Mikel Arteta has addressed comments made by Pep Guardiola, who claimed Arsenal are the best team in the world.

Speaking before Arsenal’s important match against Manchester United at the Emirates, Arteta downplayed the praise. He insisted the team’s focus is on improving.

On Guardiola calling Arsenal the best team in the world, Arteta said:

“I do not know. I think we are the team that wants to be constantly better, that we are doing a lot of things right, but we are far from perfect, and our only aim is to sustain the level that we are doing, but especially in certain areas, try to improve again.”

The manager stressed that the team’s main goal is steady progress rather than chasing labels.

He believes continuous improvement matters more than public recognition.

Arteta was also asked if it is nice to hear Guardiola praise the team. He replied:

“It is always much better to hear positive things about your team and the work that you are doing but obviously that is a big word especially because in my opinion to be related to that you have to win a lot of things and we have not but we certainly...