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Mikel Arteta says he "cannot wait" for the crucial match against Man City

Posted : 23 April 2023
Mikel Arteta says he "cannot wait" for Arsenal to play Manchester City on Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium if they want to win the Premier League.

The Gunners rallied from two goals behind to tie 3-3 with the bottom-division Southampton on Friday, but they gave second-placed City a boost as they now have a game in hand.

A terrible mistake by Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale allowed Carlos Alcaraz to score after just 27 seconds, and Theo Walcott, a former Gunner, added to Southampton's advantage after 14 minutes.

Gabriel Martinelli cut the lead in half, but Duje Caleta-Car, a replacement, added a goal on the 66th minute. Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka then scored in the final three minutes of regulation to provide a thrilling climax.

Arsenal, which was unable to come up with a winner, will go to Manchester in an effort to win at City for the first time since January 2015.

"I cannot wait, these are the games you want to play," Arteta told BBC Sport. "When everything is at stake you have to go there to win. The game will be prepared to that, that is for sure.

"It is the beauty of this sport, you want to be in these positions. We will have an incredible trip to Manchester and we will prepare really well."

Arteta denied allegations Arsenal acknowledged that their defence needed to get better despite their struggles with confidence.

"I don't see a lack of confidence," he said. "When a team does that normally players start to hide. I played there and players start to hide in certain moments. I didn't see a single player do that. They were all willing to take risks and initiative. That's why we got back from 3-1 to 3-3 and should have won the game.

"The confidence is there. It's just those moments. At this level you cannot give the goals away that we did. Simple as that.

"Today it's clear. You cannot concede the goals the way we did to win games in the Premier League unless we make a miracle like we did in the last 40, or 50 minutes and then you still have the chance to win it."
 

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