{"id":17982,"date":"2022-05-12T21:01:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T01:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/12\/he-complains-a-lot-antonio-conte-takes-aim-at-mikel-arteta-as-gabriel-injury-update-provided\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T21:01:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T01:01:28","slug":"he-complains-a-lot-antonio-conte-takes-aim-at-mikel-arteta-as-gabriel-injury-update-provided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/12\/he-complains-a-lot-antonio-conte-takes-aim-at-mikel-arteta-as-gabriel-injury-update-provided\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He complains a lot\u2019 \u2013 Antonio Conte takes aim at Mikel Arteta as Gabriel injury update provided"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte was not shy in taking aim at Arsenal counterpart Mikel Arteta, on the back of the clash between the two clubs on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The latest edition of the North London Derby, of course, played out a short time ago.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of a crunch Premier League showdown at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, both sides were no doubt fully aware of exactly what was on the line, amid the tense ongoing battle for a top-4 berth.<\/p>\n<p>And, when all was said and done, it was the evening\u2019s hosts who emerged triumphant, to close to within a point of the Champions League spots.<\/p>\n<p>A Harry Kane double, either side of Rob Holding\u2019s needless dismissal, set Spurs on their way to a comfortable three points, before Son Heung-min added some gloss to the scoreline early in the 2nd-half:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SONNNN!!! ?<\/p>\n<p>3-0 to Spurs\u2026 game over for Arsenal?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/En6JQa89Uc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/En6JQa89Uc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1524840350795321352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media on the back of a damaging night all-round for his side, it therefore came as little surprise to hear Mikel Arteta in altogether foul humour post-match.<\/p>\n<p>When drawn specifically on the standard of officiating in the clash, which saw both a penalty awarded against Arsenal and the aforementioned Holding sent off, the Spaniard suggested that revealing his true feelings would likely culminate in a six-month suspension on the part of the FA:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cIf I say what I think, I\u2019m suspended 6 months\u2026 I don\u2019t know how to lie, and I don\u2019t like lying, so I prefer not to say what I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta is not happy after today\u2019s North London Derby. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TOTARS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TOTARS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iyz8ZqHq0g\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Iyz8ZqHq0g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSportsSoccer\/status\/1524859540541513729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One individual, though, evidently left altogether unimpressed by Arteta\u2019s comments, was opposite number Antonio Conte.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in his own post-match press conference, Tottenham\u2019s boss took firm aim at his Arsenal counterpart, revealing his belief that Arteta simply complains too much:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Conte on Arteta: \u201cHe complains a lot. He has to focus on his work &amp; continue to work because he\u2019s very good. To hear someone complain all the time is not so good. At Liverpool do you hear me complain about Fabinho? No. He can take my advice if he wants, but if not I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alasdair Gold (@AlasdairGold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlasdairGold\/status\/1524868029070426123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Gabriel latest<\/h2>\n<p>Elsewhere on the Arsenal front, Mikel Arteta also took the time to provide an early update on the wellbeing of Gabriel Magalhaes.<\/p>\n<p>Gunners stopper Gabriel was forced to limp out of proceedings late at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with what appeared to be a muscular issue.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, ahead of a crucial meeting with Newcastle United at St. James\u2019 Park in just four days\u2019 time, the Brazilian\u2019s name unsurprisingly took centre stage in his manager\u2019s presser.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta, though, went on to reveal his hope that the problem will ultimately turn out to be \u2018not much\u2019:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Arteta on Gabriel<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGabi is not normally a player who asks to get off the pitch. He felt something but hopefully it\u2019s not much. It\u2019s a muscular problem and we\u2019ll have to assess it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Wheatley (@ChrisWheatley_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisWheatley_\/status\/1524861446764609557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/tottenham-and-arsenal-not-in-frame-for-raheem-sterling-ahead-of-summer-move\/\">Tottenham and Arsenal \u2018not in frame\u2019 for Raheem Sterling ahead of summer move<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/tottenham-chasing-everton-trio-as-conte-plans-rebuild\/\">Tottenham chasing Everton trio as Antonio Conte plans rebuild<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte was not shy in taking aim at Arsenal counterpart Mikel Arteta, on the back of the clash between the two clubs on Thursday evening. The latest edition of the North London Derby, of course, played out a short time ago. Ahead of a crunch Premier League showdown at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-17982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}