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OFFICIAL: West Ham United vs Arsenal lineups

As a Man united fan, which loss hurt you the most this season ?

🎙 Pep Guardiola at the end of his press conference: “COME ON YOU IRONS “ ⚒️😂

🎙️ Pep Guardiola: “Phil Foden’s effort playing as a defensive midfielder was incredible. It’s not usual for him. He helped us a lot to keep the ball!”

🎙️ Pep Guardiola on Jeremy Doku: “Absolutely, I completely agree [that he’s one of the most difficult players to face at the moment]!

Always he’s had this ability to drop the [opposition] team with the dribbles, but we’ve missed maybe the last pass or goals. But this season, he made an incredible step forward that the players must do to try to be better and better.

It belongs absolutely to him, the confidence and trying it! In good teams, you need the people up front, not just Erling… They need to make actions like that to win games.

We tell him that if he wants to become a better player, you have to win games for yourself. It’s not enough to make a good action or cross, you have to win games…

Everybody knows, it’s not necessary to tell you, everybody knows that he made an incredible step in that sense. ‘I’m Jeremy Doku, I’m going to win games!’ The big players, the greatest players have that mentality.”

🎙️ Pep Guardiola: “At Everton, we gave it away, but it’s football and it happens. It’s about how you react; look today at Marc Guehi, how incredible a performance with Nathan Ake he has done. I’m really pleased for the way we have done it.”

David Ospina on his experience playing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo: ​"From the moment you greet him, you feel a completely different aura. He is a winner, disciplined, and well-informed.

When you sit down to talk with him, he can discuss anything—from nutrition to culture and so much more. It was a source of great pride for me to have been his teammate."

​~Gol Caracol

Arsenal's approach to London derbies keeps things simple. For the away match against West Ham, the squad skips the hotel stay and meets at the training ground in London Colney. They travel together by team bus for the 35-kilometer journey directly to the London Stadium, ensuring the routine remains as close to a home game as possible. After the final whistle, the team heads straight back to North London.

There will be no love lost today when Declan Rice faces his former club. The midfielder is among the fancied names to get on the scoresheet (12%), while Viktor Gyökeres stands out as the overwhelming favorite to score first (35%).

Here's the XI I'd go with for today's game...if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Abou Diaby on Arsene Wenger: "I have profound RESPECT for him! I wish there was a stronger word than 'Thank you'... He gave me the chance to evolve at Arsenal, to grow there as a man, to reach the highest level. He trusted you even if you didn't trust yourself, he was determined to make you achieve excellence in everything you did."