Hours after touching down within the UK following our Champions League draw at Atalanta, Mikel Arteta was again in entrance of the media once more to preview our sport in opposition to Manchester Metropolis on Sunday.

The boss was requested about Martin Odegaard, three away matches in a row, the Ladies’s Tremendous League and extra. 

Right here is every little thing he needed to say on the next topics.

on the temper upon returning to England:
Excellent. We performed two very aggressive matches away from house within the final 4 or 5 days and we have now an enormous one on Sunday as nicely, so we’re trying ahead to it.

on holding two clear sheets from these two matches:
Sure, as a result of we performed in opposition to two very completely different groups however each of them are actually tough to play in opposition to away from house. We had a constructive end result final evening. We wished to win the sport, however in case you can’t win it, don’t lose it and there are issues to enhance however as a group we’re displaying quite a lot of consistency.

on switching consideration to Sunday and contemporary harm issues:
Not likely [any fresh injuries]. Straight after the Atalanta match, we have to get well, sleep, eat nicely and everyone seems to be trying ahead to the match. We all know what it means, we all know what we’re preventing for and it’s an important alternative for the group to indicate what we’re able to.

on an replace relating to Martin Odegaard:
We have to see the event within the subsequent week or so, how the ankle reacts initially after which the workers will give me an replace on the timeframe and the way lengthy he’ll be out for.

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on Manchester Metropolis’s additional day of restoration and whether or not that offers them a bonus:
We wished the identical as them, we’re not getting it, so we have now to adapt and benefit from the time that we have now at this time and tomorrow and on the morning of the match to organize in one of the best ways to go there and win the sport.

on how this busy week has been from a coach’s perspective:
Yeah, we’ve been getting ready for this since pre-season. Clearly, we knew the schedule and we knew that it’s extraordinarily uncommon to play in these situations with three huge away video games in six days, but it surely was what it was so we have now ready for that, each bodily, mentally and tactically. We’re ensuring that everybody is prepared for it, as a result of we’re going to want them, particularly with the accidents that we had from the worldwide break.

on the potential absence of Kevin de Bruyne:
No as a result of they’ve the choice if he would not play of Gundogan, Bernardo, Phil Foden, Kovacic. They’re all world-class gamers. We’ve just a few lacking as nicely and we have now to adapt, however definitely these sorts of groups do not depend on one particular person which is extraordinarily essential for them.

on our unbelievable away file in 2024 within the Premier League and what sort of environment to count on on Sunday:
A very aggressive one. We go to the house of the champions, the group that I feel in Premier League historical past has been probably the most constant ever, not solely by way of outcomes however by way of dominance and constant prime performances. That is the problem, we have now to go there and show that once more we’ve made one other step and we will compete.

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on our 3,000 supporters travelling to Man Metropolis after away video games in opposition to Tottenham and Atalanta:
It’s nice. It’s nice to offer again as a result of individually how a lot folks make investments – the time, cash, effort and journey. When you’ll be able to give one thing away from house it turns into actually particular. That’s why it’s a particular environment after we play away from house and have our supporters residing the sport. I’m actually happy that constantly we’ve been in a position to give lots again.

on a busy interval of Champions League, Premier League and Carabao Cup matches:
I get pleasure from quite a lot of time within the workplace and on the coaching floor, however it’s what it’s. We wish to be within the place we’re in, we dreamed of this years in the past and have been on this place proper now. Let’s take advantage of out of it and let’s get pleasure from it.

on our ladies’s group starting their season at Emirates Stadium on Sunday:
Very excited, we’re speaking about it and it seems to be like this season once more goes to be very particular. They’re actually sturdy and I’ve already been advised that we’ve bought nearly 40,000 tickets, which is unbelievable. Nice to see the progress and connection inside our folks and them as nicely, so I want all of them one of the best.

on Emirates Stadium being the principle house for the ladies’s group going ahead:
It’s nice. It’s one other step and I’m delighted that we’re doing that in the best way that we’re doing that. They absolutely deserve it and it’s rising and rising. I’m more than happy to see that progress, the identical with the academy and the way nicely they’re doing. As a membership, we’re sturdy in each sense and I feel it’s going to be actually good.