Arteta: I will watch the Liverpool and City match, and this is the state of the team

Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta appeared in a press conference, to talk about facing West Ham, tomorrow, Saturday, in the 13th round of the English Premier League.

The coach said about the situation. The team: “Some of them were not able to train yesterday, but we hope they will be able to do so today. Is Gabriel Magalies ready? We will wait and see.”

He continued: “Are you going to watch the match?” Liverpool and City, yes? 100%. It's a big match, a beautiful match to watch. Two of the best teams in Europe are facing each other and they are our rivals, so it's a big match."

He added: " Are you playing your next matches in London? Less travel is always better. It's crazy that we have so many matches so soon and I think that helps because the number of matches we have to play in that period is also very high."

And regarding Serling’s response to “no.” His involvement against Sporting: “He had a smile on his face, fortunately for me. These things happen in football and unfortunately it happened to him, but he responded in the best way he could, which is understanding. He's been in the game for a long time and he knows that this is something I can't Controlling it, he's doing his best. His commitment and morale to the team has been exceptional and now it's time for me to give him more minutes. That is my intention [to give him more minutes] and that is why I played him against Forest and I wanted to play him against Sporting and now I bring him into this rhythm because he can really influence the team.”

And about captain Martin Odegaard’s return to fitness: “With the way he is preparing and the amount of work he has put in with the physical and medical therapy department to reach the best possible condition to face the period and the importance of the season we are going through and to start strong - he has been exceptional since the match.” Chelsea was very consistent in the last three matches.”

He stressed: “The win raises energy and confidence. They've been big wins in our last two games and now it's about consistency and getting that momentum and taking it further against a really good opponent tomorrow, it doesn't matter what you did yesterday, it's about the next day and the next performance and how you can maintain high levels of performance because of how The competitiveness of every opponent and this is what we will try to do tomorrow.”

And about Manchester City’s faltering situation: “What I understood from that is what they did for nine years - this is what people should do.” Talk about it – how hard they did what they did For nine years continuously, for them it is very strange because they have never had it for nine years. It tells you what level and environment we are in, almost everything should be perfect – performance and ability should be perfect and things should be going your way. It's very hard to win."