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Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Arsenal fightback for derby draw

01 Sep 2019

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Chapter 1: What were the key moments that led to Arsenal's comeback?

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But Guendouzi, can they find the key to the door?

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Oh, they have done.

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Oh, Aubameyang came across and got the touch. He had the final say in this pulsating derby match, Aubameyang, and he's now having the first say about it. He's been speaking with Jeff Shreves.

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28.755 - 33.042 Jeff Shreves

Over, of course, you were looking for a win today, but when you're 2-0 down, is a point a good result?

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33.781 - 54.21 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Yeah, I think so. I think in the first half we deserved to score maybe two goals, but then, yeah, that's what happened. But we are maybe not happy, but I think we did a great job. We played well. It was a tough game. And, yeah, I think we deserve maybe more tonight.

55.552 - 62.522 Jeff Shreves

How much do you feel you contributed to your own downfall in that Tottenham's goals you could have done much better for?

63.329 - 73.102 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Yeah, I think so. I think after those two goals, we started to be under pressure, so we tried to push a lot.

Chapter 2: How did the players react to being 2-0 down?

74.684 - 91.986 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Laka scored the first one and then in the second half we had some chances and we scored the second one. I think we have the space to score a third one, but I think, as I said, it was a tough game, so it's a draw tonight.

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92.489 - 95.935 Jeff Shreves

Do you think the timing of Lacazette's goal was crucial to give you something?

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96.151 - 116.24 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Of course, that was so important, I think, because when you go in the dressing room with a goal, it's always positive, so everybody in his mind knows that we have more power and we will come back stronger in the second half, so I think it was really crucial to come back.

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116.701 - 121.748 Jeff Shreves

Beautiful strikers finished from you for your goal. How good was the ball, though, from Mathieu Guendouzi?

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121.768 - 133.963 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Great pass. It just... look at me and he knows that I'm going to run, so the ball was perfect and I have to say the goal deserves to be his pass.

133.983 - 142.113 Jeff Shreves

When you scored, you switched from out wide to central. Does that underline once again that you are more dangerous from the central striker's position? Do you prefer it there?

142.133 - 152.905 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Yeah, as I always said, I like to play striker, but when the team needs me on the wing, that's no matter. I go and I try my best.

153.256 - 154.18 Jeff Shreves

Thanks for your time.

Chapter 3: What impact did Lacazette's goal have on the game?

154.364 - 154.796 Jeff Shreves

Well done today.

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155.517 - 179.819 Unknown

Well, he got his goal certainly from in that position and it finished 2-2, the 23rd draw between these two, which is a new record in Premier League fixtures. 39 attempts in this game. I mean, we all thought it, the stats bear it out, don't they? That's the joint most in a game this season. 17 of which were on target and that is a record for this fixture. Incidentally, 26 attempts from Arsenal.

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That is the most under this manager, Unai Emery, and eight yellow cards is also... a Premier League high for this season, which I think pretty much sums up the game, doesn't it? Jose, how would you sum up that game?

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192.451 - 210.01 Jose Mourinho

Funny, funny, emotional, good to watch. And I think everybody that come here has the same feeling as me. Then if you go a bit further than that and we try to analyse the game by other points of view, I'm pretty sure that us with the different

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210.817 - 226.575 Jose Mourinho

vision with a different capacity to analyze things there were some principles of play that was was incredible to watch at this level but what matters is the millions of people that watch the game and uh everybody at home a part of thousands that were here.

Chapter 4: How did the managers evaluate their teams' performances?

227.016 - 229.1 Jose Mourinho

For sure they enjoyed it. I didn't want the game to finish.

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229.12 - 242.646 Unknown

Well, absolutely. I think that absolutely perfectly sums it up. But funny for us, but just expand on that point for us in terms of what would it be like for a manager in that situation? It's great for us to watch, but if you're actually the guys down there and seeing your teams play like that. I'm not to talk.

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242.626 - 263.826 Jose Mourinho

Because for the last 10, 15 minutes of the game, the game had 80 metres between the defensive line of Arsenal and the defensive line of Spurs. It was like 80 metres, lots of space to play. Counter-attack, counter-attack, counter-attack, empty space. Incredible, the game completely out of control.

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263.886 - 270.152 Jose Mourinho

I think if one of the two teams has a little bit more brains and control and tactical sense, we'd win it.

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Well, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang thought that Arsenal deserved to win it. That's what he just told Jeff. What would you say?

Chapter 5: What tactical adjustments did Arsenal make in the second half?

276.666 - 302.044 Sol Campbell

I think Tottenham had definitely had the first half. They played fantastic. They controlled the ball. The counter-attacks, they were incredible. Arsenal was guilty of allowing them to get in those spaces too quickly. But obviously, Arsenal showed great character coming back. You know, getting that goal at that time was crucial. It kind of swung the whole game.

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302.284 - 314.639 Sol Campbell

You go back into the dressing room, one team's high, the other team expecting to be high, a little bit down. And then they kicked on from there. So great character. Both teams, great character. I think it's an advert for football out there. It was incredible. Great.

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Chapter 6: What were the defensive mistakes made by Tottenham?

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But if you're in the Spurs camp, Graham, do you think that you'll be feeling like that's the one that got away a little bit?

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319.745 - 338.412 Graham Souness

Yeah, I would say I think a draw was a fair result. You know, Arsenal had to force the issue, the home team, and they did. And I think Spurs showed great resilience in withstanding the pressure they were under. But when you're 2-0 up and you're into the extra time of the first half, I think it was Danny Rose had a chance just to put his foot through the ball right in front of us.

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338.594 - 355.746 Graham Souness

Just turn Arsenal back four and then get regrouped and you're still in your position. But it's like throughout the game, Tottenham were trying to play out from the back. And a lot of the problems had caused themselves. You know, they were, time and time again, they were, you know, playing out from the back and Arsenal were all energy and up on top of them.

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356.427 - 375.621 Graham Souness

And I thought they brought a lot of the problems on themselves. But... If they go in 2-0 at half-time, Spurs, the manager gets the chance to settle them, talk to them, maybe say that to them. Don't heap pressure on yourselves by playing too much football in and around your own area. They might have got away with it in the second half, but they've been harsh on Arsenal. I think Arsenal...

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Chapter 7: How did the players feel about the draw after the match?

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were near enough, you know, they were fabulous throughout, showed resilience to bounce back from 2-0. That's their side of it. For me, Tottenham, coming here, having lost last week, they showed a bit of bottle as well, and they were good as well.

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So who's it a better point for, Jamie, would you say?

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392.83 - 410.839 Jamie Redknapp

I think before the game, I thought for Arsenal it was a bigger game. But for Tottenham, for Mauricio Pochettino, I think he'd be delighted with his players to get off that pitch with a draw. Although at 60-odd minutes when Harry Kane hits the post, 3-1, different game. But the best thing about the game, there was no team at any stage, any security.

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410.979 - 428.141 Jamie Redknapp

Even if Arsenal would have gone 3-2, I expected Spurs to equalise. It was like a basketball game in the end. Nobody ever looked comfortable, but it was... And this has become the most exciting fixture in football right now because there's so many mistakes, there's great moments, there's great pieces of individual skill. This has become a football match to watch.

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Well, let's pick out the goals then. Going back to what feels like an awful long time ago that Christian Eriksen put Spurs in front, you made a point, Jose, off-camera about... You know, it's difficult to fight with soul about this one.

444.805 - 448.952 Jose Mourinho

Because he was a centre-back and one of the good ones.

Chapter 8: What does the future hold for both teams after this match?

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I just feel that Socrates shouldn't go there. He should stay on the line. Because then it's too much space. And for David Luiz to cope with that space is also very, very difficult.

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So I think... But the way that Arsenal press here, does that...?

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467.114 - 489.265 Jose Mourinho

I think there is a little bit of contradiction in some teams that they really don't know what to do with, let's say, the new possibilities that the rules give about the goal kick. And some teams, they want to press. But as you know, there is no side on goal kick. So if somebody leaves players up, it's difficult to keep the team compact.

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489.285 - 514.688 Jose Mourinho

In the end, you have the team broken into the group of three or four or five that is pressing up with the group of four or five that is controlling the possible long ball from the keeper. So the team is broken. There is a lot of space. Harry Kane drops into that space for the long ball. And then Socrates decided to go. When he go, he leave David against Son. With a lot of space for Lamela to come,

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514.668 - 538.028 Jose Mourinho

with the left-back Olazinac very, very far. So from a situation where you should be very safe, you put yourself in a situation where you are very exposed. So when Sol says, if I was there, I would do this, I say, when you play, that goal kick doesn't exist. And now the goal kick changed some perspective. But maybe he just wouldn't go. Maybe he wouldn't go. Oh, he would go and win it.

538.97 - 540.291 Jose Mourinho

He would go and win it.

540.312 - 550.467 Sol Campbell

You go and win it because you don't want to be in a no-man's land. You're there already, just win it. So he was in two minds. And that two minds, that split second, that's how he gets in. Kane does the little flick on.

551.488 - 556.015 Jose Mourinho

Now he exposes. He has to go all the way. But if you are there, you win it.

557.497 - 559.019 Sol Campbell

Second half, they sorted that out.

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