Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta recently gave an exclusive interview to Sky Sports, in which he praised Rice and Kai Havertz, talked about how the team is balancing at both ends of the pitch and commented on the current state of the team.
I think we learned a lot from winning this game. First of all, you can experience the emotions and feelings of all the players in the team。It's unique, that's the beauty of sports. Secondly, you can learn from it, from what we do well and what we have to improve on to make sure we don't get into this difficult situation again
We just have a desire to win, and we know that the game will take you through certain stages and certain moments that you have to overcome. When you're not at your best in some areas, especially in your own box, you have to be good in other areas to win. Even at half-time, I felt the desire to attack, to do better in that very difficult but special atmosphere. ”
When you arrive. In March or April, you need 24 players to be well prepared and at their best, because that's when the title was decided, but unfortunately we didn't do that last season. We had some key injuries at the time and that really affected the team. Then, it's the team that has to go through the grind at certain moments, to stay motivated at all times, to have the spirit of not giving up. To do that, you may have to have a similar experience to us last year, learn from it, and gain experience.
It's like a reference point, but you have to look forward, and that's the beauty of movement. It's there, and you can look at it every now and then, but it has to drive you to work harder in a more convincing way so you can achieve your goals. ”
I wanted not just control, but dominance, dominance in the right areas and no respite, and that's what we did. Controlling certain areas of the pitch, which I'm not interested in at all because trying to do that might be in trouble. ”
Arsenal's defensive data given by Sky Sports (as of *** the five data are 1Goals conceded 2Opponent expected goal 3Opponents shot 4Opponent's offensive advance speed is 5The opponent averages the distance advanced per attack
The green line is Arsenal's expected goal;The red line is the opponent's expected goal".We want to dominate, we want to create more threats, we want the opponent to feel the pressure all the timeThat's the art of the game. It's like you have a blanket and your neck is cold, so you pull it up, but then your feet get cold and you want to do the opposite. ”
It's always a faint balance. Sometimes it's the players who bring that to you. Sometimes it's a formation. Sometimes it's experience or game form that gives you that balance. It's an art. But a team must be able to dominate and dominate the game to be successful. ”
I love the way he dominates key aspects of the game. First of all, it's the way he reads the game, his ball quotient, his decisions when he has and without the ball, when to pass the ball, how to pass the ball, how to look, how to execute, and when to pass the ball. It's very, very critical, especially in his position. In fact, he was able to read the game before the rest of the players, whether in the transition zone in the middle of the pitch or in the opponent's penalty area. This is a great advantage.
It's hard to explain about his impact on his teammates, butIf I were to imagine a physical object to describe him, I would say a lighthouse。That's how I feel when I watch him play and when he's next to me. ”
1.Heatmap of Rice making movements in different areas 2Net diagram of passing and other actions 3"Even when he was playing for West Ham, I had a feeling that this guy had a unique presence and that he had something special. I think the team needs something like that. ”
In my imagination, every idea about Rice is very positive. Obviously, we knew he was going to be a very expensive player, but he was a player who had already played at a very high level, so everything that I was trying to ** was very positive. Then,He settled into the team very, very quickly, thanks to his own style of play and his unique way of adaptingand, of course, others who have been extremely supportive and helpful to him. ”
I think everyone can feel everything around them. When things are not so positive, it affects you. When things are very positive, it can also affect you. ”
But I think he [Havertz] felt the support of all his team-mates and the club. Now, he feels our support, which is very important and can really deliver on his potential. That's why I think the Havertz we're seeing now has a new look. ”
Xhaka is an important player for us and yes we miss Granit. I miss him too because I love him as a person. ”
We need to play every player, we have to do that for every player, we can't just have an idea of what we want. Eventually,We have to adapt a position, a role and its demands to the specific abilities of the players and maximize the abilities of the players。If something doesn't work, we have to change it a little bit and adapt to it, because in the end, what we want is for him [Kai Havertz] to impact the team in the most positive way. I think he needs to be comfortable playing to achieve that. ”
Havertz has a great quality against different opponents, and that's his footballing intelligenceHe knows how to read spaces, he knows the timing to use those spaces, he knows how to run according to the opponent's position。These traits are hard to spot, and in my opinion, it's one of his best qualities. ”
Xhaka compares last season's average per game stats to Havertz this season, 1Number of touches 2Number of passes 3Shots on goal 4The number of successful confrontations is 5"I fully believe that as a team we can get better and we still have a lot of potential to get a lot of people to another level. And they are hungry and want to improve. They really want to do it, and we have really good people to develop them. ”
First of all, we have to win important trophies and we haven't done that yet. The key to this is how we perform every day, how we train, how we play and how we overcome it. ”
Now, some of our key players have suffered injuries but the team is still winning and doing really well. It's a big challenge for the team and the team is responding to it. So, it's about overcoming every obstacle and in this league you have to go through all sorts of difficulties, big and small, to get to where you want to be at the end of the season.