Arsenal defender Cedric Soares has waxed lyrical about Mikel Arteta, revealing that the Gunners manager works on “every detail of the game”.
The Arsenal squad seem very happy working with Arteta, with Champions League football on the agenda after six years out of the competition.
They came very close last season, eventually finishing in fifth place behind arch-rivals Tottenham.
Despite a disappointing end to 2021/22, optimism is high with Arteta at the helm, and Cedric has praised the Spanish manager for how he got his side out of their slump at the start of the campaign.
The Gunners lost their opening three Premier League fixtures last term – failing to score a single goal and conceding nine – before a win against Norwich City sparked a lengthy unbeaten run.
In Amazon’s All or Nothing: Arsenal you can see Arteta’s team talk before the game against the Canaries, and Cedric said it was a “really good speech” that “helped to turn the season around”.
“We didn’t have the start of the season we wanted, I think this is obvious,” the 30-year-old said. “We had tough games, they weren’t easy at all but in the end, it was not the start we wanted and the team was a bit down which is normal.
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“I think Mikel tried to bring the group together; he had a really good speech.
“He always tried every week to change the speech, try to interact a bit with us, try to get a bit more emotions sometimes together with his plan tactically and you need to respect this.
“Just before we got to the pitch he tried to touch on some points where he knew was going to become much more emotional. I think it was good, very important and helped to turn the season around.”
Martin Odegaard told Football365 that he is learning “every day” from Arteta, and Cedric was unable to pick a specific moment when he was left amazed by his ‘detailed’ manager.
He said: “I would say maybe to pick a moment when he is not would be easier. He always tries to prepare the game with a lot of detail. In all the games we played there was a lot of detail in every perspective.
“He tried to help with a lot of information also with the game plan so we cannot really complain about not having enough information because he…
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