Mikel Arteta

"Go to San Sebastian, come back and then ask me the question."

"It's probably the passion, the food and the education we all had."

"Look at the top players in the world. They play 70 matches - every three days - and make the difference and win the game."

"We need to increase the competition internally."

"We need to make sure we identify the things that we don't have in the team."

"I think he describes himself as a warrior."

"If we have the right player in the market to make us much better. We are very much looking forward to that."

"No, they don't have to worry about any of that because I want to be here, I'm extremely happy."

"I think because my will certainly is to be here and I'm very happy here."

"It's big that we want to improve the squad, we want to evolve the squad in order to achieve that."

"I think he describes himself as a warrior. I think he's a warrior with a tremendous quality as well and intuition and leadership and charisma that is going to help us."

"Well, he missed five or six months for different things and it was extremely difficult for him to get any momentum."

"It's extremely disappointing. It's a big punch in the face; it's about how we react now."

"Extremely disappointing. It's a big punch in the face."

"It's a big punch to the face. Now it’s about how we react to that, because it’s game on, it’s going to require now a big spirit, a lot of fight."

"There are no gray areas now."

"The fact that as a club we haven’t done it for so long, there's a reason for that, it talks about the difficulty."

"So today we have to suffer, it’s painful, it’s a terrible feeling, but tomorrow is a different day, and if somebody had said to me in August we are in this position right now in April, I’m sure we would all take it."

"It's a big punch to the face. Now it’s about how we react to that, because it’s game on, it’s going to require now a big spirit, a lot of fight."

"There are no gray areas now."

"The fact that as a club we haven’t done it for so long, there's a reason for that, it talks about the difficulty."

"Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta gives his thoughts on his side's 3-0 win over Coventry City in the opening game of the Premier League season."

""You need to face it with real honesty and transparency because when you are on the other side, that's exactly what you need.""

"Personal situations, whatever they are, I think it's clear."

"Personal situations, whatever they are, I think it's clear."

"Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is thrilled with his side's comeback victory against Chelsea at the Emirates."

"I love those challenges, I try to create them in pre-season."

"It's a judo roll from the opponent. Ezri [Konsa] does nothing. Just watch it."

"This should never happen, it's not fair, and I am sad, very sad, in that sense."

""very worried and very sad" about the penalty awarded to their opponents"

"This is not acceptable at this level."

"He is 16 years old and we have to be really cautious."

"Unbelievable, he's unpredictable, he can go either way, so fluid, so nice to watch."

"We will evaluate every six months where we are and what is the best thing for him to do and then make the right decision."

"The best way to knock on the door is to do it on the pitch, not in the office."

"That's not going to take away what the team has done and the boys have done in the last six or seven weeks since coming back from the World Cup."

"They [the fans] don't have to worry about any of that because I want to be here. I'm extremely happy and I feel very grateful to work with the people I work with."

"Mikel Arteta praised the officials for overturning West Ham's stoppage-time equaliser."

"I had wanted the benefits of continuity of a settled XI."

"What a moment, what an afternoon, what a week it's been for us."

"A call from the refs that I think is very brave, but very consistent with what they've been talking about all season."

"I said to the boys, we're really going to go for it."

"It was a massive call but it was clearly the right call."

"After that, I said at half-time to the boys, we're really going to go for it."

"Thank God it worked out."

"And the finishers made a difference."

"When I have to be critical, I have been. And today, I have to praise them, at least for giving the option to a referee to decide."

"The referee and the VAR today had a lot of courage to stop and analyse the action and give the opportunity to the referee to make the call."

"It’s a call from the refs that I think is very brave but very consistent with what they’ve been talking about all season."

"They showed a lot of courage and bravery to stand out and give the opportunity to the referee to have a look at the action."