Mikel Arteta has hailed his ******* nal side after the Premier League champions secured a hard-fought win at Aston Villa.
Bukayo Saka's second-half goal secured a 1-0 win at Villa Park, as the England winger tapped home from Riccardo Calafiori's cross.
Saka's strike secured a second straight win for ******* nal, who avenged last season's loss at Villa Park. ******* nal conceded a devastating 95th-minute winner during last season's defeat at Aston Villa and Arteta admitted that feeling was on his mind pre-game.
"Well that was the state in my tummy and I spoke to the players about it. That image when the players were on the floor totally gutted," he said at hispost-match press conference.
"It was a really difficult one to take and we used that to bring energy, to bring more conviction and belief to understand the difficulty of the challenge that we had ahead, especially against a team that was so successful last year and then they lost a few days ago in a really big way. You expect a reaction and this stadium is a really difficult one, one for the big matches and they make those moments count.
#secured #park #players
Bukayo Saka's second-half goal secured a 1-0 win at Villa Park, as the England winger tapped home from Riccardo Calafiori's cross.
Saka's strike secured a second straight win for ******* nal, who avenged last season's loss at Villa Park. ******* nal conceded a devastating 95th-minute winner during last season's defeat at Aston Villa and Arteta admitted that feeling was on his mind pre-game.
"Well that was the state in my tummy and I spoke to the players about it. That image when the players were on the floor totally gutted," he said at hispost-match press conference.
"It was a really difficult one to take and we used that to bring energy, to bring more conviction and belief to understand the difficulty of the challenge that we had ahead, especially against a team that was so successful last year and then they lost a few days ago in a really big way. You expect a reaction and this stadium is a really difficult one, one for the big matches and they make those moments count.
#secured #park #players
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