Following Arsenal’s 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace in the quarter final of the EFL Cup, Gunners manager, Mikel Arteta, has expressed happiness after his side came from the back to emerge victorious.
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It was the Eagles that took the lead in the 4th minute through Mateta, however, the hosts reacted with a hat-trick from Gabriel Jesus beautifully converting assists from substitutes Martin Ødegaard and Bukayo Saka, before Eddie Nketiah found the second for the visitors.
Arteta said, he is “really happy” with the outcome, adding, “we showed a lot of character”.
According to arsenal.com, in his post-victory comments, Arteta said:
on the performance of the team:
“Really happy, we’re in the semi-final. The game started in a way that we certainly didn’t want to with a very simple goal and then our team had to react and I think we did in a great way, showed a lot of character, so much desire to turn things around. In the first half we lacked some threat, we created two or three big chances but didn’t score and with a few adjustments in the second half we got a grip of the game again and we looked a threat.”
on the confidence growing in Gabriel Jesus tonight:
“So pleased for him, it’s been a long period for him without goals and today to score three goals, the three type of goals he scored tonight as well and many actions he was involved, he looked really sharp. I think it’s a great thing for him, great thing for the team that we can rely on a player with such a quality, same with Kieran, same with all the players who haven’t started many games and had the chance to do so.”
on whether Jesus can be a game changer this season:
“Yeah well he brings something, he has that quality, he has a way of creating, generating situations that is quite unique, Gabby at that level obviously is a big asset.”
