Arsenal will focus on one trophy at a time after winning Community Shield, Arteta says

Aug 6 – Arsenal will concentrate on one trophy at a time following their victory over Manchester City in a 4-1 penalty shootout within the Community Shield on Sunday which began their season on a excessive word, supervisor Mikel Arteta stated.

“That’s why we are here — to win trophies for this football club and make it successful,” Arteta informed reporters.

Asked if the win would increase expectations too excessive for the Premier League season beginning subsequent weekend, he stated: “I don’t know. I just wanted to grab that trophy as quickly as possible and then we can think about the next.

“Just the enjoyment of seeing so many pleased and proud individuals and the connection once more doing it for our supporters in Wembley feels very totally different, and that’s nice,” he said.

“We know it is soccer — you win a trophy in the present day however tomorrow you need to be coaching.”

Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard levelled the score with a deflected goal in the 101st minute, after Cole Palmer had scored for City in the 77th, sending the match to a penalty shootout.

English Football League referees are this season adopting new regulations to avoid wasting time by adding on the exact time lost in goal celebrations, substitutions or injuries.

Arteta said he was in favour of the new rules.

“I feel it is actually good to do this as a result of it was going too far I feel and now groups are going to need to suppose twice,” he said.

“Now we have now to be ready to play 100 minutes as a result of it will occur each single week.”

City manager Pep Guardiola said it had been a close match between the two teams.

“In the final 15-20 minutes of the primary half they had been higher. Second half we had been significantly better,” he told reporters.

“We would like to win in the present day, completely, however generally you need to settle for it and provides credit score to your opponent.”

Guardiola said his side had to get used to longer added time.

“We have to simply accept it. Now video games might be 100 minutes that’s for certain,” he stated.

—Reuters