Aston Villa vs Arsenal 2-0 Unai Emery interview Mikel Arteta David Raya's reaction Leandro Trossard

it's never a great feeling when you don't win but do you at least have the satisfaction of knowing your team have given a good performance this evening good evening the satisfaction is when we are winning but of course we have to accept you have to accept in our process how we are and uh arsenal of course they are more experiences more mature they are the St is strong the last two year they be very competitive in the in the Premier League for being contender in in the in the the satisfaction is when we are winning but of course we have to accept you have to accept in our process how we are and uh arsenal of course they are more experiences more mature they are the St strong the last two year they'll be very competitive in the in the Premier League for being contender in in the in the in the top four and of course to even for for be Contender to win the Premier League and today was a test for us how the distance we are and I think we compete we face then we could win we could draw and we could lose like like at the end we we did but uh I accepted this the result and uh I I think he going to give us a lot of information about the team about the squad about the players and how we can close this week the the transfer window and finish this month in August playing in leer and trying to to get there again the challenge to to get points and then I think uh the way we play today I think will will be good good uh good way understanding how we can process uh our idea our style our our competitive way like like last year and being as well uh more or less uh taking the responsibility to be uh being performing like today for the next next weeks and months you said in your pre-match interview that sometimes you can control a match without the ball yeah did you think you did that for at least quite a bit of that match 90 90 minute is uh is long and and sometimes we were controlling under under their ball possession but suay as well we were controlling with World possession and then trying to create chances in one way or another way reducing for example uh corners of then free kick of then we did it only we consider one corner and this is the way when we can start thinking we were controlling more or less the match and then how we were attacking and how we were getting as well their box getting chances or not and we created three very good chances more or less like like like them but our chances were was more more clear than them and then we we had Corners we had folds and we had free kick and we we compete like previously I was thinking Co do and uh I have to be proud of the player of course here in in V par we have to continue building our St St with our supporters try to feel comfortable here not with the result but I think the way we did this is the way I want I think most people would agree that Aston Villa probably had the clearer chances this and do you think in a few weeks time with a few more minutes a bit more sharpness do you think OE Watkins takes those chances or is it just one of those things in football in football the most important is C chances of course if you're not scoring is not is not finish in your walk but I am very happy how he progressed after the first match he played in on on on Western and uh until today his process is his progress is been performing better and creating Chan didn't score but next week again working for it and of course o Watkins chances like that in the future he's going to score more than less yeah and lastly you mentioned I think the transfer window in your first answer do you expect it to be a busy week foron Village you need it to be a busy week not busy but of course we had to try to to close our our our Squad with some circumstances we have now trying to to to be as well clinical try to try to to to get the best uh decision about about some circumstances we have but overall we are we are now with the team I want and only some small detail we can improve or we can change or or or we can add but uh not busy but we have to be alert sorry when you say circumstances do you mean Matty cash or something happened today that has made you think okay maybe we need to do something more I don't I don't know exactly what what is which is uh the injury he had but uh we have to be ready thank you thank you Mel congratulations Mel see I think uh you might get a knock on the door on Monday morning from from Leandro TR side I'm not sure maybe now it was an inspired substitution wasn't it why was it necessary at that point in the game well because we have to change momentum of the game we had 10 period 10 12 minutes that we suffer in the second half and we have to change something and Alo got the ability to to change the game uh his end product is unbelievable I think he had two shots two great balls in the box that could have been another goal or two so that's what you need when it's not enough with the started someone has to come in and and do the job did you feel you had control of the game yeah we did especially because the approach that b had from the beginning uh which we were a bit surprised but uh in in what way were you surprised well the way they behave especially defensively but uh but it's fine then you have to make the game uh we had uh we had to pick up the pace a little bit because become tooo slow because you feel comfortable on that but it's not again that we want to play we created two or three big chances uh Watkins has one here A big one and then yeah David changed the game the safe of David probably changes the the whole game and then we got a good Dynamic scor the goal and then we were on top of the game you talk about Behavior what you what you think they was surprised you because how defensive they were for the first 20 of minutes well they were a little bit different to what they've been doing especially at home but uh but that's it and we have to that we're going to have to play a lot of games like that the holding midfielder had a very specific behavior without stacking midfielders as well we have to find something else and the moment we understood the game we created more and more problems and credit to them they are a great side they are really well coach and is a very difficult place to come and win how important is it with Subs now because obviously you bring on Leandro master master class from you he scores in his first minute but keeping them happy keeping them hungry and making sure that they don't maybe not sulk in but they buy into what we are trying to achieve at Arsenal well we talked that listen the the competition is Big we have great players in in his position and they're going to have to accept that and uh we have a huge season ahead of us a long one and you need players to impact he did last year when he started when he was a sub today we had to do that and he gave us a headache now for the weekend how far off are you being fully equipped do you think do you think you need a few more bodies in the door to obviously go and push for that title well we are really happy with the with the score that we have it's true that we had a an injury with gab Jesus as well that that we missed him and and we had a little bit short but uh if we can do something we will do it but at the moment love the ones that we have that they are really really good is it a difficult balance Mel at the start of a season particularly this one when you see the the level of fixtures that you've been dealt in these in these early few weeks particularly away from home although Brighton next week is a top one as well at home but to to get that balance right between results and find the performances that you want from your team as well absolutely uh but I was I was watching the games today and and every game is just a it's just a big fight it's uh the standards of the league has gone again to a different level the the level all of the coaches so every game is going to be really complicated you have to earn it and we will try two out of two obviously a lot of things to improve still but now focus on righton I think it's an interesting question from Lee and I think this is the chatter amongst Arsenal fans as well Mikel going into this last week of the transfer window do you feel you have enough particularly at the top of the pitch enough options there to go through an entire season if everybody is fit yes but uh that's why we need a good availability from everybody uh we don't have 23 Outfield players and normally you have have to be equipped like that we know we're not going to get there we have to trust some Academy players and make sure that we look after the ones that we had uh to be robust and and play a lot of minutes but so far looking good well David obviously a big team effort but I dare say you're going to be the hero in that dressing room and are the big saves are they always sweeter when the team then goes on and wins the game well I think every everyone like you said is a hero here um cuz we work together uh it's not just me just saving the ball is is Leo scoring and then Thomas is scoring as well but yeah of course is a is a crucial moment of the game that we are n n um and I thought we controlled very very well the the game but obviously they had their chances and I was there to to be able to save uh save all his Heather you certainly were so talk us through it 8 n minutes after halftime the ball kind of Loops over your head I mean you haven't seen it back yet from one angle on on super slow it looks like you're absolutely dead really but you know so but what are you thinking no see I think of what I remember uh it's a shot from outside the box I think defle it's a deflection from gab so I'm going I think I'm I'm on the floor kind of thing or on my knee on the floor so I try to get up I see looping over my head and I tried to reach it I can't reach it cuz it's too quick but then I see the rebound going towards the the pitch again and then I just see o just going in there so I just try to react as quick as possible and and uh I just put my hand there and LU enough it was nobody around so we clear the ball and yeah of course is a is a it's a fantastic save yeah and is is that also years and years of of hard work we don't see everything you do in training but often warming up for a game or the little little bits of training we do see you make a save and you're up again up again with your goalkeeper coach and with your teammates so is that save years in the making yeah I think so I think it's just a repetition of things no you you sometimes you make you do drills where you have to save one ball and then get up quick to to save the other and and that's just like a repetition of of years doing it and then obviously that these times it has paid off sometimes it doesn't pay off but these times is it's sweet to to say that it has paid off all all this hard work and and I do think when we see you know videos of this season back in years to come we'll see that save again and again I asked you off camera have you made a better one you said yes straight away but yeah no I don't think so I think it's this is a a difficult one of course um it's just a reaction one on top of my head I don't think this is one of my my best save uh on top with um with your hotter uh brenford yeah and some saved last week as well you've started this season unbelievably well yeah that's what I'm there for um I'm trying to hold the team as much as possible to to win games okay well you're player the match thank you very much well done thank you well done thank you so David R made that extraordinary save Leandro trossard came on and scored with his first touch and helped Arsenal to Victory Leandro congratulations before we get into your goal and your impact in the game what about that save from your perspective yeah amazing um he saved a couple of times today he showed it last week as well so uh yeah credit to him he kept us in the game and then uh yeah uh was great that we finished it off at the end we saw some very noisy celebrations at the end what was it like in the dressing room there does it feel like a very significant Victory even though it's so early in the season yeah definitely we are uh I think everyone knows uh what a tough place it is to come uh to play here and win a game and another clean sheet so yeah it's a perfect away one for us was it actually a nice time for you to come on into the game at nil nil um prefer to be nil nil than obviously being in behind uh uh one down so um yeah I always Tred to do my best and try to help and change the game and uh luckily it went my way and the team's way today again and um I'm very very pleased with that Well you certainly did that Leandro when he come on in a 60 y minute first touch of the ball I mean that's as good as it gets talk us through it because we we we highlighted you and I when I look at you you come out onto the sort of the left side now you can see you're desperate to get involved you got your hands up you want that ball switched you was always alive yeah that's how I always approach a game I I want to feel the ball that's the type of player I am and uh I told them before as well because I said in the first half that obviously I'm on the BGE and I can have a look at the game and I knew there was space in behind and I'm just hoping that the ball is going to land around the penalty spot there and I'm I'm uh reading it and yeah with my first touch you highlighted your movement here because for me this is just Instinct you just come off the line you think something might happen and you wrap it it's a really good finish cuz you haven't touched the ball since the Walmart really or half time yeah definitely it's it's like you said I Tred to read it and uh yeah the ball comes to me perfectly and yeah all I have to do is put it in the B of the net and that's what you kind of do in the in the chain room you obviously lots of substitutes we see just sitting there just sort of watching observing disappointment there was a sub subdued celebration from you is that disappointment because you're not starting because obviously You' came on and made an impact today and do you feel that you should be in the starting lineup I think everyone wants to start and play games obviously uh but it's always nice to to help the team and and get my goal and uh get off to a good start for myself as well this season and uh not even a smiley Andro here come on he's smiling now that's what's going on going on here we go we got we got the normal that's a celebration it's all emotions as well and when you score uh it's almost like you don't know what's what is happening and um I'm just very pleased that I help the team again tonight and uh yeah it's an important one for us and we can look forward to the next game from a personal perspective though you did finish last season so well nine in in the last 18 games of last season did you almost expect to be starting again at the start of this season it's not about expecting um I know the competition and and the team as well and uh I think it's good for everyone and we push each other but obviously when you do very well as like I said everyone wants to start and um play games uh but it's just I'm very happy that I helped the team and I had had an impact again and uh that's all I can do apart from obviously saying to you look get in at the back post and give us a goal when you can what was the manager's directions to you what did he say bring more energy because they had the young right back that had obviously been a substitute get get at him what was the feeling from the manager yeah exactly what you're uh explaining now to to get at him uh try to be composed on the ball and uh get him be behind them and uh make it difficult for him and and uh I think uh I managed to do it well the second goal you your movement for the second goal is brilant I don't know we can look at I'll put the guys Under Pressure here but this is fantastic movement as well from you because you pull him in you realize he's going to get tight to you and that little bit of re reverse movement brilliant yeah uh this one as well as soon as I came on I told uh Gabby that uh he had to look for me and behind there because I know there uh would be space and uh with the first ball before this he he didn't do it but then uh on the second one when I told them he yeah he puts a perfect ball in behind and then obviously it's a good finish from Thomas that something you work on mean looking at Dean Rice's position where he's sort of trying to occupy the fullback as well is that what you're trying to obviously do where that ball can be lifted over the top into the space cuz it it keeps the fullback guessing doesn't it yeah definitely uh obviously every opposition is different but uh they always try to exploit their weaknesses and uh I think uh in the second half we we have done that the fixture computer had a bit of fun with Arsenal at the start of this season Leandro the first three away games Asen Billa Tottenham Manchester City you've also got Brighton at home next week how important is a good start given the fixtures that you've been dealt and you know could a strong start actually really set your path for this season um I think a strong start is always always good um especially for the for the feeling uh how you go into a new season obviously it's so early on so it's hard to predict what's going to be at the end of the season but it's definitely yeah what we're aiming for is uh is to win games especially also now we want to win every game obviously it's not as easy as as I say but um yeah that's what we going going to aim for and uh it's it's it's a tough game next week as well uh I know them very well so uh yeah it's going to be yeah a good game for us again to to measure ourselves we wish you well thank you very much and good to see you smiling as well yeah Aral V Wan B far Villa League Aral League 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