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Mikel Arteta admits he would 'seriously consider' playing for England
But boss Moyes not pleased with side's second half performance...
21 Aug 2010 18:39:00
By Alex Fisher
Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta has declared he would seriously consider any offer made by England to play for the Three Lions. Asked how he would respond to an England call the midfielder told BBC Sport that: “If an opportunity comes I would have to consider it seriously.”
That news will delight England manager Fabio Capello after the midfielder produced a fantastic performance in Everton’s 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers, but Arteta admitted he has had no contact.
"I don't know what his [Capello's] thoughts are.
"I know some people have been talking about it, but I haven't said anything yet because the offer is not there at the moment."
Arteta also gave his thoughts on the game and believes that Everton had done enough to win the game but is disappointed with the start to the season.
"We should have taken our chances early in the game," said Arteta. "With only one goal lead you always risk conceding a goal.
"I thought we controlled the game and did enough to earn the three points but Wolves got a goal on the counter-attack and took two points away from us."
"Two games and only one point is not good enough for us," added Arteta. "We need to start winning and getting points because there are big teams ahead of us who are winning."
Despite Arteta’s performance Everton manager David Moyes was not happy with his side’s second half performance but refused to blame referee Lee Mason for allowing the visitors controversial equalising goal to stand.
“In the first half we were very good,” Moyes told Sky Sports.
“In the second we were not so good.”
Everton dominated the first half with neat crisp passing which created numerous opportunities which they were unable to convert. However Wolves improved in the second half and restricted the home side’s chances.
“We had enough opportunities to get the second goal [in the second half],” he continued.
“They [the players] worked hard enough but they didn’t do enough in second half with ball.”
Both goals were surrounded in controversy after Tim Cahill appeared to foul Jody Craddock before giving the home side the lead before half time. However, the referee’s decision to give a free kick to Everton in the build-up rather than a penalty did not go unnoticed by the Everton manager who said: "I’ve not seen the finish [by Cahill] but I saw the foul inside the box, it was a penalty and not a free kick.”
The Wolves equaliser in the 74th minute also involved a contentious decision following a strong tackle by Adlene Guedioura on John Heitinga which led to Sylvain Ebanks-Blake scoring. However Moyes had no complaints, adding only: “Some refs give it, some wouldn’t. But I don’t want to get rid of tackling."
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That news will delight England manager Fabio Capello after the midfielder produced a fantastic performance in Everton’s 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers, but Arteta admitted he has had no contact.
"I don't know what his [Capello's] thoughts are.
"I know some people have been talking about it, but I haven't said anything yet because the offer is not there at the moment."
Arteta also gave his thoughts on the game and believes that Everton had done enough to win the game but is disappointed with the start to the season.
"We should have taken our chances early in the game," said Arteta. "With only one goal lead you always risk conceding a goal.
"I thought we controlled the game and did enough to earn the three points but Wolves got a goal on the counter-attack and took two points away from us."
"Two games and only one point is not good enough for us," added Arteta. "We need to start winning and getting points because there are big teams ahead of us who are winning."
Despite Arteta’s performance Everton manager David Moyes was not happy with his side’s second half performance but refused to blame referee Lee Mason for allowing the visitors controversial equalising goal to stand.
“In the first half we were very good,” Moyes told Sky Sports.
“In the second we were not so good.”
Everton dominated the first half with neat crisp passing which created numerous opportunities which they were unable to convert. However Wolves improved in the second half and restricted the home side’s chances.
“We had enough opportunities to get the second goal [in the second half],” he continued.
“They [the players] worked hard enough but they didn’t do enough in second half with ball.”
Both goals were surrounded in controversy after Tim Cahill appeared to foul Jody Craddock before giving the home side the lead before half time. However, the referee’s decision to give a free kick to Everton in the build-up rather than a penalty did not go unnoticed by the Everton manager who said: "I’ve not seen the finish [by Cahill] but I saw the foul inside the box, it was a penalty and not a free kick.”
The Wolves equaliser in the 74th minute also involved a contentious decision following a strong tackle by Adlene Guedioura on John Heitinga which led to Sylvain Ebanks-Blake scoring. However Moyes had no complaints, adding only: “Some refs give it, some wouldn’t. But I don’t want to get rid of tackling."
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