Arsenal spellbound by Newcastle, but Xhaka, Saka, Saliba and Gabriel apply their 'defence against the dark arts'

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

The Athletic

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Ian Stone is joined by The Athletic's Amy Lawrence and Art De Roche to reflect on Arsenal's 0-0 draw with Newcastle at the emirates, and what they can learn from the game.

After a tense and emotional night at The Emirates, Newcastle's impressive defense came out on top, despite 17 shots and 67% possession from Arsenal. The panel discuss how the need for attacking depth was clear in this game, and how the team appear to have gained some emotional maturity by not rising to Newcastle's time wasting and rotational fouls.

They also discuss the January transfer window and whether the club should hold out for Mykhailo Mudryk, after Shaktar turned down Arsenal's second bid.

Produced by Jesse Howard.

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:09.7	The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off.
0:15.9	Hello, I'm Ian Stone.
0:17.4	This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal Arsenal podcast brought to you by The Athletic.
0:21.5	You know what you're here for, so let's get to it. I'll guess this morning for the first time since all that excitement in the Middle East.
0:27.8	It's Art de Roche and Amy Lawrence. Morning, guys.
0:32.1	Hello, hello. Hello, hello. Nice to see you. Before we get into it, unlike Amy, who watched the game on Monday from the press box
0:40.0	and had to maintain a calm and professional manner, and I have no idea how she managed that.
0:45.4	You know I didn't.
0:47.8	You knocked over and saw my pain.
0:51.6	Thanks for that.
0:52.5	It's true. I did actually speak to Amy yesterday and said, I saw you in the press box
0:58.2	and you had a slightly pained expression after the game, so I thought, I'll just leave
1:01.1	you B rather go and shout over. But the point is, the point is, Mikhail Artetta was very
1:06.9	visibly losing his call on the touchline. Now, we all know how easy it is to get stressed and lose it watching Arsenal, especially when you're in a title race.
1:14.8	So what are your number one tips for staying cool and composed whilst watching the Arsenal?
1:20.6	Amy, what are your number one tips for staying cool and composed or watching the arts?
1:26.0	My main answer to that question would be you're asking the wrong person.
1:30.4	Yeah, I'm not sure anyone is the right person really, but if you had to do something, what do you think?
1:35.3	Well, I don't know.
1:37.6	I feel like I should probably take up meditation or something in it.
1:41.7	During the game.
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