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🧵 Quotes thread Gameweek 34 [Sunday]

🔫 Arsenal

📢 Mikel Arteta pre-match on making eight changes: "It's just to prepare for today's game the best possible way. We played 40 minutes [against Villarreal]..."

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📢 Arteta pre-match on making eight changes: "...with 10 men and we have had a crazy schedule.

"We know the risks we are taking every week. Last week we took the risk with [Alexandre] Lacazette and..."

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📢 Arteta pre-match on making eight changes: "... we lost him [Lacazette]. We need fresh players."

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📢 Arteta post-match on David Luiz's injury: "We don't know. He felt something in his hamstring so it's not good news. He's put in such a shift to be back with the team for the last few weeks after..."

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📢 Arteta on David Luiz's injury: "...the knee surgery. It's a real shame."

On Alex Lacazette & Kieran Tierney: "They haven't trained with the team yet so I think they're unlikely to be [ready for Villarreal]."

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📢 Arteta on Newcastle win: "The only downside is the one with David [Luiz] because we know how important he is to us. I think we lost him today."

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📢 Arteta on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang lasting 78 minutes: "We thought that he wasn't going to manage that.

"On Thursday and the day before, he was struggling and he could only manage to play..."

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📢 Arteta on Aubameyang lasting 78 minutes: "...10 or 15 minutes but the day afterwards he was starting to feel better. It's good to see he was fine, he performed well, scored a goal too. It's a real positive."

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🏰 Newcastle

📢 Steve Bruce on Arsenal defeat: "We are delighted to see we are a bigger threat. Allan Saint-Maximin in the last few weeks has produced all sorts of magic but it wasn't quite there today..."

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📢 Bruce on Arsenal defeat: "...it was simply that service to [the attackers]. I think Allan probably played too deep. He was a little frustrated and got too deep."

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📢 Bruce: "We've never thought [we're safe]. We have four games left and we still have a lot to play for."

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🗡️ Sheffield United

📢 Paul Heckingbottom: "The goals in the second half...Spurs will think they're ruthless on the counter [attack] but where we lose the ball and how we concede is poor."

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🤍 Spurs

📢 Ryan Mason on Gareth Bale: "He's world class, we know that. Everyone who has watched football over the past 10 years knows what he can do. His finishing was outstanding."

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