FOOTBALL DAILY: Arteta's Arsenal charge on | Carrick cools United jets | 'Heavenly' Parrott

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1:00their place in the last four of the FAI Cup as the semi-final lineup is confirmed. But first, Arsenal boss, Michaela Tetta says they've shown their capable of performing at an even higher level than last season after their two-on-win over Chelsea yesterday. The Premier League champions came from a goal down to make it maximum points from their opening three games. Morgan Rogers gave Chelsea the lead after just 77 seconds. Performer Chelsea Mann, Kai Havards, equalised in the first half. And Arsenal captain Martin Oedogard made sure the gunners took all three points. Depends on how we maintain and sustain that desire, that handfulness, and continue every day to try to find a better visual of myself. And the team, we still have a lot to grow and a lot to offer. And this is ambition of the team. Chelsea boss, Chabby Alonso liked his team's desire to fight until the end of the match. Alonso says he's pleased, but how things are going so far, despite the first loss. This is game three or four as of this new start and this new phase that we are starting

2:01with with Chelsea. But I'm happy with the spirit and the attitude from the players. They have given everything. They have tried and they fought really hard. Arsenal keeper David Rios says the champions are playing with freedom, though. I have to say, it's a relief to make these fans and these people around the club really, really happy. Hopefully we can keep playing this way because we know how good we are and we know we can beat anybody. Chelsea captain Reese James says they don't want to get too bogged down with talk of titles. I will always see where we are at the end of the season. We know what we have to do. We have to focus on ourselves and don't let other teams to strike us. I was joined the commentary yesterday by Vinnie Perth for the match and on the final whistle, he said Arsenal overcame one of their toughest tests so far. I think anyone that thought Arsenal were the Premier League favourites, you wouldn't change your mind after watching that one. No, I think they were tested today. I am absolutely tested. But they've become this sort of almost different team already, a couple of games in. I mean, defensively they've been so solid and we know that under set pieces are so strong.

3:03But there was a bit of resilience today. It was a bit of, I won the league. I know it takes to win the Premier League from the players and beat the chest a little bit and they came out and they were absolutely outstanding, particularly before it's 25 minutes to their second half. At times I was blown away by them because we don't associate Arsenal with beautiful, one-touch progressive football, but there was a lot of loose show today. We're back in the day, we're not certainly not since the likes of Henri or overmarried at M-Toy players. It was a throwback to that at times today. It was just brilliant to watch. Yeah, I would imagine just the fact that they are the champions that they got the monkey off their back. You think back to some of the games over the last few years, especially at the Emirates, where just the tension in the stadium because everyone kept labelling them as bottleers even though the first few times they were in tightly racist, they probably over-achieved. Everyone expected them to win at last season. They said it's yours to win and they went out and they did it and now they seem to be playing with the shackles off a little bit. There's so many options.

4:04The winning goal was a thing of beauty in terms of, like, if I was playing fantasy football, average should be getting the assist even though he didn't touch the ball. Yeah, and that's the point for me. I think I've got a view in football and not everyone shares it, but once you win your fourth league title, people say the second ones are a bit hard because teams are worth for it. I think as a player, as a staff, you sort of grow in stature and the fears like they've grown in stature over the offseason for me. I think they know they know how to win it. It is help, there's a lot of transition in clubs. Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea R, where they are in the city have lost the great pep. They probably fear now they're a little bit ten-foot taller than they were to finish in the season last year. But in terms of it, I think when you look at that goal, the quality in it and solace don't really well, but he forays a ball in and we're all expecting however to take a touch and the vision and the quality just to let it go. Then Odegard, who was absolutely standing in the game, gets it out of his feet, two touches

5:06and smashing into Rufner. It was a brilliant team goal and there was lots of almost brilliant team goals like that form. And if you want to hear that back and full, you can do so now in your OTV football podcast feed for free. Manchester United boss Michael Carrick insists their start of the season isn't that bad. Despite a two-all draw away to Everton, which left them with just four points from three matches. Despite going ahead twice in the game, United will repag back and stop its time after an absolute screamer from substitute Ainsley Madeleine Niles on his Everton debut. We were not close to coming away with three points today. That's football, it's a little moments that we can deal with a bit better but we'll be fine. Everton, boss David Moise says he's keen to build Jack Greenish's fitness to reach his maximum capability. The England international came off the bench in the second half after returning alone from Manchester City. But Greenish is still recovering from a foot injury he picked up at the start of this year. He just wants to be involved in football all the time. I want to get him fit and ready and do know all the other parts of it as well, which we

6:07require at Everton. But I have to say, he gives us something else that he can ball carry and retain the ball. So hopefully we can get him into top form. Brian Carrick joined Dave McIntyre on commentary yesterday and on the final whistle he said it was a good end for Everton on a tough week off the pitch. Just one more quick word on Everton, it's been a tough week for them. David Moise likes being the underdog. He's always, always the underdog apart from that spell when he was actually in the technical area at Manchester United. So it was the sort of finish to the week that he desperately needed, do you think? It'll kind of steal them from what's to come, the weeks to come? Yeah, I think Dave had a very good start to the season. Then there was a lot of negativity to beat. The one with the Leacop game at Preston as well, one of his former clubs. But I think that was a way of, and then the negativity kind of seemed to roya significantly when the transfer window finished and they did new end and significant and they lost so many players which aim as calm and gone, passing and gone from the Roy back position and battle

7:09losing, battle as well. And so today I think had they lost today, there would have been a lot increasing negativity around them and around the ownership and the lack of ambition maybe of the ownership. So when you pull something out of the game like that, it kind of calms everything down. And I think they would feel like it was a good week for them and the decent result to get a point against Manchester United. How they're going to deal with the rest of the season. Again, of course, it remains to be seen, but it is a boost to be on beaten after three games given that they haven't been playing any of this promoted so it's. Gary City, Captain Michael Duffy scored twice in their FAI Cup quarter final win over Dundock at the Rhymek Bride Brandywell. The former Dundock Winger also created a goal to help Injum Busce, Mark Hamley side overturned an early deficit to win 4-2. Gary who are sixth in the Premier Division will travel the goal he united in the last four and the winners of that tie will play Bohemians or Waterford.

8:12That semi-final will take place at Dailyman Park and both matches will be played in October. Livingston of Sacklen, Wieland, after just five championship matches in charge, the former Ireland international was appointed in late May after the relegation from the Scottish Premiership. After a narrowly missing out on progress from the Premier Sports Cup group stage in July, Livingston of 1-2 and lost three of their five lead games, former Busce and current sporting director David Martindell has been placed in temporary charge alongside former President and Hard's coach Frankie McAvoy. Troy Parrish will start his Champions League journey with Ray Abettas tomorrow against Leal, fresh and scoring the winner on his home debut against Real Madrid last Friday. And on this week's football Saturday, Shane Keegan, Owen Doyle and Johnny Ward were on with John Duggan and Owen Doyle described the feeling as heavenly for the former Belvedere man. He was the toast of Seville. At the heavenly forum. And they're giving for, I was just thinking of Pelagrani after.

9:15He's not to be any worried that he's so in Troy Parrish or anything, but you always want your Stroygers to be a certain way. And a Stroyger that has instinct is the greatest trait you could possibly ever have. He's a fully mature football player, I think, mentally. But he's not thinking of it the way he speaks, the way he carries himself in his interviews after he has great successes on the pitch. You know, the moment is well done, where he looks for the flag. Yeah, he looks for the flag. And there's no flag. Yeah. Can you imagine? Yeah. Can you imagine? Yeah, I'm sorry. You hit the back of the net. You think you've cheated. I've sorted here. And then when the flag stays down, you're like, yes, I've got to be able to. It's unbelievable. See how he behaves in that moment to react way, did you have to be incredibly fit? I know that's the ones like a madman because you just made this sloy wrong. But when you're incredibly fit, your mind works in a sharper way because you always have full belief in yourself that you can achieve. And I only really, really love is looking at getting into your later years of playing or whatever. You just, your body can't do it anymore or whatever. You won't get to what you're for your brain wants to. But he looks like he's an incredible shape and he has done for the last number of years.

10:18You kind of, I suppose we all seen that with the, the guy on hungry. You know, we seen the instinct. We seen how far away he was from the play when Liam scales is making his jump and the ground he made up to the grand end of it. I'm going to make sure I get on the end of this. If it does land towards me and it did back in the net, heaven, heaven. And that's available to listen back to now in your OTB football podcast feed. Remember, listen to all over football coverage and become a member and sign up it off the ball.com forward slash join. That's all we have time for in today's football daily. I'm Philly Egan and I'll be back on more tomorrow. The Off the Brawl rugby Roach show is coming to your province.

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