Impressive Arteta
He was a big player in England, in particular, and now he is doing brilliantly as a coach. He’s putting across his ideas and his way to work, and you can see that clearly.
Coaches can have similar backgrounds, and he and I are both from the Basque Country, but each one is different. I think Mikel has shown his ability to do good things at a big, big club. He’s improved his team, and they are very dangerous in all areas.
We have to be ready to take on his team, because they are very strong, and they almost have two teams’ worth of top players. But, as always, we have to maintain the focus on ourselves.
Arsenal’s searing form
They put in a very good performance [against Sporting on Tuesday], for sure. But this is normal - they have a have a lot of ways to win, and they are a great team with great individual players.
I prefer not to talk about individuals, because they have so many they could name two teams. I would rather talk about what we can control, which is our players, our work and our strengths.
London Stadium roar
If there’s one thing we can be sure about, it’s that our fans will be there supporting us on Saturday, and giving us extra energy.
That sort of extra step can be the thing we as a team need to get to the next step, and hopefully we can do that and come out with a positive result.