The Gunners' manager blamed the texture of the ball as one of the reasons why his team lost to the Magpies. According to Mikel Arteta, the ball used in the Carabao Cup is different from what is used in the Premier League which made it difficult for his players to make use of it effectively.

When asked about Arsenal’s missed chances they had 23 shots, but just three on target.

He said,

We also kicked a lot of balls over the bar, and it's tricky that these balls fly a lot so there’s details that we can do better. But at the end that’s gone, there’s no way back it's about the next game and that’s our world, the reality."

He continued,

"No, it's just different. It's very different to the Premier League ball and you have to adapt to that. It flies different when you touch it, the grip is very different as well so you have to adapt to that.''

The victory gives Newcastle United a chance to win a trophy since the new owners took over the club in 2022, this is also seventh consecutive victory while Arsenal will have to turn their attention to other competitions.

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The Gunners before the game were without William Saliba who was serving a match suspension following his red card against Bournemouth. Gabriel Magalhaes picked up the injury in the second half which was a big blow to Arsenal picking up maximum points against Liverpool.

However, Arsenal's manager, Mikel Arteta gave a brief update on the fitness of the Brazilian international during his post-match press conference against the Reds. According to him, there is nothing sure about the player's fitness but he will be accessed by the team.

"We still don’t have details about that. For sure, he could not run. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know if it’s the knee joint or the ankle. They’re assessing him”.

However, Arsenal supporters will hope that the injury to Gabriel is not severe ahead of their trip to Saint James' Park.

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Mikel Arteta mentioned this during his press conference for the Carabao Cup third round clash against Bolton. According to him, Oleksandr Zinchenko is far from returning back to training, which is a big blow to the team in their quest

Arteta has been able to manage the team well in the absence of the Ukrainian international with the likes of defensive reinforcements like Jurrien Timber, Riccardo Calafiori, and Jakub Kiwior stepping in for the left-back

When Arteta was asked specifically about Zinchenko, he confirmed that the defender’s extended absence: “I think he will still be out for a few weeks.”

Recall that Arsenal's captain Martin Odegaard is also expected to be sidelined for several more weeks. He suffered a significant ankle ligament injury while playing for Norway in the Nations League earlier in September 2024.

The midfielder has already missed key fixtures against Atalanta, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, and he could Leicester City, Paris Saint-Germain, and Southampton. However, the club are yet to release a statement on the player's injury.

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The news was confirmed on the website of Arsenal Football Club, Thursday, September 12, 2024. According to the report, Mikel Arteta decided to extend his contract with Arsenal due to the success he has experienced at the Emirates at his relationship with the club's hierarchy.

Mikel Arteta has been a big part of Arsenal’s success since he replaced Unai Emery as head coach in late 2019 and changed title to manager the following year. This news is coming just a few days before the Gunners take a short trip to White Hart Lane for the North London derby.

What did Mikel Arteta say about his contract extension at Arsenal?

" I am extremely proud, very excited and am looking forward to what is coming next. I’m proud to be where I am and have the relationships that I have with everyone at the club. I feel extremely lucky to work every single day with good people and the ambition we have here. I feel very inspired, I feel challenged, I feel supported and I want to do much more than what we’ve already done together. Together with the players and everyone at the club, we are looking forward to the coming years, with our supporters, who have emotionally transformed the club and the team. Our supporters have transformed individuals and we are different now. You can tell that we are different and for me, that is down to them. We look forward to continuing the journey together.”

He won the 2020 FA Cup and returned Arsenal to the Champions League in 2023 after a seven-year absence, after he finished in second place in the Premier League behind only Manchester City for two consecutive seasons. Arsenal supporters will hope this decision will be crowned by victory against Tottenham as they look to get back to winning ways after they drop points against Brighton at the Emirates.

The Gunners will also be without Declan Rice, who picked up a red card against the Seagulles and ecent signing Mikel Merino, who damaged his shoulder in training against Tottenham. Riccardo Calafiori also picked up an injury while playing for Italy.

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Arteta revealed he is willing to give the England youth international of Nigerian descent more playing time in the Gunners' upcoming friendly against Liverpool on Wednesday, following Nwaneri's impressive display during the 2-1 victory over Manchester United on Sunday morning.

Arsenal secured the win against their Premier League rivals with goals from Brazilian forwards Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli, after Rasmus Hojlund opened the scoring for the Red Devils, who won the post-game shootout 4-3.

Jesus benefited from a delightful pass from Nwaneri in the 26th minute, tapping home to bring the game back to parity.

Arteta has vowed to field the Anglo-Nigerian wonderkid against Liverpool on Wednesday, July 31, at Lincoln Financial Field, provided he continues to impress in training.

When asked about his plan for Nwaneri in the forthcoming season, the Spanish football tactician was quoted as saying on Arsenal's official webpage: "It’s always in the hands of the players, so show what you can do. Show that ambition, that determination, that quality and things will happen naturally.

"Tomorrow he’s going to train with us again and if he continues to play like that he’s going to play some minutes on Wednesday for sure," he added.

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The award ceremony, which was held in Italy on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, saw some of the best players and managers in the world in attendance. Mikel Arteta was named the best manager in the Premier League despite finishing second behind the league winners, Manchester City, for two consecutive seasons ( 2022/23, 2023/24).

Mikel Arteta's statement

'Win. Win, win and win. That’s what we want. We've been through a few years right now, we have a team that is full of enthusiasm and so hungry to win trophies. We know the competition, but we believe we can do it. So we are going to give it a real go."

Other winners at the award ceremony were, Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal claimed U-23 LaLiga Player of the Season, Girona’s Michel Sanchez won LaLiga Coach of the Season, Jude Bellingham was voted LaLiga Player of the Season.

The award for the revelation of the season was given to Champions of the Europa League, Atalanta, Barcelona’s female side won Best Women’s Team, Manchester City were named Best Men’s team.

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The Spaniard international became the first manager in the history of the club to win back-to-back games against Tottenham. The last time, Arsenal achieved this feat was during the 1988/89 season with George Graham in charge, which was before the era of Wenger.

Arsenal maintained their spot at the top of the table with a 3-2 victory over their north London rivals. The Gunners scored three goals within the first 40 minutes, courtesy of an own goal by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and strikes from Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz.

The victory over Spurs also saw Mikel Arteta get his 100th win in the Premier League since taking charge of Arsenal. Arteta reached this milestone in just 169 games, surpassing Wenger's record of 179 matches to achieve a century of wins in the league.

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Mikel Arteta reached his 100th win in the Premier League with the victory over Spurs. This milestone is remarkable because he achieved it in just 169 games, breaking Arsène Wenger's record of 179 matches to achieve a century of wins in the league.

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Both teams put on an entertaining performance, and the match was filled with a lot of drama. Arsenal opened the scoring with a goal from Bukayo Saka, but Bayern Munich quickly responded with two goals scored by Serge Gnarby and Harry Kane, which put them in the lead for most of the game.

However, Arteta's special substitute, Trossard, scored the equalising goal, which leveled the playing field. The major highlight of the game was when Saka appeared to have tripped Manuel Neuer, which seem to a penalty in the eyes of the Arsenal supporters.

The Arsenal manager has reacted to the penalty incident, stating that he has not yet watched it again, but agrees with the official's decision that it was not a penalty. He said,

"I haven't seen it [again]. The officials said they checked it and it wasn't a penalty. The decision is made. We can't change it."

He also spoke about his team's performance against Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium. According to him, he is proud of his players and believes that they have a chance to win the game at the Allianz Arena.

He said,

"I am very proud. Now I sense the belief that we're going to go to Munich and we're going to have the chance to win it. I feel we're going to be better in certain areas. That's how we're going to prepare it."

Arsenal will play Bayern on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, as they aim to reach the semi-finals of the competition for the first time since 2006.

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Mikel Arteta in his post-match press conference where he spoke about Arsenal's preparation coming into the game declined to speak about what happened between him and the Porto head coach on the touchline at the final whistle. When asked, " What do you expect from the rest of the Champions League and what happened between you and Conceicao?" He said, "Really, really happy. We want more. Let’s wait till we have to play again. And no comment, thank you so much."

Sources close to Arsenal have also reportedly stated that Arteta did not make such statements.

What happened between Arteta and Ceonceicao?

Following an intense match between Arsenal and Porto, which had ended in a penalty shootout victory for Arsenal, there was a continuation of the bad blood between the two teams. The tension between the managers, Sergio Conceicao of Porto and Mikel Arteta of Arsenal escalated as they exchanged heated words after the final whistle.

Arteta was initially tight-lipped about the incident and declined to comment during his post-match press conference. However, Conceicao later revealed that the Arsenal manager's comments during their altercation had been about his family. It is unclear what exactly was said during the heated exchange, but this revelation has only added fuel to the already charged atmosphere between the two clubs.

In his post-match press conference, he said, "During the game and towards the bench he, in Spanish, I don’t know if this is to do with Spanish managers, he insulted my family. And then at the end, I said attention, who he insults is not between us, he should focus on training his team because they have a lot of individual qualities to do that."

What happened between Porto and Havertz?

Throughout the contest between the two sides, a palpable tension hung in the air. The atmosphere was tetchy, with players committing a total of 74 fouls across the course of both games. The manager of the Portuguese team, Sergio Conceicao, was heavily involved in this. After his side's 1-0 win in the first leg at Estadio do Dragao, Conceicao made a comment that suggested his team was more focused on winning than playing.

This prickly attitude continued into the second leg as well, as the 49-year-old manager was involved in a touchline altercation with Kai Havertz. The intensity of the games was evident in the behaviour of both teams, with tempers flaring on multiple occasions.

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The captain of the French men's football team has reportedly told the chairman of PSG, that he will be leaving the club as a free agent at the end of this football season. However, the next question on everyone's mind is where will Mbapoe play next season.

Arsenal are the latest club to put themselves into the conversation for the possibility of signing the French man. The Gunners' manage,r confirmed that his club are looking into the possibility of bringing Mbappe to the Emirates.

Arteta while in a pre-match press conference ahead of the league game against Burnley confirmed the situation of Mbappe.

He said,

"When there is a player of that calibre we always have to be in the conversation. But as you said it looks in a different way."

There are a lot of top clubs interested in signing the midfielder but it remains to see where he will play his football next season.

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The media have been specualting different names as a replacement for positions which will be vacant at the end of this season. Mikel Arteta has been one name that is being mentioned as a replacement for Xavi.

However, the Arteta has been debunked the rumours that has runoured to leave the Gunners at the end of this season ( 2023/24) to join the Catalonia giants.

Arteta has cleared the air concerning his future with the London club. He debunked every news that has been circulating the media linking him to La Liga.

"Fake news. Totally fake news. I don’t know where it is coming from. It is totally untrue. I am really upset about it. I could not believe it. No source, nothing”.

Arsenal supporters will hope that they will be able to keep Arteta next season.

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Arteta in his post-match press conference was full of nothing but praise for the set-piece team who he believed played a huge role in the huge victory Arsenal has over Crystal Palace in the premier league.

Arsenal who had failed to pick up important points from previous games defeated Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium in London by five goals to nothing. The team's head coach stated, "Credit to all the coaches, to Nico [Jover, set-piece coach] for the amount of time and belief we put in. It’s got a huge impact. We’ve seen that as well in recent games that we’ve lost when we’ve conceded set-pieces, so the outcome is very different when you don’t concede and score. We wanted to start the second part of the season with a great performance, with a great result, and build that positivity and momentum again, and I think the boys did a good job today.”

Mikel Arteta speaks on Emile Smith Rowe's future at Arsenal

Mikel Arteta in his pre-match press conference spoke on Emile Smith Rowe's future at Arsenal amidst interest from clubs such as West Ham in the premier league. Arteta described the midfielder as an important member of the team and someone he is happy to have around in the squad.

He said, “I’m really happy with Emile. He’s in the right trajectory. Now, he’s settled, he’s training really well and you know I’m not going to talk about individual situations. Emile is Emile. We know he’s got incredible qualities and we’re really happy to have him. What he needs now is chances to put all the desire and quality that he has on the pitch. In order to do that we have to give him minutes.”

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The Spaniard was speaking at a pre-match press conference ahead of the FA Cup game against Liverpool. He was asked about his close it was for Timber and Partey to return from injury.

"Jurrien Timber is still far from being back with us, it’s long-term injury. Thomas Partey? Unfortunately he’s still far from training for the team”

He also gave an update on Zinchenko's injury.

"Zinchenko is progressing well. We have another training session tomorrow & will evaluate if he's ready to play the game."

Arsenal have been on a bad patch heading into the game against Liverpool, the Gunners have managed just one win in their last five league games.

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Mikel Arteta confirmed this while speaking in his pre-match press conference ahead of the game against the Bees. According to the Premier League law states that a player cannot face his parent club while on loan.

This means that Aaron Ramsdale will be in goal for the Gunners, he will be hoping for a fantastic performance when he stays in between the goalpost against Brentford. The England international has not played a league game for Arsenal since September 3, 2023, which was against Manchester United.

Recall that Ramsdale had initially expressed his disappointment in losing his spot to Raya but was looking forward to getting his place back.

"But, of course, I want to get back into my club team. I want to get into my club team and be able to give the manager a headache rather than just have Jordan as the number one and I fall by the wayside. First and foremost, I've got to give the manager a decision and be available to be picked and that is by getting back into my club team. If that's not the case, then we'll see in three or four weeks.”

Arsenal fans will be hoping for maximum points from the game no matter the goalkeeper in the post.

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The England international was substituted in the second half of the game which was played at the Emirates on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. Arsenal's manager, Mikel Arteta was asked about the fitness of Bukayo Saka during the post-match conference after the game against Sevilla and if he was born to take the tackles that he gets in football games.

"Born? I think he's getting used to it! There's contact in football and obviously for the wingers who want to take people on this is going to happen. At the end he wasn't comfortable to carry on, hopefully, it's not too much but I'm really pleased with his performance.”

He also spoke about his team's performance against Sevilla.

"For sure, I'm really happy with the performance from the team. They showed the aggression and commitment. Even when we lost the ball we were incredibly good to get it back. It's hard in Europe to control it how we did. That's why we won it.”

Arsenal top the group with nine points, ahead of PSV who occupy the second place with five points.

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Arsenal's manager, Mikel Arteta described the officiating against Newcastle as a disgrace and embarrassing. According to him, the result is nowhere near the standard of the Premier League.

"Embarrassing what happened, how this goal stands in the Premier League, this league we say is the best in the world. I’ve been 20 years in this country and now I feel ashamed. It’s an absolute disgrace and there’s too much at stake here. We are trying to do incredible things to be at the highest level every single week. But when we’re not good enough I hold my hands up and take responsibility. The outcome is nowhere near the level this league needs to have and the way this league is getting competed in. It’s not good enough. I feel embarrassed to be part of this. The result should not be what it is. Embarrassing what happened, how this goal stands, in the Premier League, this league we say is the best in the world. There’s so much at stake, we put in so many hours. The margins are so small. It’s a disgrace. That’s how I feel and how everyone feels in that dressing room. You cannot imagine the amount of messages I got saying this cannot continue. I have to be here now to say it is not acceptable.”

Arsenal believed that the goal scored by Anthony Gordon for Newcastle United which ended their unbeaten run in the Premier League this season should not have stood for at least one of the three reviews which was reviewed by the VAR. However, the DailyMail confirmed that the FA has written to Mikel Arteta and Arsenal to seek their observations about the game.

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