EXCEPTIONAL Eze’s IMPACT on Odegaard | Mikel Arteta EMBARGO | Arsenal v Liverpool

Mikel Arteta hails the ‘exceptional’ Eberechi Eze and the impact he’s had on Martin Odegaard’s form this season. The Arsenal boss was full of praise for Eze despite not using him at all in the last four matches. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro. 00:16 - Not surprised how Liverpool have fared?: they didn’t spend a lot last year and won the league. As soon as you have issues around the squad, then it’s not that perfect. We have to navigate that. 01:00 - Money doesn’t guarantee success?: There’s a lot of studies, especially the wages, and level of players, over a certain time you will be successful. 01:30 - Conversation about manager transition; in my house, they came and proposed to me. Five/six months in the job, from there we started to add value to those ideas. 02:15 - Main difference?: It was the same here. I never enforced that I wanted a certain player. Better to discuss about whether it’s right or wrong. 02:56 - Odegaard: he’s a massive player for us. Our captain. We started without him, the team is different with him. 03:40 - Eze arrival pushing Odegaard: I think we can extent that to any position in the squad. Ebs has been exceptional when he’s played and when he’s not. 04:13 - Eze: His level of desire is going higher. It’s been phenomenal. I’m confident we can see a great version of him in the next couple of months. 04:50 - Where is Eze best?: Depends the relationship around him and the type of game. He’s that good as a footballer he can occupy any space. 05:38 - Liverpool game irritate you?: It’s normal. It’s where we work. People can have different opinions. We know their physical states. We have the information and you don’t. 06:54 - Spreading goals: we want the goals spread and our striker scoring over 20, that’s the ideal scenario. 07:17 - Gyokeres close to scoring run?: better not to talk too much. The quality of player around them, they could go on a 10 game scoring streak. It’s normal. 07:39 - Competition to push him?: We’re not going to change his desire and work rate. It will be about the