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Arteta rounding things off by talking about Arsenal's recent record against the Saints: "There are certain things which are going to be similar. At the end you have to talk about the moment. They have a different team and different players and we are also a different team. We will try to do what we believe is the right thing and what the team needs to give us the best chance to win the game."

Some time for reflection on his side's reaction to their EFL Cup final defeat to Man City now: "Immediately I could sense that. The way we look at ourselves, that we could have done better. How the game can shift at that level from the first and second half. That's something that we need to manage better."

Arteta on his options to face Southampton "You will see. I will let you do the speculation. You can judge afterwards. We are in a position right now where we need to make the strongest line-up we possibly can to win every competition. We are two or three games away from the FA Cup and we know how important that competition is for us."

There's also some mixed news on the injury front with Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze: "It looked really bad and Noni was really worried. But no it is nowhere near that injury. Ebs is out. With Ebs I cannot put a finger because he is a special character."

The Gunners' boss also reflected on his recent Manager of the Month win: "It means we've won a lot of games during an important and crucial part of the game, so it's a good team effort. It's a reflection of what the team is doing - the amount of performances and games that we are winning."

Mikel Arteta is speaking now and has addressed Arsenal's many international withdrawals: "We have very good relationships with most of the national teams, especially with Thomas [Tuchel]. We have been extremely supportive all the time. When you have to communicate the state of every player, we are always honest and a medical decision had to be made. That was clear what the conclusion was.""

Guardiola had further warm words for the Reds heading into the Etihad Stadium showdown:  "For many times [they] have been the rival, the biggest, biggest one. This is a team, like you know, making incredible investment last season to be there for many, many years, and is in the Champions League, and it's a top contender, top-class players. We hopefully can perform like we did at Arsenal to reach the next step."

There's also some appreciation for Salah ahead of a final meeting with City in his time at Liverpool:  “One of the greatest. The numbers, the consistency… What a player. Incredible human being. Goals, assists… Absolute legend for Liverpool, and the Premier League, for all he has done. I think it’s a good moment to say goodbye to him in this country tomorrow. He deserves incredible recognition for what he has given to world football.”

He's less sure on Rodri's future after the admission about a possible move to Real Madrid: "No clue. No opinion, because I don't know the intentions of... I know the intention of the club and I think I know the intentions of him. But I don't know"

The City boss has also allayed concerns over Phil Foden's form:  "Nothing, zero. He's 25, 26 years-old, he's won six Premier Leagues, a lot of things, and his contribution to what we have done is incredible. And what happened is a normal process in a long, long, long career. It's a normal situation. And the moment he will make a click and turn, he'll be back to what he is."

Further north, Pep Guardiola is reflecting on Manchester City's EFL Cup final triumph over the Gunners:  "It feels like a long time ago already. It is nice to win another title, especially against, so far, the best team in Europe. It was a good test. Once you finish one, it is the next one. We have the chance to reach an incredible milestone of eight semi-finals in a row, which has never been done."

Mikel Arteta will be looking ahead to his side's clash with Southampton later but the Arsenal boss has a reason to celebrate after being crowned the Premier League's Manager of the Month for March.

The conversation has now turned to Cucurella's come-and-get-me plea to Barcelona: "My disappointment in Marc's interview was where it went to. I think he should've spoken to us first about how he was feeling. I want players to know they can speak openly and honestly for the benefit of the football club. As a football club, we know we need to improve. We know what we're going to do in the summer to achieve those objectives."

A bit of a break from the Enzo story as Rosenior gives an update on the Blues' fitness issues: "Reece James is getting along really well, but not ready yet. Trevoh (Chalobah) is progressing well. It will take a few more weeks for Levi Colwill. Estevao and Jamie Gittens are back."

As you can imagine, this one is dominating the questions to the Chelsea boss:  "It's not ideal. A lot of this stems from a difficult 10 days in terms of results we have had - probably the most difficult for me as a player or manager. I'll go back to the first game against Paris Saint-Germain. It all fell apart in 15 minutes and there was a huge emotional dump that fell through into the next three games.. The players were motivated that we could do something really special in the Champions League. The comments from Enzo and Marc Cucurella's interview both stem from that. It actually stems from a good place where they want the club to succeed. But in those moments, we need more emotional stability as a group of players."

Rosenior goes in more detail about how Chelsea reached the decision on Enzo: "Enzo, firstly, as a character, a person and a player, I have the utmost respect. He's frustrated because he wants us to be successful. In terms of the decision, it's not all about me, or the sporting directors, the ownership, the players, we are aligned in our decision. The door is not closed on Enzo. It's a sanction. You have to protect the culture, and in terms of that, a line was crossed."

Over at Chelsea, Liam Rosenior has revealed that Enzo Fernández will not feature in the clash with Port Vale: "I spoke with Enzo about an hour ago. As a football club, with me as part of the decision, he won't be available for tomorrow's game or Manchester City next Sunday. It's disappointing for Enzo to speak that way. I have got no bad words to say about him but a line was crossed but a line was crossed in terms of our culture and what we want to build."

Slot on Alisson's absence "He will not be part of the Paris Saint-Germain games as well so he will be out for a bit longer. Towards the end of the season, we expect him to be fit again."

Slot on facing Man City "Unfortunately the game we are playing tomorrow was probably the worst one we had in the sense of playing big games [because] we lost 3-0. The reason why we have shown many times we are a good team in big games as well as in other games is because we can play very good football. It's been a struggle for us to play three days after we played Real Madrid. That's been the biggest issue for this team... the amount of games. We played much better against them at home. I don't think we deserved to lose after our second half performance."

Slot on Alexander Isak's chance of featuring tomorrow: "It will definitely be too fast to expect him in the starting line-up. He trained with us yesterday for the first time and today for the second time after exactly 101 days. I know this because it was told to me. So it will take a bit of time to give him a lot of minutes but we will make sure we do the right thing in terms of building him up."

Slot on Salah's announcement "Yes, he is fit. He trained with us yesterday, will train with us today and is available for the game tomorrow. I think after what he announced is completely what he deserved. It's been unbelievable what he did for this club, for so many years, every three days... I can only hope that he can add two extra trophies towards the end of the season."

First up, Arne Slot is speaking ahead of Liverpool's trip to Manchester City. Expect a few questions on Mohamed Salah's decision to leave Anfield this summer to crop up.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Friday's pre-match press conferences. We'll be hearing from several Premier League managers as their sides aim to book a place in the FA Cup semi-finals.