Press conference

Arsenal Media 18 Oct 2025

Mikel Arteta had plenty to discuss after we made it five consecutive wins with a 1-0 victory away to Fulham on Saturday.

Leandro Trossard scored the only goal of the game in the first half, and the defence stood firm once again to close out the win. 

After the game the manager conducted his post-match press conference where he was asked about the win, the defensive performance, VAR decisions, our set-piece power and more. 

Here's a full transcript...

The recent history wasn't in our favour and we wanted to change that like we did against Newcastle and West Ham at home and that's another step, having that mindset and that ability to win these kinds of matches against a really good opposition, a really difficult place to come. And especially the first 10 to 15 minutes, it took us a while to get into the game with some very unusual giveaways that has caused some transitions and after that we started to dominate the game throughout the rest of the game...