Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta was impressed together with his much-changed group’s efficiency within the 3-0 win over Bodo/Glimt on Thursday.
THE LOWDOWN: IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY
The Gunners returned to Europa League motion after the north London derby triumph final Saturday, and regardless of the multitude of adjustments made by the supervisor, they nonetheless recorded a commanding 3-0 win on the Emirates Stadium.
Goals from Eddie Nketiah, Rob Holding and Fabio Vieira had been all of the Gunners wanted to take absolute management of the group. The efficiency and end result left the supervisor completely happy, and he was fairly vocal about that and different issues within the post-match presser.
THE LATEST: HAPPY MANAGER
After seeing his group declare a snug 3-0 win towards Bodo/Glimt within the Europa League, Arteta was excited to see his much-changed line-up document such a convincing efficiency and scoreline.
Speaking after the game, he mentioned: “I’m actually completely happy. Today we performed a distinct opponent, a troublesome opponent, I discussed that earlier than and I believe everyone noticed that.
“We made a lot of changes, eight I think, and I’m really happy winning the game, scoring three goals and a clean sheet, but overall as well you could sense in certain moments that that connection, that timing – this needed time on the pitch. It was a little bit missing in certain moments to be more dominant in the game.”
Nketiah and Vieira had been praised by the gaffer for his or her run of type in entrance of the purpose, with Arteta saying: “Eddie is at all times prepared. Every time he performs you take a look at the numbers and the stats he produces, it’s phenomenal, and right this moment he had an opportunity to play and I believe he took it rather well.
“[Vieira] is understanding better every day what we want to do. There were a few moments in defending and in terms of organisation that we need to work a lot on him, but you see the talent, you see the creativity and how dangerous he is in the final third.”
Both sides will meet once more subsequent Thursday in a distinct setting in Norway, and Arteta believes that it is going to be a more durable outing.
Previewing subsequent week’s conflict, he added: “It will likely be in a distinct context. It’s of their dwelling and it’s an astroturf pitch and we’re not used to it so we’ll need to adapt shortly.
“You saw today that it is a team that is really willing to play, that have really good patterns of play, good players, an obvious philosophy and again, so it will be tough.”
THE VERDICT: GOOD SHOWING
It’s good to see a number of the lesser-seen squad members show themselves in a European recreation like this.
It continues to guarantee the supervisor that there are succesful replacements within the group if there’s any want to switch the standard starters for Premier League motion.