Arteta’s team selection, needless risk or necessary rhythm?
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
James McNicholas and Art de Roché join Jay Harris, to reflect on the dead rubber in Eindhoven.
Arsenal had topped the group with a game to spare, yet Arteta still went with a strong XI, including Gabriel and Saliba.
The panel ask whether fielding no youth players was an opportunity missed, or if Mikel got the line up spot on.
Plus, 5-a-side blunders and a look ahead to Brighton.
Produced by Jay Beale.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | The only way to score is of course to play with a hand break off. |
| 0:16.6 | Hello, this is handbreak off. |
| 0:19.0 | The Arsenal podcast brought to you by The Athletic. |
| 0:21.6 | Last night, Arsenal's Champions League group stage came to a close with a one or draw in Einhoven. |
| 0:27.0 | To talk about the game and look ahead to Brighton on Sunday, I'm Jay Harris, following in the footsteps of David Reier by moving from Brentford to Arsenal on loan. |
| 0:35.6 | And I'm joined by James McIicholas and Art de Roche. |
| 0:38.1 | How are you doing, guys? Good morning. Good morning. Very good. Thank you. |
| 0:41.6 | So there was a moment in the first half last night where the ball was going out for a PSV corner, |
| 0:47.5 | but one of their players quite confidently caught it before it left the pitch, which led to an |
| 0:52.2 | Arsenal free kick. So I just wanted to know if you two have ever committed a similar blunder on a football pitch. |
| 0:58.9 | Have you ever had a nightmare at Fiveerside? |
| 1:00.6 | I'll start with you, James, first. |
| 1:03.1 | I mean, too many to list. |
| 1:04.8 | But the one I was thinking of, at the end of last season, Arsenal held a little kind of, I think it was seven-aside tournament |
| 1:13.8 | at the Emirates Stadium for media to play in. |
| 1:17.9 | So there was like lots of people from Sky there, lots of journalists. |
| 1:20.9 | I'd say in general, my performance throughout the kind of mini tournament could be filed |
| 1:25.5 | under this category, but there was one moment in |
| 1:27.6 | particular |
| 1:28.2 | between |
| 1:29.6 | the games |
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