Arsenal boss Arteta: Gabriel Jesus has brought us a new spark

Football
21 Aug 2022 • 8:46 AM MYT
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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta praised several individuals after their 3-0 win at Bournemouth.

Arteta admits there's been a change of position for Granit Xhaka.

He explained, "The way I want to play, there are certain spaces that have to be occupied at all times, and as you can see, there is a lot of rotation in that unit, with Alex, with Martinelli, with him. But he has the ability to do that, he has the capacity to do that. He arrived today in some really good positions again, and it's the evolution of the player."

On Oleks Zinchenko's role, he said: "He gives us the flexibility to attack in different ways in relation to what the opponent wants to do, wants to prevent and makes spaces that we want to exploit. It's something good to have in the team."

And discussing Gabriel Jesus, Arteta added: "New confidence, a new spark and that winning mentality that he has and the way he competes for every ball and the way he transmits his energy and his quality to the rest of the team, and you could see that again today. He was involved in the goals, he didn't score, but he had a goal disallowed, but he was involved in the action.

"Yes [he will keep people grounded], because he knows how hard it is to win in football, how much you have to put into it. He knows he's still young, but he has experienced it and I think he is a really good role model for the rest of the boys."