Mikel Arteta: Aston La Vista To The Title?

[Trilly]

That’s his biggest win for me.

We’ve faced better players but that was the best team we’ve played imo. Rode our luck but that’s offset by the fact we conceded twice from set pieces.

 

[Manberg]

Ancelotti tried so hard to get one over on him, even playing mind games beforehand. Arteta prevailed.

 

[GDeep™]

Feels like Wenger never left.

We win battles and wars.

 

[boonthegoon]

Great attacking play. Defense was also good except for last 20 min. Wont blame the goals on him. But still needs to work on set piece defense in general when we face set piece merchants like Everton.

 

[Fewtch]

We would’ve had real chance at the CL spots if we sacked The Greasy One during that international Poch was sacked. Oh well

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

He is making 15th place squad look like top4 contenders! We must back him with right transfer strategy in the summer!

 

[Taneruit]

Arteta may not be the greatest head coach/manager yet, but he deserves a statue for what he did to Mustafi and Xhaka in 2 months.

The two year champions league ban may not be the greatest loss for Pep this season.

 

[Notorious Big]

Mikel,just give us this anthem next season.

 

[MutableEarth]

That’s his biggest win for me.

We’ve faced better players but that was the best team we’ve played imo. Rode our luck but that’s offset by the fact we conceded twice from set pieces.

Agree - this was a crucial game. Form side ahead of a decent run and a pretty overpopulated fixture list, we needed to pull 3 points out of the bag to keep up our momentum going into next weekend. Will be interesting to see how we deal with Olympiakos on Thursday. But yeah, that was an impressive, albeit tough, win.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

The wins start to come after few unlucky draws. He deserve it he created a positive atmosphere and competition. Still there lot things to improve

 

[lufere7]

Reminder that he would be unbeaten so far if it was not for that clusterfuck of referee/player mistakes in the Chelsea game. Unfair.

 

[Riou]

He gives off such a positive vibe from the side lines, think the team/fans really feed off that...like a trust-worthy version of Pep.

 

[Sniper Mik]

Ancelotti tried so hard to get one over on him, even playing mind games beforehand. Arteta prevailed.

Didn't even bother shaking his hand after the game. Liked that.

 

[Riou]

Ancelotti tried so hard to get one over on him, even playing mind games beforehand. Arteta prevailed.

What did Carlo do/say?

 

[Manberg]

What did Carlo do/say?

Praise. I always consider pre-game praise for a manager to be mind games.

 

[Taneruit]

Praise. I always consider pre-game praise for a manager to be mind games.

Also the type of praise which didn't sound genuine from an accomplished manager such as Ancelloti to a novice. It just didn't seem well meant.

 

[Tourbillion]

Also the type of praise which didn't sound genuine from an accomplished manager such as Ancelloti to a novice. It just didn't seem well meant.

Roughly what kinda stuff did he say? In a sentence

 

[Manberg]

Roughly what kinda stuff did he say? In a sentence

“I prefer to have knowledge instead of experience. It is more important to have knowledge and the fact that Arteta did his study with a fantastic manager like Guardiola, I think he has a lot of knowledge.”

 

[GDeep™]

“I prefer to have knowledge instead of experience. It is more important to have knowledge and the fact that Arteta did his study with a fantastic manager like Guardiola, I think he has a lot of knowledge.”

What’s wrong with that? He’s spot on too, Fat Carlo.

 

[Eaststander74]

Genuinely unlucky to concede the two we did and they even nearly benefited from a flukey ricochet that gave them a chance on a plate that they missed. The gods seemed against us today but we overcame. Arteta prevailed.

The exciting part is the attacking side is beginning to come together now. What we need to make the next step forward is becoming clearer by the game.

There doesn’t seem anything streaky or flimsy about our progress— it looks clear and genuine to me. A hall mark, so far, of Arteta’s style of management.