VIDEO SHOWS: ARSENAL TRAINING AND SOUNDBITES FROM MANAGER MIKAEL ARTETA'S PRESS CONFERENCE AHEAD OF PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH WITH ASTON VILLA SENDING WITH FULL SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT SHOWS: LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 25, 2025) (REUTERS - access all) 1. ARSENAL MANAGER MIKEL ARTETA AND ASSISTANT GABRIEL HEINZE WALKING OUT TO TRAINING SESSION LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 5, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA - access all) 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARSENAL MANAGER MIKAEL ARTETA ON ASTON VILLA SAYING: "For what they've (Aston Villa) been doing, the way they've been playing and winning matches, certainly (it) is a team that is in great form and we know that. We know, obviously, the manager and the incredible job that he's done there as well. So we know the task tomorrow, but we always take it as an opportunity." LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 25, 2025) (REUTERS - access all) 3. ARSENAL PLAYERS TRAINING 4. DECLAN RICE WITH EBERECHI EZE AND NONI MADUEKE LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 5, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA - access all) 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARSENAL MANAGER MIKAEL ARTETA ON ASTON VILLA SAYING: REPORTER: "Do you see Aston Villa being a title challenger?" ARTETA: "Well, if they continue to look where they are already, so if they continue what they've been doing, I think any club, any team in that position has chances for sure." LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 25, 2025) (REUTERS - access all) 6. VARIOUS OF ARSENAL PLAYERS TRAINING WITH ARTETA IN THE BACKGROUND LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 5, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA - access all) 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARSENAL MANAGER MIKAEL ARTETA ON CHANCES OF WINNING THE LEAGUE SAYING: "We'll be the squad that we believe he was the best one to give us the possibility to do it. Is it where I want it to be? No, because of the injuries that we have. To have a squad means that the players have to be fit and available because that has a lot of consequences. Not only during matches, but as well in the way that we prepare for the week, and the options that we have to change and keep the freshness in the team; but certainly very happy with how we dealt with certain situations." LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 25, 2025) (REUTERS - access all) 8. VARIOUS OF MADUEKE TRAINING/ ARTETA AT TRAINING LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 5, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA - access all) 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARSENAL MANAGER MIKAEL ARTETA ON BUYING PLAYERS IN JANUARY SAYING: "We always have to be prepared. I mean, the moment that we have an option to touch the squad, to improve the squad, or to protect the squad, depending on what happens, I think we need to be open for a time to what is going to happen from here till the window is closed as well, its football. So we don't know, but we're certainly going to be alert and we know where the risk can come in terms of the squad and be ready just in case we have to do something." LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 25, 2025) (REUTERS - access all) 10. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS TRAINING LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 5, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA - access all) 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARSENAL MANAGER MIKAEL ARTETA ON IF MIKEL MERINO CAN PLAY AS A STRIKER SAYING: "I think he has earned at least the thinking behind it for the way he's performing and the impact that he's bringing to the team. So that's a yes." LONDON COLNEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 25, 2025) (REUTERS - access all) 12. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS TRAINING 13. WIDE SHOT OF TRAINING GROUND STORY: Aston Villa have proved a thorn in Arsenal's side in recent seasons but manager Mikel Arteta regards Saturday's (December 6) trip to the Midlands as an opportunity, not an obstacle as his side seek to stretch their lead in the Premier League title race. Arsenal are in the ascendancy and if they beat Villa, they would move eight points clear of Pep Guardiola's team and nine ahead of third-placed Villa. Villa boss Unai Emery, whose sacking at Arsenal paved the way for Arteta's appointment, has put Villa into the top four and they have a league-high 25 points from their last 10 league games after Wednesday's 4-3 win at Brighton & Hove Albion. "Well, for what they've been doing, the way they've been playing and winning these matches, certainly it's a team that is in great form and we know that," Arteta told reporters on Friday (December 5). "We know, obviously, the manager and the incredible job that he's done there as well. So we know the task tomorrow but we always think it's an opportunity." (Production: Simon Ormiston & Martyn Herman) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
