'114 points': Arteta talks formula for overcoming Man City

The teams are getting up to speed in their preparations for the new season. In fact, the first friendlies are already taking place and, some of them, with some great games. One example is this morning's match between Arsenal and Manchester United in the United States.

Mikel Arteta spoke about the clash against their Premier League rivals at a press conference: "The message is clear. We need more from everybody. More from everybody including me.

"I need to raise the standards, I need to bring something I haven’t brought yet. Individually and collectively the same. The more we do that, the better the chance it’s going to be to win the Premier League," he continued.

"This is what we want basically. Just work every day with that excitement and understanding of the difficulty. And when those difficulties come, stay together and go through them efficiently," Arteta added.

The Spanish coach also joked about the formula for overcoming the all-powerful Manchester City after falling just short of the Premier League title for the second year in a row. "114 points. If we do that, we win the league for sure. This is the objective, from there we’ll see what we get," he said.

"Earn the right to win it and have the biggest probability over the opponent. When we have difficulties that we are still better than the opponents. That’s really the objective."

 

July 27, 2024