Saliba urges Arsenal to build on Manchester United win
Arsenal makes its long-awaited return to the Emirates to face Leeds United after a victory on the road saw it overcome Manchester United at Old Trafford in its Premier League opener.
Mikel Arteta gave Premier League debuts to Martin Zubimendi and Viktor Gyokeres in the Gunners' 1-0 win, with Riccardo Calafiori's first-half header proving to be the difference.
The North Londoners are unbeaten in their last 14 meetings with Leeds and will be eager to open their account at home for the 2025-2026 campaign.
Ahead of this side's first home game of the season, William Saliba discussed his club's title aspirations, having finished second over the last three campaigns in the top-flight.
"Of course, we've finished second for three years in a row, and we know that we always miss something," Saliba said. "Now it's a new season, we have to see what we didn't do well enough to win the league.
"We won the first game, and, of course, we want to win the league, and we will give everything. We have to try to be even better than the last three seasons to win this league.”
The Frenchman, who starred at the heart of the Arsenal defence during only the club's third league win away at United in their last 19 attempts, emphasised Arsenal's ambition this term, saying: "We want to score in any context - set pieces, counter-attack, everything. We have to give everything, and we know that we can win every time.
"Of course, we knew that we didn't play our best football, but at the end we knew that it was the first game at Old Trafford with some new signings from them.
"We just miss trophies. We play good, we are good, but we miss trophies, and we have to win trophies with Arsenal to be even better."
Meanwhile, Daniel Farke's newly promoted Leeds also got off to a winning start when it prevailed over David Moyes' new-look Everton, thanks to an 84th-minute penalty from Lukas Nmecha.
The Elland Road side recorded a clean sheet in their first league match of the season for the first time in 13 years, their last being a 1-0 win over Wolves in the Championship back in August 2012.
Farke believed his side were deserving of all three points, saying: "I think overall in a tight game, a hard-fought win but also a well-deserved win from my side.
"Outstanding performance. I think we were very dominant in the first half and had nearly 70 per cent possession, 12 shots already in the first half.
"I was a bit worried because especially as a newly promoted side, once you have such a dominant period, and it was more or less the whole first half that we dominated, normally you have to reward yourself also with the goal because at Premier League level one little moment can change your whole momentum.
"An experienced side like Everton can come into the game and take advantage, score a goal, and then the whole story is more like you get praise for the performance, but no points on the board."
