Arteta’s side picked up where they left off last season, cruising to victory over out-classed Coventry thanks to goals from Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners have been installed as title favourites and their swaggering display suggested their rivals will struggle to keep up this season. Mikel Arteta said Arsenal’s dominant 3-0 win against Coventry in the opening game of the Premier League season on Friday proved the champions have not lost their hunger for silverware.
Mikel Arteta said Arsenal’s dominant 3-0 win against Coventry in the opening game of the Premier League season on Friday proved the champions have not lost their hunger for silverware.
“They look exactly the same (as last season) to me. “There was a lot to like from the performance. It was a great result but also the manner we started the game. Arteta hailed the cohesion between his players as they carved open the Coventry defence time and again, with new winger Christos Tzolis impressing on his league debut after joining from Club Brugge. “The perfect start. Three goals and a clean sheet. “Fantastic team, a good lesson for our boys to see the levels.
What I did transmit to them was to show more desire and earn the right to be better than everyone else,” Arteta said. “We were so dominant, we had incredible connections, we were really accurate with the ball,” Arteta said. It was really solid,” the Gunners midfielder said. They played like champions,” he said.
