Live broadcast, August 5th News in an interview, Arsenal manager Aalter Tower reviewed the process of competing for the Premier League championship with Manchester City last season, he said, the first few weeks after the failure of the competition champion were very difficult.
Aalter Tower said like this: “The first few weeks are very difficult. The first thing you have to do is to look in the mirror and understand: Is there anything you should do better or differently? If so, learn from it. Judge yourself-are you still the right person to drive the club and the team forward in the way you want? Do you have that kind of energy and belief? I thought very carefully, but the answer was yes. I felt full of vitality and enthusiasm.”
When talking about the difference between Manchester City and his team, Aalter Tower said: “momentum, at the critical moment, things should develop in one direction. In many cases last season, things were beneficial to us, but this is not the case at the critical moment. One, two, three games, and then we lost the momentum and the opponent gained momentum. We are talking about such a team. If they need to win 25 games in a row, they have the ability to do this.”
“So the last thing they need is momentum and faith, which we gave them. We didn’t win some matches, and we have enough ability to win those matches. Everything is in our hands. At those critical moments, we are not cold enough, calm enough, lack of luck, or we have made some mistakes, which led to the occurrence of that situation. We must also realize this.”
Next, Arsenal will play Manchester City in the Community Shield Cup. Although Guadiola’s team lost Jindu and Mahres in the summer, Aalter Tower said Manchester City could not be considered to be at the end of a cycle. When talking about this topic, Aalter tower added like this: “I have heard this statement several times in the past seven years, and they have won five league titles. As a person who knows their head coach and club, I don’t think this will be the case.”
(Ma Dongyu)
