&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "‘Domination, clarity and understanding’: Arteta hails Arsenal’s perfect start to Premier League title charge")
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta felt his team’s 3-0 win over Coventry in the opening game of the Premier League season on Friday (Aug 21) proved that the Gunners have not lost their hunger for silverware. Picking up from where they left off last season, when Arsenal ended their 22-year wait for a league title, they cruised to a comfortable win, thanks to goals from Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard at the Emirates Stadium. Arteta, whose Arsenal is already touted as title favourites this season, was encouraged by his team’s relentless pressing against Frank Lampard’s promoted Coventry.
"They look exactly the same (as last season) to me. What I did transmit to them was to show more desire and earn the right to be better than everyone else," Arteta said. "There was a lot to like from the performance. It was a great result but also the manner we started the game.
"It was domination, clarity and understanding. It was really impressive."
Back from the off-season break, the Arsenal players never lost that touch and connection, as shown in their first win of the season.
"We were so dominant, we had incredible connections, we were really accurate with the ball," Arteta said. “The players have to be decisive, and they were today. They looked really connected and played with a lot of purpose.”
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All eyes on Bruno Guimaraes
Since joining Arsenal from Newcastle United ahead of the season, Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimaraes suffered an injury; however, Arteta does not expect him to miss action for long. Speaking on his recovery and comeback, Arteta said, "We don't expect it to be weeks at all.”
Odegaard, on the other hand, hailed Arsenal's ideal opening to the new campaign.
"The perfect start. Three goals and a clean sheet. It was really solid," the Gunners midfielder said. "The team's quality is unbelievable; we see that every day in training. The level we compete at is unbelievable, and we all push each other."
"We don't feel we have to defend anything. We want to do it again, and that's the mindset,” he said of Arsenal's belief in retaining the title. "Last year is finished now; we want to do it again, and we want to attack it and fight for it again."
