everton.
Here's Richarlison
into the penalty area.
Everton have just increased
the tempo a little bit.
Defender goes down, Gordon shoots,
comes off Tomiyasu.
Everton fans are enjoying what
they're seeing here, this is better.
This is better football,
here's Tierney.
That's a decent ball and they've scored!
Martin Odegaard! The Gunners'
first opportunity after a quality move.
Tierney going
through the gears and finding his feet
at just the right point of the half
with a beautiful ball.
Arsenal have been poor
this 1st half,
their goal has been
against the run of play
and they're going to have to step up
their game in the 2nd half
if they want to keep this lead.
We're causing our own problems, come on.
Boys, we play only backwards,
only backwards.
So why do you think
this is gonna happen?
One time we play forward we score.
I really have to take you,
all of you, in the byline
to give you, to react
and to start to demand yourself
if you want to play at this level, guys!
Do I have to do that?
You've been fucking lucky. Lucky!
With the ball you have advantages
everywhere, do you realise that?
I want to see a team
with fucking different characters
and now is the moment to take the ball,
take the ball and play.
I don't want to be defending,
I want high press,
take the ball and attack them
and go for the second one.
Play!
Let's go! Let's go!
With just ten minutes left
on the clock,
Arsenal look like
they might escape with a win.
Could be a big night
for Arsenal.
They might be about to move to within
one point of the Champions League places.
It's off the crossbar
and then there's a rebound, it's in!
Richarlison!
Everton 1, Arsenal 1!
What an atmosphere now!
Good is on Park as loud
as it's been all night.
Demarai Gray will now bear down
on the Arsenal penalty area,
hit the crossbar from here a while ago,
hits the back of the net here!
It's a match-winning goal.
From 1-0 down,
they're gonna win this game 2-1.
There is the final whistle.
That's fucking embarrassing.
Ten minutes to go,
throw-in in our fucking final third.
Throw the ball long...
Defend the fucking game,
so fucking naïve.
I don't want to regret anything that
I am going to say now
so I prefer not to say much.
But the reaction here is late.
Here is too late. It's there.
Okay, I have to announce
you something.
Following the last disciplinary issue
that we had with Auba,
we have decided as a club
that he is no longer our captain.
Mikel Arteta's tested
positive for Covid-19
and will miss the game
against Manchester City.
Fucking go out there
and win this fucking match.
Saka with a shot.
Saka with a goal.
And it's a red card.