He was asked about the performance, Max Dowman, Christos Tzolis, transfer speculation and more. 

Here’s what he had to say…. 

On being back in action…

It was great, obviously. It was a different summer in terms of the time-out that we had. Last week we played a game in-house and I was very pleased with that and today as well I've seen a lot of things that make me very, very positive.

On Max Dowman…

That's what we want when you play for Arsenal. Expectations should be high and should be expecting really good things. We know what he's capable of doing. We want to be more consistent in terms of performance and the actions that he can deliver. I think today he had a really good game.

On Christos Tzolis…

I'm very pleased with him. First of all, the way he has adapted to the club, to the team. The connection he's already generated with the boys. I think you're going to love the player. He's a very direct player. He's got the ball between the eyes. I think really good at linking up. He has a lot of similarities with Leo in a lot of the things that he can do and the spaces he can occupy. And then the work ethic that he has. He's a boy that comes with so much hunger as well and wants to prove it. It's a dream for him and we are here to help him.

On Ethan Nwaneri’s coming season...

On the pitch, he didn't because a lot happened in Marseille. But when you just stand in front of him, you sense the maturity and he looks like a different man. The experience on paper, it wasn't ideal but I think he went through something that is going to help him a lot in his career.

On transfer speculation…

We are really active trying to improve and evolve the team; that's clear. We expect to have movements in the next few weeks, obviously. We want to get better like anybody else, and you just can see the transfer market and our opponents, what we are doing. We won’t sit still and we are very ambitious with what we are doing.

On why it is important to add players to the squad…

Because the margins are very small. Because we want to get better and the level is going to increase. We need to increase the competition internally. We need to make sure we identify the things that we don't have in the team. We have bigger margins and that's the way we have to see it.

On his thoughts about FIFA…

I think I prefer to stay away from that. I prefer to focus on what we do.

On the young players making an impact…

That's a great opportunity to see them live. They've been with us for almost two weeks now with us. It's great to see how they react to a competitive match. I'm really happy with what I saw.

On the difference going into the season as champions…

No, I think we have even more responsibility and more ambition than before. We know what is ahead. We know the qualities and the capacity that we have to compete with any other team. We need to prove that we belong at this level.