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Arsenal boss Arteta: Why White and Zinchenko argument good for us

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta insists there's been no fallout from Ben White's row with Oleks Zinchenko.

The pair clashed at the end of the midweek win at Nottingham Forest.

But ahead of Sunday's clash with Liverpool, asked if they're friends again Arteta laughed: "Yeah… They've been in the same house the past few days sharing wives and everything! It's fine they're living together now. They're best mates.

"You don't argue with someone if you don't have a great relationship. That happens because you have the trust and chemistry with somebody to react the way they did.

"I love it. As long as it's in a respectful way and with the intention to be more demanding as a team and it stays there, I'm very happy with that.

"Maybe we have a different understanding of what the word fight means. Maybe it was a conversation. A little bit heated and a little bit emotional after the game when you are going 200 beats a minute. It's normal. Nothing new.

"I want to see passion. I want to see commitment from my players. I want players who always have desire to be better and in order to do that we have to be demanding with each other. Otherwise it is Disneyland."

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