It was Amazon’s fly-on-the-wall documentary at Manchester City during the 2017-18 season that first offered a glimpse of Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta’s streetwise approach to coaching.
Cameras captured Arteta, who was then assistant to Pep Guardiola, giving a team talk in which he asked City players to make tactical fouls to stop counter-attacks. “David (Silva), Kevin (De Bruyne), Gundo (Ilkay Gundogan), make fouls,” he said. “If there is a transition, make a foul.”
