Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says his players should "be part of a different club" if they cannot deal with the "noise" as his team bid to end their 22-year wait for a league title. It led to accusations of Arsenal being 'bottlers', a word Arteta says is "not part of my vocabulary". Ahead of the North London derby, when asked how to stop the external noise overwhelming his side, Arteta said: "You ask them the question: do you want to be part of the noise? "If not, go and do something else, be part of a different club. "Noise is part of it and the bullets are part of that and we try to deal with it in the right way and achieve what we are looking for."

Source: BBC February 22, 2026 18:59 UTC