Mikel Arteta launched a passionate defense of his Arsenal players after a surprising 1-0 victory at the home of London rivals Chelsea on Wednesday night.
Jorginho’s mistake in the first half resulted in the all-important winner of Emile Smith Rowe, as Thomas Tuchel’s men missed an opportunity to consolidate their place in the top four at Stamford Bridge.
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Arteta was not a happy man despite watching his Arsenal team beat Chelsea on Wednesday night.
In his press conference prior to the game, the Spaniard was asked if he was satisfied that all his players had given their maximum season, to which he replied: “With most, yes.”
But despite seeming to question some of the pace of his team’s work, Arteta was evidently far from happy with the media reports on his answers to those questions and moved to clarify them after the Premier League clash.
“Nothing is broken. Inside, nothing is broken, ”said Arteta. “They [the media] He will try to put things on me that I never said.
“You can see the team spirit from the first minute. You can see that. You can never doubt their efforts and how hard they try.
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“I said if I don’t get 120 percent from each player, it’s my fault and my responsibility. And it wasn’t like that in the press, and I’m very upset with that.
“My players I will defend them in front of anyone the rest of the time that I am here, because they deserve it, because they earn it every day. I do not deserve it.
“The players give me everything every day. I am very happy with many things that we have done tonight ”.
He continued: “My players, I will defend them against anyone the rest of the time that I am here because they deserve it because they earn it every day. They give me everything every day.
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“Everyone who is here does it because if he is not, I am not there or the player is not there because the only thing I am going to demand until the last day is that they give me everything they have. That’s all.
“Then the ability, we can play better, worse, win, lose, but that is unquestionable and non-negotiable, 100 percent.”
Asked about the performance of his team, Arteta added: “I am very happy with many things we have done, from the first minute, the attitude and the will to win that we show.
“We had to bet, you have to do it against this team because they are a fantastic team. We did it and put [in] everything we had to try to get the best possible result, and we did.
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