The football schedule shows no signs of slowing down and with another London derby taking place this week, Mikel Arteta is hopeful the energy will be sky high in N5.
Following the international break, we've faced three games in eight days, beating Tottenham and Bayern Munich and drawing at Chelsea.
Brentford are the latest side we'll be taking on tomorrow at 7.30pm, and the boss is keen to continue raising the energy levels at Emirates Stadium for another big test.
He said: "It's an opportunity tomorrow at 7.30pm, everybody, 7.30pm kick-off, to be at the Emirates, bouncing and putting energy to win the game. That’s the opportunity that we have tomorrow, 7.30pm. Like animals, everybody at the Emirates to go again and beat Brentford; [it’s] vital, massive."
Brentford head to our home having picked up a 3-1 win over Burnley last weekend. When asked about the physical challenges of the Premier League, Mikel said: "I think every game that we play, when you look at the intensity in the Premier League against any opponent, what is needed is incredible.
"Brentford bring different threats, different challenges, as we all know, and you need to dominate that if you want to win the game.
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"Our motivation comes from preparation and how we prepare for every game to try to be better than the opposition. Where we are in the league and what we are doing, I don’t think we need any more motivation than that."
The Bees have shown a potency from set pieces under manager Keith Andrews, something Mikel believes every team is trying to master. He said: "I don't know a team in the Premier League that doesn't like to score from set pieces.
"We just conceded a goal against Chelsea on a set piece. They had seven corners, we had eight. I think we should all be set-piece teams because we all score and concede from set pieces, unfortunately."
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