Mousset fires Blades to victory over Arsenal
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What does Sheffield United's victory over Arsenal mean for the club?
What an emotional night for Sheffield United. What a time to be a Sheffield United fan. How about if you're a Sheffield United fan that then became the Sheffield United manager and has just overseen that tonight? Here's Chris Wilder waiting to speak to us. Congratulations, Chris. Can you put into words how proud you are of your team tonight?
Yeah, the old football club, you know, to host a game like this, the magnitude of it, and to play well and get a win. Yeah, we were under enormous pressure second half, but I think we limited them to few chances. And, you know, we backed up a good performance with a good result, and we didn't four or five weeks ago against the European champions. And we wanted to make sure if we played well against the top sides, we have to get something from the game, and three points is a great reward for the players.
Was this then the game plan working to perfection tonight, Chris?
We can't open up. I think it's absolutely crazy that people think that we can just open up against Arsenal. You saw two or three times first half how quickly they counted and what ability some of their players have got where they've skipped round our challenges as if they were not even there. So we had to make sure we had got the balance of in and out of possession and I think we did that. Obviously, getting ahead... gave us something to hang on to and we defended manfully and as I said Dean's made a couple of saves really but we've had a couple of chances as well so you know maybe you know it's just tipped from the Liverpool performance and the game where we maybe should have got something and the other way tonight where we deserve to get something Chris you've said about not opening up but how pleased were you at the actual football that you played especially first half and I said a half time it wasn't just a battle and performance you'd have footballed Arsenal
I think that if people had watched us in the Championship last year and we tried to play our own way, we wanted to stick to our identity this year, we knew we had to tinker. and alter the approach in certain areas and key areas, and especially in the middle of the park. We played two midfield players last year, we knew we couldn't do that this year, but I think we've got the balance right and we've not been as clinical as we should have been with the chances that we've created. We try to play when we can and we just... We try to win a game of football, whatever means. If it has to go long, it has to go long. If we have to try and break the press, we'll break the press. We've got some talented boys that have been on the journey from League One and now they're playing the trade in the Premier League and Arsenal at home and winning.
It's not the biggest result in the club's history, but it's a fantastic one and a great reward for everybody connected to the football club because it's been quite a difficult journey getting to here.
Chris, you mentioned about having the extra midfield player coming in to the Premier League. Do you think when you're talking about getting the balance right in terms of actually trying to get more goals, do you think at times this season you will go for the sort of attacking player behind those front players?
I think there's a time and a place, but we have to look at every game on its merits, and that's what we've tried to do, and defensively we're solid. As I said, we want to go forward, we want to drive their best players back, but knowing that just the difference in the Championship at the top of the pitch, some absolutely incredible players that start and then come off off the bench like even even tonight and when we played at you know all the games that we've played so you know we have to we have to make sure we get get that get that balance right but you know this was obviously always going to be a game where we had to make sure that defensively we all did our jobs and kept a really good shape shape behind behind the front two but you know still wanted us to to go forward and i thought we had some you know some decent opportunities as well and
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What does Sheffield United's victory over Arsenal mean for the club?
0:00–4:59
2
How did Chris Wilder's game plan lead to success against Arsenal?
4:59–9:07
3
What tactical adjustments did Sheffield United make this season?
9:07–12:05
4
How did Sheffield United manage to limit Arsenal's chances?
12:05–16:37
5
What factors contribute to Arsenal's struggles this season?
16:37–21:01
6
What insights does Patrice Evra provide about his ultimate XI?
21:01–26:29
7
How does Patrice Evra compare players from different eras?
26:29–59:29
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