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After seeing his crew chalk up a sixth win in a row in all competitions on Thursday evening at Bodo/Glimt, Mikel Arteta’s attentions turned to our journey to Leeds United on Sunday.

He held his pre-match press convention forward of the Whites sport instantly after the sport in Norway, and mentioned the fixture congestion and its results on our gamers, in addition to offering damage updates and his evaluation of our opponents.

Right here is all the pieces he needed to say:

on the potential psychological increase of going 4 factors clear on the prime:

Now, the trick is how are we going to arrange for Leeds, mentally and bodily. It’s going to be a battle – we know how they play and the way intense it will be and the gang that they’ve, so it’s going to be a problem. Now we have to be at our greatest once more to win there.

on whether or not the Thursday-Sunday routine is beginning to meet up with us:

I feel it’s already right here, however I feel after the World Cup it will be even worse, so I feel it’s good preparation for what’s coming.

on how he’ll put together these gamers who performed 90 minutes in opposition to Bodo/Glimt:

We’ll give them some concepts, some video, hold them lively to get better nicely and that’s it. There isn’t any time so we now have to journey again to London, after which journey to Leeds. We’ll have an activation on Saturday however it’s not likely a coaching session, it’s not doable.

on whether or not we’re now higher geared up to face as much as hostile atmospheres resembling Leeds:

I feel so, however final 12 months it was unimaginable – even after we have been successful 3-0 that crowd is one thing that I’ve by no means seen earlier than, and you’ll sense that. Each time I watch them and I’ve seen some video games already and you’ll hear the noise, so we all know the way it’s going to be.

on what he expects from Leeds:

With Jesse and the groups that they’ve already performed, it is extremely clear what he desires to do – be a very intense crew, a very dynamic crew and a very good crew when there are areas to assault. There’s some similarities [to Bielsa’s team] however each coach has his personal guide, however what Jesse has executed over the time he has been there’s actually spectacular.

on whether or not he expects Gabriel Jesus to be in rivalry:

I don’t know, clearly he has some discomfort after the sport in opposition to Liverpool and that’s why we determined to not carry him in [to Norway], so let’s have a look at how he’s tomorrow and Saturday.

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