Arteta hails Nketiahs Arsenal heart after latest incredible performance

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Mikel Arteta did not quite envisage Eddie Nketiah could perform to the level he has done for Arsenal this season but backed a player with a real Arsenal heart and spirit.Nketiah is now Arsenals leading scorer this season with nine goals in all competitions, having netted twice in Sundays 3-2 defeat of Manchester United.He has four in the Premier League despite only starting five matches averaging a goal every 147 minutes after Roquan Smith Jersey beginning the season as back-up to Gabriel Jesus, who was then injured at the World Cup.Arteta had faith in Nketiah to step up but acknowledged there was little prior evidence of the incredible standard to which the striker is now playing.What Eddies doing is incredible, Arteta said. We cannot say we saw that coming we were hoping that he could do that, because of the way he is, because of his mentality, because of his qualities and how those qualities fit within the team.Losing Gabby was Tom Waddle Jersey a big blow, and it is a big blow today, but Eddies responding and the team in an exceptional way.Asked just what he had seen in Nketiah, Arteta replied: The qualities that he has, how much he wants it, how much belief he has in himself to become Arsenals number nine, his desire, his background.We are with him every single day. Hes a special kid, so loved by everybody at the football club.Hes got a real Arsenal heart and spirit within him, and thats special. You cannot put that into numbers, but he is really, really good.Nketiah had six shots against United and it looked as though he might have pa sed up the opportunity to earn a dramatic victory when he was denied by David de Gea six minutes before his last-gasp winner.But Arteta explained Nketiahs mindset: The next time hes going to try again.Hes going to mi s chances, and hes going to mi s more chances, for sure, but I guarantee you that the next one hes going to try to do it again. Hes not going to hide.With Nketiah keeping Arsenal on track at the top of the table, they have earned a club-record 50 points in a first half of the season Arteta described as extraordinary.But the Arsenal manager is not yet content with their progre s, believing they Kyle Long Jersey remain some way behind defending champions Manchester City, who are five points off the pace.I know my team so well, Arteta said. I know where we are, I know why we are here, I know where we want to be. We are still far from that.And I know the level of the other teams especially one that has won everything in the last five or six years. We are not there yet.
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