Is Arteta building a dynasty at Arsenal?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 9 April 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Mikel Arteta takes charge of Arsenal’s first Champions League quarter final in 14 years on Tuesday night.
Top of the Premier League and with the opportunity to make a serious statement in Europe, how has Arteta revived this Arsenal side?
And with Jurgen Klopp leaving and Pep Guardiola’s long-term Manchester City future uncertain, is he ready to build a dynasty in north London?
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: Jordan Campbell, Art de Roché, Amy Lawrence
Producer: Jay Beale
Executive Producer: Adam Jones
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:04.6 | Miguel Artetta takes charge of Arsenal's first Champions League quarterfinal in 14 years on Tuesday night. |
| 0:10.7 | Top of the Premier League and with the opportunity to make a serious statement in Europe, |
| 0:15.5 | how has Artetta revived this Arsenal side? |
| 0:18.7 | And with Yergen Klopp leaving and Pep Guardiola's long-term Manchester City future |
| 0:22.5 | uncertain, is he ready to build a dynasty |
| 0:25.8 | in North London? |
| 0:27.6 | I'm Ayahu Akimu Lerro. |
| 0:28.8 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast. |
| 0:46.4 | Okay. Okay, joining me today, we have the Athletics Arsenal writers Art de Roche and Jordan Campbell as well. |
| 0:57.4 | Let's just talk about some of the stats. Arsenal in the Premier League in 2024 are 11 games, 10 wins, 38 goals scored, four goals conceded. |
| 1:03.6 | Brighton was the fifth consecutive Premier League away clean sheet for the first time since April 1997. |
| 1:08.7 | And Arsenal have now kept more away clean sheets in their last five Premier League games. That's five of them, than any other side has kept |
| 1:12.4 | away from home all season. Jordan, is this all by design? Is it Artetta, or is there more to |
| 1:19.9 | it than that? I mean, I think the way that he's built on last year, you know, is a lot of people |
| 1:24.7 | thinking, can they really go again and reach that level? |
| 1:25.3 | Just before Christmas, you were thinking they might struggle to reach that points total, but they've just gone 10 games unbeaten now. I think it's the longest Premier League on beating run under Artaeta. So something's clicked and I think something's solidified in the team. So you look at Arsenal's team now and you just don't see them conceding. I mean, we talk about them going forward since Christmas, it's been great, but |
| 1:27.3 | they've just got this way to control. team now and you just don't see them concede them. I mean, we talk about them going forward since Christmas. |
| 1:45.6 | It's been great, but they've just got this way to control games, even if they're not |
| 1:49.6 | playing their fluid best, that they just don't concede big chances. |
| 1:53.6 | Even Man City and Liverpool, they've left them behind. |
| 1:56.0 | I think going down the home straight, that's why personally I've got so much confidence |
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