Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted that striker Eddie Nketiah proved “how wrong he was” with his performance against Chelsea on Wednesday night. It comes after the 22-year-old scored a brace in the game to hand the Gunners all three points.
It proved to be a hectic night at Stamford Bridge, with Nketiah taking the first blow, pouncing on a mistake from Andreas Christensen to slot the ball past Edouard Mendy. The two sides then kept swinging back and forth as Timo Werner and Cesar Azpilicueta ’s goals either side of Emile Smith Rowe ’s strike took the two in level at half-time.
The second half was much more in favour of the visitors though as Nketiah sniffed out another chance, with Bukayo Saka ’s late penalty dealing the finishing blow. The manager claimed after the game that it was a mentally demanding period for his side: “It was mentally really demanding, because everything that we’ve been through in the last few weeks, for most of those players it’s the first time they’ve been through that.
