Players and manager Mikel Arteta, along with his wife and children, braved a private screening of the first two episodes of the eight-part documentary, with 150 guests. (Left to right) Arsenal stars Emile Smith Rowe, Ben White, boss Mikel Arteta, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney attend the All or Nothing special screening in London on Tuesday Arsenal boss Arteta pictured alongside wife Lorena Bernal at the event EXCLUSIVE CLIP The atmosphere at Anfield can be intense 🔥 So Mikel Arteta prepares his players by blasting You’ll Never Walk Alone during training 🎶 #AONArsenal pic.twitter.com/CjBQ3Lsn3T Takehiro Tomiyasu, Rob Holding and Kieran Tierney were also in the audience, slipping quickly into the Islington Assembly Hall, north London, avoiding further scrutiny from the ranks of journalists, bloggers and influencers who arrived on the red carpet. “You forget about the cameras right away because you don’t see anything,” defenseman Ben White admitted. “It’s all up on the ceilings, on the walls, everywhere.” “Sometimes you see a bit of movement and you know they’re following you,” he told Sportsmail ahead of the screening. The fly-on-the-wall Prime Video series has already introduced Manchester City and Tottenham in the Premier League. The first three – out of eight – episodes of the series will air on Prime Video from Thursday The first three – out of eight – episodes of the Arsenal series will be broadcast on Prime Video from Thursday, eventually reaching 240 countries and territories. Much of the early action focuses on manager Mikel Arteta’s struggle to help his side recover from a disastrous start to last season and then find consistency in the battle for a Champions League spot, which they narrowly missed out on. In the early innings, the pressure on the manager is clear as he tries to take the pressure off his young side and infuse them with confidence. Arteta uses a number of unorthodox practices and preparations to spark his team into life. In Leicester, he asks the team to rub their palms together hard and then hold hands to create a bubble of energy. before traveling to Liverpool, he says ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ at London Colney training ground to prepare for the atmosphere in Liverpool and minutes before his team come out to face Spurs at the Emirates, he asks the club photographer and fan of life, Stuart MacFarlane, to address them. Arsenal legends Nigel Winterburn (right) and David Seaman – along with wife Frankie Pultney (left) – attended the special screening in London “I love this football club,” the photographer, who has been at Arsenal for 30 years, told the players. “I love you all too.” MacFarlane implored players to stick inside. “First tackle, listen to the crowd, they’re going to throw you right in,” he urged. “Win every tackle.” White, a £50m summer signing, didn’t have to be asked twice. Within two minutes of the referee’s whistle, he flew into a tackle to dislodge Tottenham striker Son Heung-min. In one of the first episodes seen on Tuesday, Arsenal club photographer Stuart MacFarlane was mobbed after a derby-winning debate. Those in attendance also saw Arteta’s unusual training methods in full effect on display “Someone like him speaking to us, the amount of history he has with the club, it’s incredible,” said White, who admitted McFarlane’s words had an impact. “You need a tackle like that in every game, it’s not just in the derby. You need that in every Premier League game. Everyone is fighting. [The tackle] he seemed to pick up the pace and we were fighting.’ Arsenal were unstoppable and led 3-0 in the first half, eventually winning 3-1. Emile Smith Rowe agrees that MacFarlane made a difference that September day. Hollywood actor and Arsenal supporter Daniel Kaluuya arrives for the premiere of All or Nothing “It was a good time,” the young player told Sportsmail. “For him to speak like that, it was good. We continued to play as well. We had to make sure we played for him. I love him.’ And Smith Rowe appreciates the innovative pre-match routines offered by Arteta, even if they may seem a bit strange to outsiders. “These are things we haven’t had before,” said the midfielder. “It’s motivation, it gives us the energy to go and play. That’s really important to us.”
