Mikel Arteta hailed the “magical” Leandro Trossard as Arsenal’s “enormous weapon” after main them to the highest of the Premier League.
Trossard, who earns £90,000-a-week, transformed Bukayo Saka’s nook within the 58th minute in opposition to Fulham, guaranteeing the Gunners gained 1-0 and ended their newest marketing campaign on the prime of the league.
Trossard solely scored eight league objectives final season and the Belgian could have feared his place in Arteta’s facet after Arsenal had an enormous summer season with eight new signings on the Emirates.
Nevertheless, the 30-year-old, who struggled to function within the begin of the season, has now began all of Arsenal’s final 5 video games within the league and in Europe.
Arteta praises Trossard as Arsenal’s ‘weapon’
“Leo has the standard to create the magical moments that the staff wants most, and his intuition to be in the fitting place on the proper second is a superb high quality for the staff and an incredible asset for us,” Arteta stated.
“He is been doing rather well in the previous few weeks. Plenty of our gamers are in a extremely excessive emotional state and efficiency stage proper now. It is very nice to see that.”
Arsenal’s win over Fulham was the primary of seven video games in 21 days for Arteta’s facet, who’re set to face Atletico Madrid at house within the Champions League on Tuesday.
The North London outfit shall be aiming to construct on a powerful begin to their European tour with back-to-back 2-0 wins over Athletic Bilbao and Olympiakos.
The collection of matches will take a look at the depth of Arsenal’s new squad, with captain Martin Odegaard, Noni Maduke and Kai Havertz already sidelined by means of harm.
However Arteta continued: “We all know the schedule and the workload is what it’s and we all know that we want an even bigger squad within the present recreation and state of affairs.”
“All the highest groups are in the identical place. We have to handle it effectively, care for them and particularly get the perfect out of them.”
