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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Miguel Delaney

Inside Eberechi Eze and Mikel Arteta’s plan that allowed Arsenal to finally click

In the week before Eberechi Eze took charge of the north London derby, and electrified the fixture, he was actually supposed to be taking it a bit easier. The 27-year-old had been given two days off after international duty with England, but insisted on getting back to Arsenal’s London Colney training ground after just one. “He wants to learn,” Mikel Arteta beamed.

The Arsenal staff have been hugely excited about Eze’s evolution, but the description from the training ground over the past few months has been that he’s been a bit “tight” in his play. In other words, he hasn’t yet felt fully relaxed in his role.

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