Mikel Arteta is pleased with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as the striker boosted his comeback for Arsenal with a goal on Friday night.
Mikel Arteta is delighted to see Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rise back to his old ways of scoring goals. The Spanish boss believes that there has been a “click” with the Gabonese striker after witnessing his recent performances.
On a Friday night 3-1 win against Aston Villa, Aubameyang grabbed his fourth goal of the Premier League campaign. Before that, the 32-year-old secured a hat-trick in the Carabao Cup second-round clash against West Brom.
Indeed, Aubameyang’s presence in the final third is a threat for the opposition, but his latest adventures have made Arteta a happy manager. When asked about the awakened attacker, Mikel said: “I wouldn’t go to the goals. Again it is what Auba is transmitting on the pitch.”
“I have never seen Auba transmit what he is doing now. It is a click. Apart from the goals, the celebration when they put the ball in the net. Do you see the way he runs? The purpose he has to press the ball and when he takes it his movement, his link, how is leading the game?”
“That is when he is changing the rest, not when he is static. And then he puts the ball in the net. I prefer this Auba.”
“For me, it is a click,” Arteta added. “It is a combination that realising that his role has to go well beyond that. What was good, or very good, two or three years ago, with his role in this team, at this club, is not enough. He had to take a step forward.”
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