Mikel Arteta highlights Arsenal star after 5-1 win vs Sporting: ‘One of his best performances ever’

Mikel Arteta hailed Thomas Partey’s show successful Arsenal’s 5-1 triumph implicit Sporting CP successful the Champions League arsenic ‘one of the champion performances I person seen from him’.

Arsenal delivered a ascendant show connected Tuesday nighttime arsenic goals from Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhaes enactment them 3 successful beforehand by fractional time.

Gonçalo Inacio pulled a extremity backmost for Sporting soon aft the interruption but Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard struck to seal Arsenal’s win.

Partey, meanwhile, registered an awesome show astatine the bosom of Arsenal’s midfield and Arteta has backed the 31-year-old to beryllium a ‘massive player’ for his broadside this season.

‘I deliberation it’s 1 of the champion performances I person seen from him, particularly the mode he’s dominated the crippled truthful that’s the level helium tin play, he’s progressing,’ Arteta said of Partey.

‘This twelvemonth he’s been truthful accordant arsenic good due to the fact that helium ever has a role, that’s a large thing, he’s a monolithic subordinate for us.’

Asked whether Arsenal’s triumph could beryllium considered a ‘statement’ to different sides successful the Champions League, Arteta said: ‘For sure, the show was determination a fewer times and erstwhile we person played large teams, erstwhile we person played PSG, we were exceptional, again, erstwhile we played Bayern we were exceptional and immoderate mistakes outgo us.

‘Now it’s Inter, present it’s this level, that’s the level we person to beryllium capable to header and you person to marque it happen, past that creates belief, past connected the adjacent 1 the players volition beryllium amended prepared. We request that consistency due to the fact that the quality to bash it is there.’

Arteta was besides assured of seeing much from his Arsenal squad with players present returning from injury.

Asked what had changed since the planetary break, Arteta said: ‘A lot, due to the fact that we were grooming with 11-12 players for a agelong play truthful they could not bid and play and past abruptly astir everybody is acceptable and available.

‘It’s true, we are inactive managing definite players but their level is rising. I person nary uncertainty we person the close ability, we are going to beryllium a truly bully side.’

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