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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ed Aarons

Mikel Arteta turns to tunes to ‘change our mood’ before Arsenal’s Zagreb test

Mikel Arteta holds a ball in training.
Mikel Arteta has been playing music to his Arsenal players in training. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters

Mikel Arteta is hoping the sound of music can help Arsenal seal a place in the top eight of the Cham­pions League and has urged his ­players to take out the frustration of letting slip a two-goal lead against Aston Villa when they face Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday night.

Victory against the Croatian side would put Arsenal on the verge of qualifying directly for the last 16 with a trip to Girona next week in their final fixture to come. Arsenal will again be without William Saliba after the Frenchman missed the draw against Villa on Saturday with a hamstring strain, although Arteta said the defender was “evolving well”.

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