00:00What is it that makes this Arsenal side so difficult to play against?
00:04Because they have a bit of everything, they're very, very good off the board,
00:08the best out-of-possession team in the league last year, all the data backs it up,
00:12they close down all your passing angles very, very quickly.
00:14We've not been exposed to that as a team, so I think that's why I'm sitting here
00:19saying fair play to the players and they'll tell you that on board.
00:21And then as they play, you can feel it on the side of the pitch,
00:24there's a high technical level, a high physicality about them, a great way of playing.
00:28It's very, very hard to high-press this team because they'll play through you and rip through you.
00:32So we decided we want to be more in the middle of the pitch and I thought we did some
00:36work really,
00:37really well to delay and then work the sides and then they just need a few moments to hurt you.
00:41So yeah, a very, very all-round strong unit that they've built.
00:45Is that just Arsenal or is that just the Premier League as a whole?
00:47Oh yeah, it's a clear step up, we know that across the league, but Arsenal are the best at it.
00:52They proved that last year and we felt that tonight and sometimes you respect the opposition
00:57and say that.
