Mikel Arteta full transcript as Arsenal boss clarifies comments that angered Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta person been progressive successful a warfare oregon words - and the Arsenal brag has present deed backmost aft his broadside ran retired 4-2 winners implicit Leicester City

Mikel Arteta moved to clarify his comments astir having "all the information" connected Manchester City aft Pep Guardiola questioned whether they were related to the Premier League champions' 115 charges.

Guardiola said connected Friday: "Next clip Mikel has to beryllium much wide astir precisely what helium means. He said helium was present 4 years and knows precisely what happened here. That tin beryllium related to the process present with 115 charges, possibly helium knows accusation astir that? Or possibly helium had thing like, I don't know?"

Arteta has present deed backmost aft Arsenal ran retired 4-2 winners implicit Leicester City, insisting helium volition purely talking astir his erstwhile employers' volition to win.

The Spaniard said: "I tin repetition it precise clear, I emotion Pep, I've admired him since I was 10 years old. I respect him profoundly, I americium truthful grateful for everything helium did for maine and continues to bash for maine and I see him a friend.

"I emotion and respect each of the unit determination due to the fact that I worked with them for 4 years and erstwhile I said that I cognize them, I meant I cognize however hard they work.

"I haven't spot a quality being enactment arsenic hard arsenic Pep and the coaches and everybody successful that shot nine is consistently winning and the crushed they are determination is due to the fact that they proceed to support that hunger. This is precisely what I've learned and what I mean truthful it cannot beryllium anymore wide than that.

"If you privation to I tin repetition it but if idiosyncratic wants to harm the narration that's not successful my hands but that feeling is profound, helium knows it, the unit knows it due to the fact that I inactive support with them today, with the board, with the ownership, with everyone.

"In athletics determination has to beryllium a volition to win, they person it and I person it. We person it for definite due to the fact that we haven't won it but they person it adjacent if they person won it much than anybody other here.

"We person to larn and it has to beryllium inspiring for america and it is for me, this is what I mean. It's singular what they person achieved due to the fact that they person that consenting mentality, hopefully that is clear."

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