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Mikel Arteta left seriously impressed by ‘really dangerous’ Arsenal player in 1-0 win vs Chelsea

Srinivas Sadhanand

Sun 16 March 2025 16:43, UK

Mikel Arteta would have been all smiles after Arsenal’s 1-0 victory against Chelsea.

While Arsenal’s chances of winning the Premier League look virtually impossible now, they must do everything in their pow🗹er to ensure thei♒r season does not fall off the rails as well.

Thankfully for Mikel Arteta, it was Mikel Merino who did the business for 🏅♏his side against Chelsea with a well-taken header.

Arteta has deployed Meri🎃no as a makeshift striker and it has lent mixed results.

Mikel Arteta raves about Mikel Merino after Arsenal vs Chelsea

But agaiꦅnst Chelsea, Merino impressed and Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was full of praise for him.

Arteta told Sky Sports: “We have had top players out f🔴or many many months. Our team 🐓has an incredible resilience. Mikel really wants to do well, he has never played that position before but he is scoring goals.”

“He is a really dangerous player in the box and he can help us. Really pleased, even physi♓cally it is a very different gam𓂃e to play as a nine.”

Recently, David Raya lauded Merino’s goalscoring instincts and they were certainly ไon di🍨splay against Chelsea.

Mikel Merino stats for Arsenal vs Chelsea

The £31.6 million () man did wha𝓰t any striker is supposed to and was clinical, scoring a header even top number nines would struggle to.

The statistics showcase that Merino was efficient for Arsenaಌl against Chelsea.

Merino managed to score a goal despite taking just 2🔯2 touches, which indicates how effective he was.

Winning five duels and taking four touches in ⛦the opposition box, Merino put in a shift against Chelsea which Mikel Arteta would have apprec♌iated as he played a key role in Arsenal’s win.