Mikel Arteta's bizarre tactics to lift ailing Arsenal stars - as Gunners bid to close on Champions League last-16 spot
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Mikel Arteta blasted Brazilian music in training to try ‘trigger something’ in his Arsenal team as they look to close in on a Champions League last-16 spot against Dinamo Zagreb tonight. Hit tracks Mas Que Nada and Take Me Out to the Ball Game were played from boombox-style speakers at their London Colney base.
![[Arteta spoke about how using music during training sessions can help change the energy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/17/94398947-14313967-image-a-14_1737565256619.jpg)
The ploy comes after the Gunners squandered a two-goal lead to Aston Villa in the Premier League last weekend to draw 2-2. The north London club are aiming for a top-eight finish in the Champions League table, which would guarantee passage to the round of 16 while avoiding a two-legged play-off.
![[Ethan Nwaneri returned to training on Tuesday and is in contention to face Dinamo Zagreb]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/17/94399327-14313967-image-a-15_1737565611726.jpg)
Victory on Wednesday would put Arsenal in a prime position to secure a top-eight spot against Girona next week. It is not the first time the Spaniard has used music to psyche up his players in training. Arteta blasted Merseyside anthem ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ during a training session prior to the Gunners taking on Liverpool in November 2021 — a game they were beaten 4-0 in.
Mikel Arteta blasted Brazilian music in training to try ‘trigger something’ in his Arsenal team. Arteta spoke about how using music during training sessions can help change the energy. Ethan Nwaneri returned to training on Tuesday and is in contention to face Dinamo Zagreb.
He said: ‘We use music as another element of our training sessions. To build the energy, to change some purposes we want in the training session and the players enjoy it. ‘Music is very much part of our culture. We have music in a lot of different places, and I think music has the capacity to change your mood, to change your energy to a certain place. And I think it happens in all of us.
