“I am proud to be No.1 of Arsenal in the Premier League. I am happy here, of course I needed a little bit of time to get used to new team-mates, a new league, new country, new football. Football here is different to Germany.
“The biggest difference is the speed of the game and also the style of the game. Physically it is strong and the referees don’t whistle for every contact, I like this way, but it needed a little bit of time because in Germany you are always protected by the referee, but here nobody protects you and you have to get used to it.
📈 Improving. Every. Game.
Keep it up, @Bernd_Leno 👏 pic.twitter.com/E2bdgaWJud— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) February 24, 2019
“It needed time but now I am better than before but I can still improve. Arsenal is my second professional club in my career, and it was clear that it needed a little bit of time, but now I am settled in the club and I feel at home here.
“I get confidence from my team-mates, everybody accepts my personality and my quality and as a goalkeeper that is very important to have that confidence. I feel very comfortable in this team.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan: “We had a great first half. I think if it wasn’t for Bernd Leno’s save, we wouldn’t have scored the first goal so that’s thanks to him. He did half of the job. In the second half, it was a bit different because they came into the game more.” #afc pic.twitter.com/8fbmkmnMNf— afcstuff (@afcstuff) February 24, 2019
“Many things in the club have changed – new manager, some new team-mates and we play in a different way. For me and the team we needed time to try and trust each other and get a feeling for me as a ‘keeper with the defence.
“At the beginning, we had problems with many things – to play from the back and defend our goal but it was normal. The manager said we needed time and confidence because last season was not the best season of the club. We improved a lot and our defence is much better than before.”