Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta on the feeling around the club since their win over Real Madrid ahead of their Premier League clash with Brentford
London Colney, London, UK
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00:00I know you've got a game to work towards and to talk about, but it's the most incredible night I've ever had at the Emirates.
00:07Is it OK to reflect on it for a couple of questions before we move it around?
00:12You can try.
00:13What's the feeling around the place over the last few days?
00:16Great, it's been an unbelievable energy. Obviously it was a very special night as you mentioned.
00:21That's over and now the full focus is on Brentford because it's a game that is going to require the best of us.
00:28I know it's over, but I just wanted to ask you about Declan. Which of his free kicks was your favourite?
00:38Difficult. No, they are two different. The technique is very different in both of them, the range and the angles that he's got.
00:45Both of them were excellent, so they helped us to win the game, which was the most important thing.
00:50Do you know which one was his favourite?
00:51No.
00:52And he takes the corners from that side usually, doesn't he?
00:56What about now in terms of being the first in line for all free kicks?
01:01That's something that we discuss a lot. The different ways that he can create moments in and around the box,
01:09whether it is to assist, whether it is to score, because he has all the qualities.
01:14He can run into the box, he can eliminate people by dribbling, he has a long range shot,
01:20he has deliverance on set pieces, so that's why we're heading with him.
01:23You know, to become a game that he can decide against with very different tools as well.
01:29Your message before the game and the club's message was make it happen, that was the theme, wasn't it?
01:35Yeah.
01:36And the players obviously did pick up on that.
01:39I think Macayo just said to Declan before he took the first one, feel it, which is that theme, isn't it?
01:46Absolutely. I said to you guys the day before, it wasn't about believing, it's not enough.
01:52It's about that conviction, feeling it and making it real after.
01:57In order to do that, we had to do a lot of things right, like we have done all season,
02:02especially with the circumstances that we had.
02:04And it's continued with the same mindset.