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	35	76
2	Manchester City	34	71
3	Manchester United	35	64
4	Liverpool	35	58
5	Aston Villa	35	58
6	Bournemouth	35	52
7	Brentford	35	51
8	Brighton	35	50
9	Fulham	35	48
10	Chelsea	35	48
11	Everton	35	48
12	Sunderland	35	47
13	Newcastle	35	45
14	Crystal Palace	34	43
15	Leeds	35	43
16	Nottingham Forest	35	42
17	Tottenham	35	37
18	West Ham	35	36
19	Burnley	35	20
20	Wolves	35	18

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