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	31	70
2	Manchester City	30	61
3	Manchester United	31	55
4	Aston Villa	31	54
5	Liverpool	31	49
6	Chelsea	31	48
7	Brentford	31	46
8	Everton	31	46
9	Fulham	31	44
10	Brighton	31	43
11	Sunderland	31	43
12	Newcastle	31	42
13	Bournemouth	31	42
14	Crystal Palace	30	39
15	Leeds	31	33
16	Nottingham Forest	31	32
17	Tottenham	31	30
18	West Ham	31	29
19	Burnley	31	20
20	Wolves	31	17

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