Our third Champions League game of the season sees us take on Atletico Madrid at Emirates Stadium and Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the press ahead of the clash.

We're currently unbeaten in the league phase and Mikel previewed the showdown with the La Liga outfit, answering questions on his squad, our form, and much more.

Read the full transcript below:

on the mentality after beating Fulham:
It's very happy obviously and especially after international breaks when you know that you have to align and regroup everybody. You could tell that in the first 10 minutes that we were a bit still getting that rhythm, but afterwards watching the game back I think that we deserved to win. There are things to improve, but we take the win and we move on now for the Champions League match.

on Piero Hincapie’s availability:
He will be available. I think [the Fulham] game came a bit too early for him, so he had another two very good sessions and now he's ready to go.

on coming up against Diego Simeone and how highly he rates him:
At the highest level, I think what he's done since he got to Atletico has been outstanding, not...