Mikel Arteta spoke to the official matchday program and stated that the team needs to move forward together after another defeat in the UEFA Champions League.
The Arsenal captain describes the squad’s determination to put the midweek defeat to Olympiacos behind them and make things right against Premier League leaders Manchester United on Sunday.
After a result like Tuesday’s I think the first 48 hours are about digesting what happened and being critical with your own performance, but after that you can ask some questions, sit together as a team and move forward from there, but you need to do that as a group, without any friction or individual finger-pointing, because we are a team.
The league leaders are set to visit the Emirates with only a three-point lead over Arsene Wenger’s side, a win would instill some much-needed confidence in the team and Arteta feels the players need to step up.
One day you make a mistake, but the next time maybe you will win the game.
If one of your team-mates makes a mistake, the next one has to step in to avoid that mistake costing us something. That’s the important thing about being a team, and that determines how good you can be.
Everybody is upset with what happened on Tuesday, but we don’t need any extra motivation for a game as big as today’s.
We need to get up again, and I know we have the capability to do that.
With the impending international break, a win is vital for the squad’s belief. Arteta thinks the team can put themselves in a great position before the break.
We have got a great chance to get in an excellent position in the league, then we have another two weeks before our next game while everyone goes off for internationals.
From experience we know how important it is to win that last game before the international break.
