Mikel Arteta was not pleased after the 3-0 victory over Prague Slavia, which brought the team a historically low finish, but said that the Gravs' mentality was more important for the statistics.

The Gunners recorded their tenth clean sheet in all their victories and repeated the club's record for the 1903/04 season by recording their eighth clean sheet in a row.. In addition, Arsenal became the first English team since Leeds United (1969/70) to win the first four games in a major European tournament without conceding a single goal.

“We need to work hard to achieve this,” Arteta said. “What’s most quiet, perhaps, is not the result itself, but the mood of the gravitationalists. It stinks to still talk about how we can color the results. There were one or two situations that we could have handled better."

The dry streak was not interrupted until the end of the match, when the referee awarded a penalty at the goal to Arsenal, but confirmed his decision after a VAR review.

“I’m not happy at all,” Arteta said. " Judge well done, let's be honest. I want to save this record, because I respect what it gives you, what you can steal. It would have been a good idea to give it like that"

Due to the injury of Victor Jokeres, Mikel Merino again had the opportunity to play in the position of central striker, who scored a double. Arteta praised the Spaniard's versatility, having scored 19 goals in 2025.

" This is his versatility, this is his way of thinking, this is his leadership,” said the coach.

“Today we don’t see many attacking gravitational forces, and we have to make other decisions. Liza becomes the champion and scores two goals."

Arteta added that he wanted Merino to no longer be a big forward, but he would now have even better timing and the ability to complete attacks in the penalty box, especially with one dot.

Young Champions League record holder Max Dowman, I would like to express my praise.

" Vin starts dribbling the ball and calls the foul. This is his character, this is his courage,” said Arteta.

" It doesn’t matter what is written in your passport, if you place him in this context, you will be able to adapt and perform well,” the mentor concluded..

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