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Kaya Kaynak & Aaron Catterson-Reid

Mikel Arteta explains why Jorginho came off at half-time during Arsenal's huge win vs Everton

Mikel Arteta has explained why he took Jorginho off at half-time of Arsenal's 4-0 win over Everton on Wednesday evening.

Jorginho started the game ahead of Thomas Partey but the Italian international was withdrawn during the break, with Partey taking his place for the second period. Now, Arteta has confirmed that the former Napoli man wasn't feeling great after the first 45 minutes.

When speaking about why came off, Arteta said: "I am really happy as it was the game we had in hand against an opponent that we knew would make life really difficult for us. We experienced that at Goodison.

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