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The kids are worth a risk, says Arteta

Mikel Arteta made nine changes to his team for our Emirates FA Cup tie at Portsmouth, and his rotation policy was rewarded with a place in the quarter-finals.

Read on for some of the key quotes from our head coach's press conference - including Mikel's thoughts on Reiss Nelson and Sokratis.

on the performance…
To come here, to this stadium, with seven under-23 players, and to dominate completely is a little bit unrealistic but we went through that moment [at the start] and after that we started to take the ball and play in the opposition half and dominate the situation much better.