‘Hungrier than ever’: Arteta urges Arsenal to maintain elite standards for title defence

I feel good, different, hopefully better. I'm more excited than ever, hungrier than ever and I cannot wait to start the Premier League at home in front of our supporters and have a great performance and win the match. I think those things have an incredible quality which is to maintain the standards daily at the really highest level and this opportunity that we have, I have no question that our players have that desire and that ambition to do that. Now it's something that we have to earn and do daily. They don't need any kicks. I see that. If they need a kick, believe me, they will get a kick. But they don't need a kick. What they need is the realisation of the energy and the desire and the passion that they have to go again this season. It's there, certainly there. And look after each other every day because we have built something that is special and it takes a long time to build it and we need to make sure that we look after it daily. That's the most important thing.