{"id":535973,"date":"2026-03-21T03:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/535973\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T03:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:25:08","slug":"mikel-arteta-tells-arsenal-players-and-fans-to-attack-carabao-cup-final-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/535973\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta tells Arsenal players and fans to \u2018attack\u2019 Carabao Cup final | Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal<\/a> supporters to \u201cattack the final\u201d alongside his players when they face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Premier League leaders remain in contention for four trophies this season but almost six years have passed since they last lifted major silverware, when Arteta won the FA Cup in his first season in charge. \u201cWhen you have been in this position and [gone] years without winning a trophy obviously it adds more necessity, but as well more drive because you really want it and that\u2019s something that we have,\u201d said the Arsenal manager. \u201cThat is something really important for us and something that we\u2019ve been trying to achieve for a while, and I know we have the opportunity to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Arsenal\u2019s 2020 FA Cup victory<\/a> taking place without supporters at Wembley due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Arteta can rely on plenty more noise this time round. \u201cBe with us, push for every ball, for every action,\u201d he said when asked for a message for the fans. \u201cShow how much we really want it and together attack the final.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arteta refused to be drawn on whether victory would mark a new, glorious era for Arsenal, the 43-year-old very much on guard throughout his pre-match press conference. \u201cYou live the moment and the present \u2026 that\u2019s the only focus that you can put in,\u201d he said. Have his players discussed the quadruple at all? \u201cNo, because we know that we need to go game by game and trophy by trophy. The fact that we are at the end of March and we are in four competitions<\/a> tells a lot about the team. As I said, now it\u2019s about the next step, the next game and the defining moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike Pep Guardiola, who has confirmed James Trafford will start for City at the weekend, Arteta did not reveal which goalkeeper he has chosen. While David Raya is his No 1, Kepa Arrizabalaga has been Arteta\u2019s pick in the domestic cup<\/a> competitions.<\/p>\n

Arteta also did not confirm if Martin \u00d8degaard and Jurri\u00ebn Timber will be available. \u00d8degaard has not featured since the north London derby in February because of a knee injury while Timber was forced off in the first half against Everton last weekend. \u201cWe have another session tomorrow, so let\u2019s see if they can make it,\u201d said Arteta.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard was asked about his relationship with Guardiola, under whom he worked as an assistant coach at Manchester City. \u201cThe feelings from my side hasn\u2019t changed at all,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s in Manchester, I\u2019m in London. We are managing two different clubs.<\/p>\n

We cannot spend time together. That\u2019s important in our relationship, but it\u2019s not the most important thing. Because what I feel about him and the time that we had together and what he did for me, the inspiration has been since I was little for me. That\u2019s never going to change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal supporters to \u201cattack the final\u201d alongside his players when they face Manchester City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-535973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}