Mikel Arteta says Eddie Howe has “remodeled” Newcastle as he prepares to take his unbeaten Arsenal workforce to face the high-flying Magpies at St James’ Park on Saturday. Arsenal, final 12 months’s Premier League runners-up, are second within the desk behind Tottenham after seven wins and three attracts in 10 video games. However they suffered a chastening 3-1 midweek defeat towards West Ham within the League Cup, on the identical night that Newcastle beat Manchester United 3-0 at Outdated Trafford.
“We all know the requirements and we all know that the way in which we performed, particularly within the second half the opposite day was not ok,” stated Arteta, who made a number of modifications on the London Stadium on Wednesday.
The Spaniard stated St James’ Park was one of many “hardest locations” to win.
“We have finished it and there may be nothing new to it, we all know what we’re anticipating,” he stated. “It is vitally clear what they do, what their strengths are, and the place the alternatives are for us. We are going to attempt to take the sport the place we wish.”
Arteta stated Howe deserved big credit score for the job he has finished since taking up late in 2021, weeks after a Saudi-backed consortium purchased the membership.
Sixth-placed Newcastle beat struggling Manchester United regardless of a much-changed line-up and are additionally enjoying within the Champions League this season.
“I believe he has remodeled the membership, the surroundings, the environment and what he created within the workforce as properly,” stated Arteta.
“They’ve such a perception in what they do and that is an enormous praise to him for what they’ve finished.”
Arteta stated the Premier League was turning into ever extra aggressive, with a clutch of golf equipment inside placing distance of early pacesetters Tottenham.
“What has occurred within the final 5 years is unprecedented,” he stated. “It by no means occurred with the quantity of factors and degree of the groups.
“Now it is the quantity of groups with that degree that’s rising and rising. That is why evaluating to the previous on this league is a waste of time.
“It’s totally completely different to what it was, and that places the calls for of what we do each single day in a distinct scope.”
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