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Mikel Arteta left absolutely furious with £6m Arsenal player despite 1-0 win vs Tottenham
Another away trip to N17 and another victory for Arsenal, who ignored their bad luck over the last fortnight to win all three points in the North London derby.
Tottenham Hotspur simply couldn’t break down Mikel Arteta’s defence, which wꦗas expertly patrolled by the likes of Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba.
Arsenal stood firm at the back, and eventually got their reward through the big Brazilian, who will be than🃏king Nicolas Jover as well as Bukayo Saka for the assist.
Of course, it wasn’t all glory for Arteta’s side who often had to dig de✨ep and defend for large periods, especially because Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard’s control wasꦆ lost in the middle.
Thomas Partey stood big as well, but doesn’t qui𒀰te have the aura he once did in such games.
Mikel Arteta seriously frustrated with Gabriel Martinelli’s end product
Although Arsenal eventually found their winner from a set-piece via 🤪Gabriel, Arteta’s side did have a few strong chances to score beforehand from open play.
And perhaps the best chance of the lot fell to Gabriel Martinelli in🐓 the 19th minute, when he went one-on-one with Gugliel♎mo Vicario.
Incidentally, Martinelli also had Bukayo Saka🎐 in support to his right, who hไad stolen ahead of his marker Destiny Udogie.
During coverage of the moment, Arteta was visibly furious on the touchline, jumping aroundꩲ in frustration once Martin✨elli had shot and missed.
Presumably the Arsenal manager was hoping that the Brazilian would♚ square the ball rather than shoot himself – and if he did decide to go on his own, Arteta would have probably expected more conviction.
Gabriel delivers another huge North London derby performance
All in a๊ll, Arteta will have surely been pleased with Martinelli’s efforts, though, who is clearly lacking confidence in front of goa꧅l but still working so hard defensively.
It appeared as a brave call to subs𝔉titute Raheem Sterling into the game when Arteta did, given that Arsenal were having to be so resolutꩵe in their shape.
But Sterling quickly got into the groove, and along with Ethan Nwaneri he helped💟 to keep Arsenal’s urgency in their press.
As usual, Kai Havertz had𝔍 got through a ton of running during the 90 minutes, and benefiღtted from Gabriel Jesus being introduced to the game as well.
But ultimately it was Arsenal’s Gabriel at the back who proved to be the match-winner – his defensive performance matched h𝓡is towering efforts in front ofꦐ goal.
That being said, the d🍒ecision not to red card Jurrien Timber has been explained by VAR officials at Stockley Park.