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	28	61
2	Manchester City	28	59
3	Aston Villa	28	51
4	Liverpool	28	48
5	Manchester United	27	48
6	Chelsea	27	45
7	Brentford	28	43
8	Everton	28	40
9	Bournemouth	28	39
10	Fulham	27	37
11	Sunderland	28	37
12	Newcastle	28	36
13	Crystal Palace	27	35
14	Brighton	27	34
15	Leeds	28	31
16	Tottenham	27	29
17	Nottingham Forest	27	27
18	West Ham	28	25
19	Burnley	28	19
20	Wolves	29	13

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