Mikel Arteta: "The decision not to put Zinchenko on the field is always difficult for me" (Oct. 31, 2024)

Mikel Arteta: "The decision not to put Zinchenko on the field is always difficult for me"

https://dynamo.kiev.ua/en/news/621523-mikel-arteta-the-decision-not-to-put-zinchenko-on-the-field-is-always-difficult-for-me 2024-10-31 11:55 The head coach of London\'s Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, admitted that he always finds it hard to ... Mikel Arteta: "The decision not to put Zinchenko on the field is always difficult for me"

31.10.2024, 11:55

The head coach of London\'s Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, admitted that he always finds it hard to decide to leave his team\'s Ukrainian defender Alexander Zinchenko out of the game.

Alexander Zinchenko and Mikel Arteta

"The decision not to put Zinchenko on the field in any given match is always very difficult for me. I come to this with only the intention of achieving the result with the kind of game I want to see. But Alex has been regularly proving for many years what he is capable of," said Arteta at the pre-match press conference before yesterday's 4th round match of the English League Cup against Preston (3:0), in which, by the way, Zinchenko was included in the starting lineup of Arsenal.

№	Team	M	Pts
1	Arsenal	38	85
2	Manchester City	38	78
3	Manchester United	38	71
4	Aston Villa	38	65
5	Liverpool	38	60
6	Bournemouth	38	57
7	Sunderland	38	54
8	Brighton	38	53
9	Brentford	38	53
10	Fulham	38	52
11	Chelsea	38	52
12	Newcastle	38	49
13	Everton	38	49
14	Leeds	38	47
15	Crystal Palace	38	45
16	Nottingham Forest	38	44
17	Tottenham	38	41
18	West Ham	38	39
19	Burnley	38	22
20	Wolves	38	20

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