there is no pressure because mikel arteta can say, there is no pressure — mikel arteta can say, thereo win this _ pressure. both teams want to win this a— pressure. both teams want to win this. a huge opportunity that whoever_ this. a huge opportunity that whoever wins this, in my mind, will io whoever wins this, in my mind, will go on _ whoever wins this, in my mind, will go on and _ whoever wins this, in my mind, will go onand win— whoever wins this, in my mind, will go on and win this cup competition. finally, _ go on and win this cup competition. finally, dreaded swirling production? i finally, dreaded swirling production?— finally, dreaded swirling roduction? ., ' , h production? iwill go 2-1 city. -- score line _ production? iwill go 2-1 city. -- score line production. _ production? iwill go 2-1 city. -- score line production. arsenal. production? i will go 2-1 city. -- i score line production. arsenalfans, do not worry. _ score line production. arsenalfans, do not worry. i— score line production. arsenalfans, do not worry, i am _ score line production. arsenalfans, do not worry

arsenal manager mikel arteta says his side can get even better after they increased their lead at ther league on new year's eve — which followed manchester city dropping points at home to everton. arteta's side face third—placed newcastle next, and he says he's not getting carried away. there is still a long run to go, my excitement comes in the dressing room when the players are talking about what they could do better, so they know we can still be better, play better, and against newcastle we have to be better. that play better, and against newcastle we have to be better.— we have to be better. that is all the support _ we have to be better. that is all the support for— we have to be better. that is all the support for now. _ we have to be better. that is all the support for now. happy - we have to be better. that is all the support for now. happy new we have to be better. that is all- the support for now. happy new year. at least ten people have been killed in the afghan capital, kabul, in an explosion at the entrance of the military airport. the taliban government has been battling

the match will see arsenal manager mikel arteta reunited with his former boss at city, pep guardiola. years as a player at the gunners, arsenal before moving to city, as assistant coach. it seems guardiola was always aware of his prodigee's ambitions. i know he went to the team, his club, you know, the team he dreams of. so he's, i think, a supporter for arsenal, for the fact he played there, was a captain there and he loves the club. i remember... i remember that when we were together here, when we scored a lot of goals with our opponents, always hejumped and celebrates, except one team. the one team every time i scored a goal, ijump, come back, he was sitting there. it was arsenal. so in that moment i said, "that guy, that guy likes arsenal." england's cricketers have fought back with the ball in their the first of their three one day internationals against south africa in bloemfontein. the host got off to a rapid start after winning the toss and batting, but moeen ali got the breakthrough and england took three more wickets. no joy though so far forjofra archer, who's playing for e

mikel arteta's side took full advantage of title rivals manchester city's defeat to manchester unitedmbled bukayo saka's cross into his own net after 1a minutes, and martin 0degaard added a second for arsenal's first victory at spurs since 2014. great to watch, i think it was a terrific match. i think we had some very good moments. i think we showed a lot of belief and determination, but as well, a lot of quality to play the way we wanted to play, to dominate the game. and it is never easy to play this way against this team in this particular stadium, so a lot of credit to the players with the courage that they showed. after the final whistle, there was a confrontation involving aaron ramsdale when a tottenham supporter attempted to attack the arsenal goalkeeper. the fa, the premier league and the met police have condemned the incident and said they are working together to ensure appropriate action is taken. kai havertz earned chelsea a narrow victory over crystal palace to ease the pressure on manager graham potter. chelsea stay in 10th place, despite the win, which is only their sec

the point leaves mikel arteta's side 8 points clear of second place manchester city.d dominated the game, the way we approach the whole game, the way we generated our situations but not enough chances. another great moment in time to score goal. we had some chances but there were penalties that were not given. manchester united have moved level on points with newcastle after they comfortably saw off bournemouth 3—0 at old trafford. casemiro, luke shaw and marcus rashford were on target for erik ten hag's side — who have now won 6 in a row in all competitions. having left old trafford recently, cristiano ronaldo claims he had �*many opportunities�* to join other clubs, after being unveiled by saudi side al nassr. just a warning of some flashing images to come. the 38—year—old is reportedly set to earn around $210 million per year. the 5—time ballon d'or winner says he turned down offers from clubs in brazil, australia, the us and portugal, before signing for the nine—time saudi pro league champions and could be in line for his debut as early as thursday. two more playe

current season, inchenko played 15 matches as part of the london team and provided one goal assist mikel arteta'seam maintains the leadership in the championship ahead of manchester city by five points plus arsenal have a game in hand meanwhile andriy yarmolenko scored his fifth goal for emirati al ain the ukrainian scored in the match of the 13th round of the united arab emirates championship against alba and echo in in the first half, yarmolenko realized a face-to-face exit, setting the score 2:0 in favor of al ain, this goal was not only a jubilee goal for yarmolenko as part of the emirati team, but also the first in the current year. seventh place in the league standings merkury yarmolenko now everyone is talking about the second offensive of the russians they are preparing big offensives just now i am reading the material eh well there is the ukrainian truth of life and here is the information of an interview with one of the pilots who are included in this group is the ghost of kyiv. he tells about the first days of the war on the first day of the great invasion and the battles of one plane

incredibly wants to play in arsenal, not just in england, not just in london, but in arsenal, mikel artetae man in your team in the arsenal and at the last moment, chelsea literally intercepted the wise man and, well, in fact, he took from his tray a very fundamentally, in principle, competitor to a large extent, the enemy and chelsea, which to a large extent, much more, has a- and at least the number of attacking footballers and competition in this position, but he promised the wise man, unlike arsenal, he promised in any case a place in the starting line-up that he would play from the first matches. well, plus, he encouraged him with a higher salary, and still, if arsenal offered five of half a million pounds, that is 2 million pounds more per year without any bonuses, a basic salary of 7.5 million pounds was offered to chelsea. well, actually chelsea behaved very aggressively yesterday, i mean in a good way aggressively there in social networks, he immediately posts on instagram that mudryk is ours, subscribe to mudryk, although there is one more, officially, not that officially, all th

the arsenal , not just in england, not just in london, but precisely in the arsenal permanent mikel artetawants to see the wise man in himself in the team in the arsenal and at the last moment , literally, chelsea intercepted the wise man and, well , in fact, he took from the tray from his very principled competitor, to a large extent, the enemy, and chelsea, who to a large extent , has at least the number of attacking football players and in this position competition, but he promised the wise man, unlike arsenal, he promised in any case a place in the starting line-up, which is why from the first matches, well , plus encouraged him with a higher salary, after all, if arsenal offered five and a half million pounds that's 2 million pounds more per year without any bonuses , a basic salary of 7.5 million pounds was offered to chelsea, in fact chelsea behaved very aggressively yesterday, i mean in a good way, aggressively there in social networks immediately put in instagram that mudryk is ours, subscribe to mudryk, although there is one more, it is not official, not that it is official yet,

the match will see arsenal manager mikel arteta reunited with his former boss at city — pep guardiola's heart lay. i know he went to the team, his club, the team that he dreams of and i think it's important for marcelo, for the fact that he played there is a captain and he loved the club,

arsenal manager mikel arteta wanted better.r referee, although he seemed keen to do both. newcastle's manager says they have no plans to sign cristiano ronaldo on loan in the future. right here, well, joelinton could have been the goal—scorer. it was a mild night forjanuary, at least there. but arsenal's frustrations grew. with every opportunity missed, the clock was ticking. deep into injury time now, can you see a handball there? the replays couldn't? no penalty. no goals. the draw means newcastle stay third, arsenal top. but as the touchline might tell you, being a title contender brings its own pressure. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. outbreaks of rain in most places and a lot of cloud overhead as well and partly because of all the cloud we have in the sky, it is going to be a really mild night. there is more rain to come through the rest of this week because the jet stream, the wind high up in the atmosphere, is aiming whether systems are straight towards our shores, and t

the match will see arsenal manager mikel arteta reunited with his former boss at city — pep guardiolapent five years as a player at arsenal before moving to city as assistant coach. it seems guardiola always knew where his protegee�*s heart lay. i know he went to the team, his club that he dreams of and i think it's important for the fact that he played there is a captain and she loved the club, i remember that we were together here, when we scored a lot of goals with celebrating, he thought of and i was sitting there and it arsenal. that guy, that guy likes arsenal. marcelo bielsa is in london for further talks with the everton hierarchy as they search for a manager after sacking frank lampard. bielsa, the former leeds united boss, is the favoured choice for owner farhad moshiri with the hope of finalising an appointment before the weekend. sean dyche is the other main contender to take over at goodison park. lampard released a statement tonight saying he's �*disappointed' that he couldn't achieve more at everton but wished and everyone at the club the very best for the future the fo

the match was goalless at half—time before three goals in the space of 13 minutes saw mikel arteta'sive goals in his last six games. the stumps the stumps was the stumps was important the stumps was important to the stumps was important to change the dynamic —— swabs. in openings we took the chances. do you have a strike at getting better— do you have a strike at getting better again by day?— better again by day? that's what we want _ better again by day? that's what we want from - better again by day? that's what we want from every i better again by day? that's - what we want from every player but eddie is scoring goals as well as contribute a lot to hours of playing. roberto martinez has been appointed portugal head coach. the 49—year—old spaniard stood down from the belgium role after their early exit from the world cup and replaces fernando santos who resigned after portugal's quarter—final defeat by morocco. portugal's campaign was overshadowed by cristiano ronaldo being dropped for the knockout matches and the 37—year—old's future will be high on martinez�*s agenda. gareth bale

gunners boss mikel arteta up against his mentor pep guardiola, at the etihad.en their fine run of form so far. i always hoped that was going to be the case one day. and it's happening this season. obviously, that's not going to change any friendships, the moments that we have, how important he is in my life, how important he is in my profession. we are both willing to win and defend our clubs in the best possible way. and that's always been the case since day one. sean dyche looks set to be named as everton's new manager — after frank lampard was sacked this week. he's a familiarface to the premier league. in a decade at burnley, dyche guided them to two promotions from the championship — and two top—half premier league finishes... and faces the task of saving everton's season. they're second from bottom — after picking up just 15 points from 20 games. nine time champion novak djokovic is on course for his tenth australian open title. after beating american tommy paul in straight sets. djokovic had raced through the previous rounds without any major incident. a

really going against them and heading all the way up to them and heading all the way up to the mikel arteta'shistory — reducing the height allowed for tackles next season to waist—level, in a bid to improve player safety. now importantly, this won't apply to elite level rugby union — it's only for the game below the championship. but the announcement comes on a day where more than 55 former amateur players have claimed that playing rugby has led to brain injuries. so what does all this mean for the sport? well, our rugby union correspondent chrisjonesjoins me now. the concussion crisis around rugby union has been here probably for around the last ten years, but it's picked up hugely in the last couple of years. we've seen over 200 former professional players declared their intention to sue the governing bodies because they don't feel they were properly protected and cared for over their brain injuries. and today, we've seen 55 players from the amateur game do likewise. so the rugby football union, rf you can't sit on their hands, neither can the governing body. so they must up make drastic ch

united are the only team that have beaten mikel arteta's team with the wind backin mikel arteta's teamue. i think the history and the _ positions in the league. i think the history and the clashes _ positions in the league. i think the history and the clashes and - positions in the league. i think the history and the clashes and the - positions in the league. i think the | history and the clashes and the way those _ history and the clashes and the way those two _ history and the clashes and the way those two clubs have completed, it tells you _ everything that you need to know before _ everything that you need to know before a — everything that you need to know before a match. it is huge match in the game _ before a match. it is huge match in the game around the country, and we need to— the game around the country, and we need to prepare for that. and the obviously— need to prepare for that. and the obviously the table says what it says right now. but our main focus is on _ says right now. but our main focus is on been — says right now. but our main focus is on been prepared for our bi

boss mikel arteta says his players are taking it one game at a time.et various dignitaries on his way to be unveiled to 30,000 fans in the stadium. last week the 37 year old joined the club in riyadh on a deal that runs til 2025 and will reportedly receive the biggest football salary in history at more than £177m per year. the 2021 uk championship winner zhao xintong and his compatriot zhang jiankang are the latest chinese players to be suspended from the world snooker tour for alleged match fixing. the 2021 uk champion zhao xintong is one of two more chinese players who has been suspended by the sports world governing body as part of its on—going investigation into match fixing. the 25—year—old xintong and his compatriot zhang jiankang bring the total to 10 chinese players who have been suspended by snooker�*s governing body. in a statement the wpbsa says any potential charges will be considered at the end of the investigation. both zhao and zhang have the right to appeal against the decision. lancashire�*s saqib mahmood is set to make his return from

mikel arteta's side went on to win the match 3—0. in the premier league. felix has joined the blues on loan from la liga side atletico madrid for the remainder of the season. chelsea sit tenth in the league table, and although potter has only been in the job for four months he's acutely aware of speculation been in the job for four months, he's acutely aware of speculation over his future. i think you always feel pressure. the higher— i think you always feel pressure. the higher you _ i think you always feel pressure. the higher you go, _ i think you always feel pressure. the higher you go, the - i think you always feel pressure. the higher you go, the more - i think you always feel pressure. - the higher you go, the more pressure there _ the higher you go, the more pressure there is— the higher you go, the more pressure there is from — the higher you go, the more pressure there is from the _ the higher you go, the more pressure there is from the outside, _ the higher you go, the more pressure there is from the outside, i— the higher

the match will reunite two great friends — arsenal manager mikel arteta and his former boss at city, ayed there, was a captain there and he loves the club. arteta says he was hoping to avoid competing against his old pal but does relish how arsenal are now fighting city for trophies. i always hoped that was going to be the case one day. and it's happening this season. obviously, that's not going to change any friendships, the moments that we have, how important he is in my life, how important he is in my profession. we are both willing to win and defend our clubs in the best possible way. and that's always been the case since day one. i'll have more on the fa cup shortly. but first, the father of novak djockovic says he had no intention of causing any disruption at the australian open by posing for pictures with supporters of vladimir putin who were waving russian flags. srdan djockovic says he wishes only for peace and will now be watching novak�*s semi final against america's tommy paul from home. and the winner of that match will face stefanos tsitsipas of greece in the final. tsit

mikel arteta's side went on to win the match 3—0.e job for four months he's acutely aware of speculation over his future. well, i think you always feel pressure and the higher you go, the more pressure there is from the outside, i guess, more pressure there is from the outside, iguess, pressure, noise, whateveryou outside, iguess, pressure, noise, whatever you want to describe it as. and especially it a club like chelsea, the responsibility, the history, the tradition of the club, there is noise, there is criticism, there is noise, there is criticism, there is noise, there is criticism, there is anything that you would expect and you just have to try to put it into perspective and try to keep going with yourjob and keep trying to improve and stay strong and get through. and gilly flaherty, who has played more games in the women's super league than any other player, has today announced her retirement from the sport. the liverpool defender, who also played for arsenal, chelsea and west ham, won four wsl titles, seven women's fa cups an

the interesting subplot to this arteta, they this is that mikel arteta, they managed learned his manageda at manchester them manchester city and left them three ago he that three years ago and he said that pep to mikel pep guardiola said to mikel arteta, they've been a great and massive on me. they massive influence on me. they learned manage different learned to manage in a different way, guy was only way, though this guy was only his he's gone to his number two, so he's gone to arsenal was going it arsenal he was going to get it this time last year. didn't win a game in january and there was talk of him going and now really turned around by lavishing turned around not by lavishing huge money, by huge sums of money, but by improving and improving players on pitch and getting players and getting more our players and moving troublesome players. getting more our players and molet's troublesome players. getting more our players and molet's see roublesome players. getting more our players and molet's see whatasome players. getting more our players and molet's see what happens ayers. so let's

will the pressure on will that put the pressure on mikel arteta's players 100% they did.ve to keep turning that screw they spurs off the two goals down in the week they've got to turn the screws so that they would have played twice before arsenal play could eat six points if they get eat up six points if they get the victory at home against wolves and then arsenal do have two games in hand but they've got to win those games. so it just adds a little bit more pressure onto arsenal and then you see if they can respond. so that's all you can do is when games edington get home. i did have a question and kevin europe a former arsenal player i was just wondering you know for many of these arsenal players today they haven't been in this position their careers before have what need have they? what do they need mentally in order to kind of rise to the challenge .7 well i'm rise to the challenge? well i'm going to be boring. i'm going to i'm going to say they've got to take it one game at a time. they've been they've been very consistent . and that's one thing consistent. and that'

the match will see gunners manager mikel arteta reunited with his former boss at city, pep guardiola.estershire. he's been appointed as head coach of forest green rovers. it's his first managerial role and he's taking overfrom ian burchnall, who left on wednesday. he does have a pretty big task on his hands — the club are bottom of league one, and have had just five wins in 28 matches this season. ferguson made 273 appearances at everton and also had two spells as their caretaker manager in 2019 and last year. he said he's ready for the challenge at forest green. there are talks within the everton hierarchy as they search for a replacement for frank lampard. the hope is to finalise an appointment before the weekend. sean daich is the other favourite to take over. wimbledon champion elena rybakina has another shot at winning a grand slam — this time in melbourne. she's through to the australian open final, where she'll play play aryna sabalenka. rybakina had a dominant performance in her semifinal, beating two—time champion victoria azarenka in straight sets. i got igota i got a lot of

we were chatting in the last error saying, mikel arteta was under all sorts of pressure last year, and chasers at manchester city? earlier, the mood had been cheerful. a reunion forjack grealish with finlay fisher, the young fan who was the inspiration for this celebration. and grealish was involved in the move which would end up almost inevitably in erling haaland scoring his 21st league goal of the season, celebrated without choreography. but everton held out against further damage and then almost from nothing. demarai gray produced a spectacular change of course, a thumping jolt to city, a more gradual drain of momentum for in—form newcastle at a soak st james's park. they couldn't find a way past leeds, but finish 2022 in third. manchester united were hoping to go fourth, but the molineux bench was acting as the naughty step for marcus. rashford dropped as he'd overslept and turned up late for a meeting. his manchester united team—mates were a little drowsy themselves in the first half against wolves, so at half time rashford came out of the doghouse and onto the pitch, and when it

mikel arteta knows his side need to be prepared for a real battle. opponent and their style of play, the fact that you do not play this every single day, so you have to get used to it. roberto martinez has been appointed as the new manager of portugal. the former everton boss left his role with belgium after the world cup. the spaniard will replace fernando santos, who stood down as manager after portugal's quarter—final loss to morocco at the world cup. martinez�*s own contract with belgium ended after their group—stage exit in qatar. he had been linked to a return to everton as the team struggles under frank lampard. wales manager gemma grainger has extended her deal to remain in charge of the national side until 2027. the new deal is reward for her efforts with wales — after attracting the interest of club sides. grainger succeeded jayne ludlow as boss in march 2021 and took wales to a first major tournament play—off final, where they were defeated 2—1 by switzerland. grainger said she was "delighted" to extend herjourney "working with this specia

league at the moment and they fantastic you look they fantastic football you look at and for me at mikel artetad he gets yellow cards and red cards. but you know what? if he was your manager, i mean, not your case because hag is a great because erik ten hag is a great manager, people would manager, but many people would look if he's your look and think if he's your manager, to him manager, you'd love to have him because galvanises the squad because he galvanises the squad passionate. he loves the club , passionate. he loves the club, and it just all seems to be working for us. so when i can't see any change in it, i'm just looking at the top four and then five points a trip for six points adrift, then comes and fifth place and there. so shaping up to be arsenal top yeah man city next right and they've played a game more newcastle played a game more and then united all play a game more so arsenal even have a game in hand with five point lead so far 50 points they're already on as well . yeah, but we are halfway well. yeah, but we are halfway through the season. i think arsenal fans and as any fo

doubt about that and arsenal neil newcastle neil not with newcastle neil not with newcastle but mikel artetaa decisions says he have had a couple of penalties yesterday doubtful very doubtful but he wasn't very happy so dropped a point. arsenal are still looking good the for the dogs and the bull's eye for the dogs and would dropped his dogs. would say dropped his dogs. frank he's got to win frank lampard he's got to win them but surely i they them but surely i think they probably they are probably are i think they are not yet in the cup of week and your time is numbered. we've axel very much . details axel thanks very much. details this after the break. this morning after the break. going through the papers to join with david mellor and wolf, don't go anywhere . and of don't go anywhere. and of course, they . welcome back at 739. let's bring up to date with all the morning's front pages. let's kick off with the telegraph. is with maths at the heart of the pm's vision for britain that previewing what we can expect from the prime minister's big speech , the mirror speech later today, the mirr

been season think they have been all season the look at it with mikel the way i look at it with mikel artetas from venga came in after us from venga didn't arteta comes in didn't work. arteta comes in changes things around young first job because you've been working on a pep guardiola and of course an arsenal legend and star, he won the fa cup, but it really wasn't working so i honestly do think if he was the stop he'd come in earlier stop if he'd come in earlier think the arsenal board would have .i think the arsenal board would have . i honestly do. have sacked him. i honestly do. but they knew they had no choice. have stick with choice. they have to stick with this guy because he's now we've got project and we've got to got a project and we've got to stick with it and it's just a great lesson. other clubs to show look it does work if you actually want to have actually hang clubs want to have success immediately they all need success immediate same as fans but arsenal now that it's playing what they've done, they play playing what they've done, they play fantastic football. you see the way