Press conference

Arsenal Media 26 Oct 2025

After seeing his team edge a 1-0 success over Crystal Palace, Mikel Arteta was soon in the press conference room at Emirates Stadium to answer questions from the media.

He was asked about injuries, results elsewhere, Ebere Eze's performance against his former club and much more.

Here is everything he had to say: 

on the importance of this win: I just told the boys that I probably value this victory more than any other victory this season, because we knew the difficulty of it after playing every three days. We had a big opportunity as well with the things that happened during this weekend and I knew we played against a team that, in my opinion, has been one of the best recently in terms of organisation, how difficult they make it, how frustrated they can make you, and the moment that you lose that concentration, they will punish you. 

We have managed to be very stable, playing the game that we have to play. In the first half we were a...