Arteta salutes ‘great day’ for Arsenal after statement win | OneFootball

Mikel Arteta saluted a ‘great day’ for Arsenal after beating Manchester City 5-1 at the Emirates.

Arsenal moved back within six points of leaders Liverpool with a resounding victory over the Premier League champions in North London.

Martin Odegaard opened the scoring inside two minutes for Arsenal, but Erling Haaland’s header handed Manchester City a route back into the game after half-time.

However, parity lasted just a matter of seconds. Phil Foden’s slack pass was capitalised on by Thomas Partey whose deflected drive put Arsenal back in front. Myles Lewis-Skelly’s first goal for the Gunners doubled their advantage, before Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri put the finishing touch on a huge win.

Arteta was in celebratory mood at full-time. Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: “It is a great day for us, especially with the necessity that we had to win the game. The manner that we have done it I am really pleased.

“We had to suffer and in moments we needed a bit of luck, and we had it.

“They hold you very deep and in those moments you have to suffer and as I said, there were moments that we were lucky.

“Overall, we scored some beautiful goals and the team showed a high competitive level.”

Arteta praised the performance of Lewis-Skelly with the teenager producing a mature showing. The 18-year-old lashed in the third goal to crown an unforgettable night.

“You need big individual performances to beat them. Myles was certainly one of them, the maturity he showed and competitiveness as well.

“He plays with that personality and he’s scored a beautiful goal.

“He has been pushing us since he has been with us. We like his character and personality. He has so much courage.

“He has qualities that fit into the way we want to play. He got some minutes and he is asking for more. He deserves to play.”

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