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Arteta NOT my focus! Enzo Maresca | Arsenal v Chelsea

Football

Année2025

Durée8m

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Enzo Maresca refused a journalist’s approaches to try and get the Chelsea boss to talk about Mikel Arteta and his reign as Arsenal manager. 0:00 I’m focused on Chelsea not Arsenal or Mikel Arteta. 0:54 Arteta’s longevity? It’s a question for the Arsenal board. 1:12 I just said that Arsenal have had the same manager for the last five years. 1:22 Chelsea will follow the model they want to follow and not copy Arsenal. 1:39 The gap between us and Arsenal is quite big. They’ve had the same manager for the last five years, it’s quite important. They’ve already had some important games. Our duty is to close the gap. We’re six points behind. 2:12 UCL qualification? We have two targets to finish top four/five in the Premier League and the Conference League. This club is used to play finals and fight for titles. We need to give this back to the fans. 2:48 5-0 last season? The first game here this season was 1-1. 3:09 Sanchez will play against Arsenal. The idea is not always to change keeper but you have to be flexible on all players. Robert needed some days off but now he’s back. 3:58 Arsenal catchable? They are six ahead but it could be nine! We have to play our game. 4:20 Second could be a target, it’s our duty to do our best. Sunday is our target for now and then see how we can go close. 4:43 When you play your game in the opposition’s half, there’s no space to do sprints and maximise our quick players. Against Arsenal it will be a different kind of approach. 5:50 I judge things game after game, we lost some games where we didn’t deserve it. We’ve dropped points in games we deserved to win. Four wins in a row but it doesn’t mean we will now win all the games. 6:54 Lavia and Fofana are important players and we lost them during crucial parts of the season. In the last four or five weeks we’ve struggled to score goals. 7:44 Strange that both us and Arsenal don’t have any fit strikers. We are both trying to find solutions. We will see if Sunday we will use Pedro Neto as a stri