Mikel Arteta will take charge of his 200th game as Arsenal manager in Saturday's Premier League fixture at Brentford.
The boss has the highest win percentage out of any manager to reach that milestone for the club with 59.3% of those games won.
"I’m really proud to reach that number," he said in his pre-match press conference on Friday. "At a big club, it’s always difficult - you have to win a lot of games. Hopefully a lot more positive things will come.
"I'm very proud, I'm very grateful. So many people around have contributed in a massive way to be here almost for four years, so a big thank-you to all of them because they've been instrumental to believe in me through the difficult moments, to inspire me, to make me better, to give me support and so much joy every single day to be working with them."
Mikel didn't need much time to consider which of the 200 is his personal favourite.
"The first one because it was a special moment to have the possibility to become the Arsenal manager," he said. "For me it was a dream come true and, looking back to that first game, it's really special."
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