• 2 months ago
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta on how they will cope without Martin Odegaard ahead of their Premier League clash with Leicester
Sobha Realty Training Centre, London, UK
Transcript
00:00Martin Oliver wrote in the programme notes about how you are progressing, you spoke to Kai Havertz this morning and he talked about how a lot of the players have stepped up and are filling the voids that Martin has, I mean he's still clearly around you said, but they're finding their voices a bit more.
00:18I wondered how impressed you've been with how your team have coped with his absence so far and those sort of players that have stepped in that have maybe surprised you in terms of taking on the league?
00:29Well if you put me in a scenario before the start of the season with the calendar that we were given, with the fixtures that we had, with the three away games that we had and with the amount of injuries that we had to deal with and how we got out of that, I would be very, very pleased I think.
00:44So it's not obviously just with Martin, obviously he's one of our best players, one of the players that have more impact on the team in many ways, but there were many others as well and the team has coped extremely well because we have an exceptional group, a lot of players are taking a different role in their leadership, in their importance in the team and they embrace that challenge and I'm really happy for that.

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