Both managers
will slug it out for the first time on Sunday afternoon (4.30pm) in the Premier
League clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and it will be the first time
both coaches experience coaching a club in a north London derby as well.
Arsenal
coach, Mikel Arteta has given his opinion on Tottenham coach Jose Mourinho,
ahead of Arsenal’s showdown with Tottenham labelled ‘the North London derby’.
Arsenal drew
2-2 at home to Spurs way back at the start of September in the reverse fixture
this season. That was when Unai Emery and Mauricio Pochettino were still in
charge of the respective teams.
Neither club
has enjoyed a successful season, with both struggling to even qualify for the
Europa League as the Premier League campaign finally nears its end.
In a recent
interview, Arteta revealed how highly he thinks of two-time Champions League
winner and three-time Premier League champion Mourinho.
When asked
whether Mourinho was still a world-class manager, Arsenal boss Arteta said:
“Absolutely.
“They have
had some up and downs, but overall you can clearly see what he wants to bring
to the club.
“He manages
the energy, the momentum and established a really strong culture in a strong
football club that does it. And as well, he makes sure that he wins, and he has
won in every single club that he has been.
“Obviously
the situation, the timing when he arrived, is different than starting a new
project right from the summer, but I am sure he will be successful.
“He has
always been. He always finds the right way to do it and it will take him a bit
of time, but I am sure he will do it.”
Arteta added:
“He has a very clear way of playing, a clear way of how he manages games.
“I think
clean sheets are obviously a big thing that he wants to do, but his teams –
don’t forget – always score a lot of goals. They have been really successful
and they have been able to win titles because of that.
“I think in a
long period they [Tottenham] have had a lot of injuries. So he hasn’t had the
chance to be consistent as well with his team and that’s a big disadvantage
that they have.
“I know he
has done it. I know people have worked with him and he always finds a way to be
successful and I am sure he will do it again.”
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