After seeing five summer signings all make a huge impression in our 3-0 win against Nottingham Forest, Mikel Arteta said he was delighted with the impact they have all made in such a short space of time.
Martin Zubimendi stole the show with the first two-goal haul of his career, including a brilliant volley to open the scoring, while Viktor Gyokeres got on the scoresheet again thanks to an Ebere Eze assist.
Noni Madueke was a menace on the other flank throughout, while Cristhian Mosquera again impressed and helped us to a third clean sheet from four outings this campaign, as we cruise to victory against Ange Postecoglou’s Forest side.
Mikel was full of praise for his fellow countryman, saying: “He was unbelievable, the two goals are very difficult to score. Martin is bringing such a presence, composure and understanding of the game that makes the team flow and play better. And on top of that, he’s adding goals and assists, so that’s the trajectory that we have to maintain with him.
“It’s not easy to adapt to the league, to adapt to a new way of playing, but Mosquera is a great example. I think what he did against Liverpool, being thrown out there after three minutes at Anfield in your first exposure in the Premier League, is very difficult to do.
“I think he was superb today again, and the rest were the new ones. So, again, let’s use that, learn from them. They are giving us a lot of information at the moment to make sure we use it in the right way.”
The routine win came despite our new-look squad only all coming together again 48 hours before this game due to the international break, but they all managed to produce an excellent display to bounce back from our solitary loss this season at Liverpool.
The new weapons at his disposal excite Mikel, who can’t wait to continue to work with them all and get them to dovetail as best as possible as he looks to take our game to the next level.
“It’s a very good afternoon because after the players have been travelling the world for the last 10 days with different national teams, different coaches with different habits,” he added. “It’s always a bit uncertain how we’re going to play, how we’re going to connect, the timings of everything, especially when we have only one day to prepare the game.
“But overall, I think we were very dominant throughout the game, created some big chances, scored three goals, and had another clean sheet, which is always very good. Another positive thing was the new relationships that we are building and the way they are connecting, which I was very pleased to see today.”
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