Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta empathises with under-pressure Graham Potter - 'You cannot destroy your life'

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has stated managers “cannot destroy” their lives due to football as he empathised with the pressure his Chelsea counterpart, Graham Potter, is currently facing. Chelsea’s 2-0 defeat to Tottenham on Sunday meant the Blues have failed to win their last eight away games in the Premier League for the first time since 2001. Ad The result has left them 10th in the Premier League table, with Potter’s side closer to the relegation zone than the top four.

Premier LeagueLeeds and Dortmund ‘make or break’ for Potter amid player anger at Chelsea – Paper Round18 HOURS AGO Following the match, he referenced Arteta after watching Arsenal’s All or Nothing documentary. “Two years into Mikel’s reign he’s close to getting the sack and people are wanting him out and it’s a disaster,” Potter said. “Now things have changed a little bit and that’s just the way it is.” A poor start to last season saw Arteta come under pressure at Arsenal and now he has led his side to the top of the Premier League.

The Spaniard understood what Potter, who signed a five-year contract in September, will be going through. “We are colleagues and we all know the pressure, the demands and the uncertainty that this industry has,” said Arteta. «You can have difficulties in your job and challenges, which we do, especially when you lose, but when you are winning as well because this job is so demanding.