Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Everton at Emirates Stadium (kick-off 17:30 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Arteta started with an update on Martin Odegaard and Leandro Trossard, stating he will speak to doctors on whether they can be involved.
There are no fresh injuries from the midweek game and Ben White is fit and could make his return against Everton.
He says Fabian Hurzeler reaching out after he criticised Arsenal's style of play shows "positive things" about the Brighton boss: "It's a personal conversation. He's made comments, certain comments he made before, and I think it says a lot of positive things about him as a person. I think he is a fantastic coach and the work he is doing at Brighton is really good."
When asked if he hopes Tottenham Hotspur stay up for the North London derby he said: "It's one of the most beautiful games that we have because when there is such passion and rivalry, when it's in the right way in sport, I think it elevates the game and the feelings and the emotions after winning to a different level. It's not for me to say what's going to happen, but I can certainly describe how it's been to play against each other."
After being asked whether the in-swinging corners that everyone is picking up on might "break" the game he said: "That's where there are rules. If we don't want to see long throws it's very simple, give four seconds for the long throws if you need. The biggest problem is the man-to-man. If all managers agree you cannot defend the man-to-man tomorrow you're going to have a different league. I guarantee you a different league."
When asked why only six Premier League games this season have been won by four or more goals he said: "This is the reality and if you don't want to see it, it's because probably we have to change the glasses of the perspective that we see the game because this is the reality of our league right now."
On the international break: "It's a period that I don't enjoy a lot, especially when we have 18, 19 players playing and especially with what happened in our recent history with very important players."
Discussing Bukayo Saka's recent form, Arteta said: "What he's doing for us, for this club, is just incredible at his age and he's continued to have that massive impact for us. He can have an individual performance that is not probably a reflection of his level, like every human, every player in the world. But overall when you look at his strength and the impulse he has in the team, it's just incredible."
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