Arsenal have ‘more belief’ to push for EPL title again after 3-0 humbling of Man City in Community Shield - Arteta

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Aug 16, 2026
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Well, I'm obviously extremely happy with the performance, with the result and winning the
first trophy. We talked about the desire that we have to start the season and to show ourselves
how much we want it and I certainly saw a lot of positive things there against our top opponent.
Probably there is more belief, you know how to do it, you know what it takes to win it and
and the contribution of everybody because last season that was the biggest asset of the team
that every single player contributed to make us champions and we know that that's going to be
exactly the same. I think it's down to the preparation that we've done in pre-season to
the decisions that the boys have taken after the World Cup to continue to get prepared to
come early because they wanted to be part of this and they really wanted to win the competition
because it's something that we earned last year and the chance to play against City here and
very impressed in the manner that we played, especially in the manner that we competed.
So that's the standard for us and if we drive the standards at this level I'm sure that we're
going to be really, really competitive. We want to go through it again you know and the desire
comes that I want to live that moment again. I want to live other moments even bigger than them
and we know what it's going to take, we know the difficulty of the task. That's why we never
to win it again so we know that it's going to demand something special and we are ready for it.
I think he's coming to the team and really organically, he's fitting,
he's a really intelligent boy and he has a massive quality which is when he's
in the last 20-30 metres he's so composed to beat people around the box
or to finish actions and he's shown that again two or three times and he was decisive.
He's so eager to learn, to improve, to practice and it's not a coincidence. He's a really
consistent player in everything that he does and I'm really impressed with him.
He missed five or six months for different things and it was extremely difficult for him to get any
momentum so I'm sure this year if we can maintain his fit available with the players around him
we're going to see a very different Martin and I sense from the first day that he joined that he
has something else on the belly that he wants to prove and show because the team needs it as well.
Well we know that there are certain areas that through injuries we are weaker and we need to
strengthen. We are trying to do that, we've been trying to do that for weeks so only the
right opportunity and the club is available to do that.
