No team in HISTORY had FIVE reds, injuries & been THIS competitive! | Arteta FIRES BACK

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has FIRED BACK at critics and says the Gunners have made big strides this season. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 INTRO 0:02 I think we’ve made big strides this season because we should be in a very different position with everything that has happened. 0:26 There’s not a team in Premier League history with five red cards and the amount of injuries that we’ve had that has been in the position that we are today. 0:38 One of my proudest moments because this could have gone downhill very fast. The mentality and the culture is holding it together. 0:52 Everyone can do analysis. If you don’t want to give context to a situation then don’t give context. Many clubs this season have certain context for where they are. 1:30 The amount of injuries is a lot factors. It would be great to pinpoint one thing but unfortunately that’s not possible. Load normally is one of the biggest. 2:15 We could have been mid table this season given everything that has happened. What have we not achieved? Some fans think very differently. We haven’t won the league? That will happen at the end of the season. You have to understand the circumstances that we’ve had To deal with. I’m not here to justify anything. 3:27 Ben White for England? We has to have a conversation with Thomas Tuchel. The right decision will be made. 3:57 How to keep motivation strong? We have to give players reasons to think differently and to change that way of thinking. 4:36 The players know how different the table looked two or three days ago and how different it can look in two or three weeks. 4:52 I’m sure we are aware of the contract situations for every player. I don’t know if talks have started with Saliba and Saka. 5:15 Very disappointing moment for Myles Lewis-Skelly, we were gaining momentum in the match at the time of the red card. It put us in a very difficult situation. 5:34 Disciplinary issues? In certain red cards we had, we could have done things differently. When you are ask players why they make certain decisions, they