“It’s not dropping him! He’s played every single minute,” Mikel Arteta said when asked if he was pleased with Gabriel Martinelli’s performance against Aston Villa after being benched.
“You don’t see players at his age doing that. We have three 21-year-olds leading the front line. It’s unheard of. Leo (Trossard) has been doing really well and we needed impact.
“I was really worried about the last 25 minutes of this game after everything that we put on Wednesday. We needed energy and we needed a player that could do that. I thought we did it,” he also added.
Martinelli replaced Leandro Trossard in the 68th minute and went onto make an impressive impact. He set up the chance leading to the third goal and scored the fourth goal in added time.
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