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Sokratis Papastathopoulos explains why he loves being a defender - and picks Premier League rival as his favourite centre-back

The Arsenal centre-back had a mixed first half of the season but recently helped his side record back-to-back clean sheets against Manchester United and Leeds. And despite the difficulties of the position, the Greece international still enjoys life as a defender. "Football has changed a lot in the past 10 or 12 years. When I started football, I was in Italy. I was in Greece first, but afterwards I made the step to Italy," he told Arsenal's official website. "It was not so necessary to play out from the back and because of this, you also didn’t concede a lot of chances or a lot of goals. "Now, every team, or most, has to start from the back and exchange a lot of passes...
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