Post -City Quotes Round-Up: Arteta, Guardiola, Odegaard, Stones, Havertz, Wright, Adams & Much More-Arse Blog News

Arsenal produced a statement 5-1 victory against Manchester City to remind everyone that they will not give the league title to Liverpool on a record anytime soon.

Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Kai Havertz and teenagers Myles Lewis-Skkelly and Ethan Nwaneri were all on the score area on an afternoon when Erling Haaland’s equalization triggered an impressive reaction from Gunners, who ended up throwing himself in front of a booth home.

Here are what leaders, players, pundits and Stattos made by the action …

Mikel Arteta on a nice win …

It’s a great day. Given the resistance we played, the result we got, and in the way we did. It makes it a special day. A lot of things have to go your way. They are so good that they force you to be deeper and be in a situation that you will not be. Sometimes you need some luck and then you have to be effective. We had to be brave and it paid off. Things should go your way and the line is so thin. I liked the team showing a lot of personality and competitiveness.

Source: BBC match

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Pep Guardiola on his side’s performance …

I’m sorry for the last 15/20 minutes, the rest was a really good game for our site. It is difficult to understand when you see the result, but this is my feeling. It has happened all season, we give away for many things, we are aware that this cannot happen, it happened. But we reacted really well and we played with personality and we defended so well, and then with the ball we were a threat, but unfortunately after the second happened, we had many times the momentum again. For the deflection and in other situations we admitted the goals. You have to overcome (that), you can’t lose control, it’s 90/95 minutes. You can’t finish the way we played we could have scored three more, but the team has to be stable, it doesn’t matter what happened.

Source: BBC Sport

Arsenal 5-1 Man City

Arsenal hammered Manchester City 5-1 to show everyone that the Premier League title is far from over.

Look back on the action with our Arsenal VS Man City Stats page from the game at Emirates Stadium.

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– OPTA -Analyst (@optaanalyst.optajoe.com? February 2, 2025 at 1 p.m. 18.41

Martin Odegaard on Arsenal’s Teenage -Measure scorers …

I think what they’re doing is incredible and I can’t praise them enough. Myles played with confidence from the start, and Ethan came on, affected right away. I love to see the trust and the zeal. I’m totally proud of them.

Source: BBC match

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John Stones on a humiliating defeat …

It’s difficult. All of us are not going to lose well. It’s hard for me to put words really right after such a game. (My) pride is evil. Sorry for the fans who traveled to come and look at it and how we played in the last 30 minutes was not acceptable. As a collective, it’s not us. It’s not nice to be involved in it. I give the credit to Arsenal, it’s not an easy place to get to and they played really well. For 60 or 65 minutes we played some good football at times and were in the game. It was a swinging point, I assume, and it swung the wrong way for us. I am angry, sorry, personally and collectively, for how the game ended for many reasons.

Source: MANCITY.COM

Ethan Nwaneri’s goal ended a passing sequence of 36 uninterrupted passports in a move lasting for a minute and 54 seconds and involved any Arsenal Outfield player.

It was the longest passing step that led to a Premier League goal since September 2023.

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– OPTA -Analyst (@optaanalyst.optajoe.com? February 2, 2025 at 1 p.m. 18.56

Kai Havertz at Arsenal’s press …

I think we managed to push them quite well. Did not give them much time. I mean, they are still a top team and sometimes they beat the press, but I think our energy was good. We used all our chances and at the end it was a good game.

Source: Sky Sports

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Arteta on the atmosphere …

Living moments like this with the stadium, the energy of the cohesion between the team and our supporters is something to build on.

Source: Arsenal.com

Arsenal is only the second team that will be unbeaten in four consecutive Premier League matches against Man City in Pep Guardiola’s reign.

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– Orbinho (@orbinho.bsky.social? February 2, 2025 at 1 p.m. 20.20

Declan Rice on a great individual performance …

These big games, that’s why Arsenal bought me, you know. I will always step up the big games and I know I can deliver to this club in the big moments, and today I knew how big it was I just had that fire in my stomach and would put things straight From the first game of the season when we played them, it was 2-2, we all did. To win today as we did, 5-1, it was a really special day.

Source: Bein Sports

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Jamie Carragher about Declan Rice …

Rice is one of them, an all-round midfielder-lid as Roy Keane. He is almost a setback to a midfielder in a 4-4-2 who can do anything. His power, his urgent, he is a wonderful midfielder.

Source: BBC Sport (via Sky Sports)

18-in form of Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly was this first time that two players aged 18 years or younger had scored for the same team in a Premier League game since Everton against Fulham in April 2007 (James Vaughan & Victor Anichebebe). Fearless.

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– Optajoe (@OPTAJOE.COM? February 2, 2025 at 1 p.m. 18.39

Joe Hart on his old team’s match …

They are poor at the moment, they are fragile and they have not been fragile for so long. You could tell that Arsenal had no fear today. They respected them and know what they are capable of, but did not roll their eyes as they admitted. The stadium did not go ‘oh here we go’. The fear factor that the city has built up over the years has gone a bit, but they will return to the drawing board.

Source: Premierleague.com

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Jamie Carragher on Lewis-Skelly’s youthful arrogance …

He has a football arrogance, the only person who comes to mind is Wayne Rooney, they feel like ‘I’m the man on this football field’. Jude Bellingham has it, ‘I’ve been here two minutes, I own this place’. It seems he is almost one of the leaders in the team.

Source: Sky Sports Super Sunday

5-fry players to score against a Pep Guardiola team in all competitions (in his career with top-flight):

17y 289d – Jude Bellingham
17y 318d – Ethan Nwaneri
18y 60d – Niklas Süle
18y 63d – Kylian Mbappé
18y 129D-myles Lewis-Skelly

Generation.

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– Optajoe (@OPTAJOE.COM? February 2, 2025 at 1 p.m. 18.47

Tony Adams at Lewis-Skelly …

It was great to see the kids come on and play well. Myles have invented this new position. We used to have Indersward we have inside defenders now. Phenomenal, what a child what views.

Source: Premierleague.com

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Arteta at Lewis-Skelly, which threatens in the last third …

I didn’t expect it. Today I talked to one of our employees that he needs to threaten more in the last third when he gets into this position. Riccy did this during the day against Wolves and he scored. Our full backs now generate this kind of thing. The same with Jurrien he adds threat, he gave another kind of problem to the opposition, so great.

Source: Press conference after the game

Ian Wright at Arsenal, proving they can be ruthless …

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Gary Neville about where Arsenal goes from here …