Stephan Lichtsteiner on the fight with Hector Bellerin for the right-back spot:"We have to work together to improve each other"

Arsenal journey in the 2018-19 Europa League will start on Thursday night, with the Gunners welcoming Ukrainian outfit Vorksla Poltava to the Emirates Stadium. The Gunner’s star Stephan Lichtsteiner faced the press ahead of the game. on coming from Juventus and not playing... I’m not frustrated but of course, I’m not used to being on the bench more than three times in a row. It’s also a new situation for me and I’m curious how I’ll manage it. I’m here to work, to get better personally, to get better with the team and I think we are in a very good way. I’m trying to start more and for that, I have to work, that’s the only thing I can do at this moment to show the coach that I’m ready to play. We are in a good way, I’m in a very good way and ready to play. on moving from the Champions League to the Europa League… One thing I learned with Juventus is to have respect for each competition. In the last four or five years with Juventus, we tried to play for all the titles, for all the trophies. While the Italian Cup wasn’t that important beforehand, we started to play for it with the best team possible. I think in football you have to respect all the trophies. Of course, the Champions League is a more glamorous title, but the Europa League is a really good chance for the team, for the club and all the players to win this nice trophy. I think for that we have to respect all teams in all competitions to give all games 100 per cent. on whether he feels he has added leadership to the group... I’ve already seen good personalities in this team. I don’t see that, what they wrote or what they said. I think of course if you have experienced players in the team, it’s good for young players who can use you as an example of how to work. I don’t feel that there’s not a big personality in this team. I see a very good team with a lot of quality, a lot of good players and characters. I don’t see a problem. on his debut v Man City… It was no problem, I can also play on the left. If you come in after some minutes, it’s not easy. I have to be ready and I’m prepared for that, I have to be ready to play left back, right back, striker, goalkeeper, so I will do everything for the team that is possible. on the fight with Hector Bellerin for the right-back spot... It’s not Hector v Stephan, it's Hector and me for Arsenal, so we have to work together to improve each other, to get better each day, to make the team win and Arsenal as a club win. on how important it is to get back into the Champions League... To come back to the glamour games, you need to win the other games first. Now we’re in the situation where we need to win the Europa League, so we’re going to try to win the Europa League. Then, next year I hope, we can talk about the Champions League. On whether last night's CL games make him more hungry... I am hungry to get back to the Champions League but it is a long way. We have two chances, between the Europa League and the Premier League so we have to try and I am sure we will want to play in the Champions League next year. on how he has 'the body of a 28-year-old'... The secret is work, work, work every day. To prepare good, to sleep good, to eat good, to be hungry each day. Even with many titles and at 34, I am still hungry to win, I am hungry to come to training each day, so this is the recipe for that. On how long he can go on... We will see, let's take it year for year and then we will see.

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