Mikel Arteta says Ethan Nwaneri’s purpose of their Champions League win over Girona reveals why he’s rated so extremely by him and others on the membership.
Nwaneri, , scored the winner for the Gunners earlier than half-time, reducing in from the fitting and curling into the nook with an outstanding end.
Arsenal had gone a purpose right down to Arnaut Danjuma’s strike earlier than Jorginho equalised from the spot and 17-year-old Nwaneri’s winner.
Victory means Arsenal end third within the league stage of the Champions League, progressing instantly via to the spherical of 16.
And Arteta hailed Nwaneri after the victory.
He mentioned: “That’s what we love about him, you recognize, that he’s prepared to take the initiative to make issues occur.
“He’s very aggressive when he’s on the ball and so assured as a result of he doesn’t do this. Earlier than that he had one other motion, a really related one. He made the fitting selection, he went for it.
“He’s a participant that has the capability to complete from each angle, principally, and it was an important purpose.
“It’s very pure for him. You may see the way in which he takes the touches, how he flows, how he picks folks. After which the approach he’s received when he’s in movement, which is superb as a result of he’s so exact in his ending.
“So, yeah, we’re in a whole lot of occasions in that state of affairs and I believe the end result will probably be good.”
Regardless of Arsenal’s passage via to the knockout levels showing simple, Arteta insists he was by no means snug, nonetheless.
“I’ve by no means felt something like this as a result of it’s so powerful,” he mentioned. “I believe we gained the final 4 video games within the Champions League, however what it has to do to win soccer matches on this competitors could be very demanding.
“We confronted a gaggle that was very tough and troublesome, however total, I believe, as you mentioned, the group has been very constant no matter all the problems that we needed to face and, hopefully, extra perception in that dressing room that we’re a great group and we are able to face anyone and nonetheless carry out and successful video games.”