Arsenal manager Artetta said in an interview that he prefers to play mental games with his players than with other coaches; when it comes to the appearances of Ramsdale and Leno, he praised Leno's performance and said that he has never defined who is one and who is two.
Arsenal and Tottenham are competing for fourth place in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League, after Tottenham coach Conte had said Arsenal were favourites to win the battle for the four, to which Arteta said:
"I don't know if we're big hits, that's the question Conte answered. But what we want to do is very clear, and what people think is not going to change it. ”
Asked if he was a coach who could play mental games, Arteta replied:
"If I had to do that, I would play more (mental games) with my players in order to get what I wanted from them. No (I can't tell you how I did it), otherwise the outside world will know what the players are doing, that's the point. ”
Arsenal have been in good form since early February and have overcome a number of difficulties so far, including a hip injury to starting goalkeeper Ramsdale, who missed last month's win over Villa while expecting to remain absent from Tuesday's game against Crystal Palace.
During his injury, Leno played in his place, and the German had been the team's starting goalkeeper until Ramsdale arrived. Arteta praised his reaction after losing the main position, arguing that it would not be easy to put any player in that situation:
"I have a lot of sympathy for every player who can't play and doesn't get the opportunity they deserve, but unfortunately that's the case in football. Leno's training style and demeanor were as usual, and he had been waiting for an opportunity for months. When the opportunity arose, he gripped it tightly.
"From my point of view, it was all clear and clear. I was very honest from day one because I never said to both of them: 'You will be one and you will be two'. Never. Such decisions are not a private matter at all, nor can they be made by private individuals.
"I can give you examples of hundreds of older players who have weakened their roles in the team, and when you're 30 or 31 or 32, that kind of thing happens. I promise you that at some point in your career you will encounter this kind of thing. But if this is happening at such a late hour, I think it's a good sign. This means that you have been in a stable state, and it could have happened earlier.
"Personally, I think another factor is the environment. Everyone except the players, his family, his father, his agent, even his grandmother, is asking: 'Why can't you play?' I disagree (the coach's decision). It's normal, they're all for the good of the players, but what we want is how to make the team play the best, so if we decide to let someone else play, it's because we think it's better for the team to have this guy play, that's all. ”
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