Maintaining form in the Carabao Cup, Arsenal registered a 5-1 victory in the quarter-finals against Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. Apart from easy wins, Mikel Arteta had a lot of positives to watch with a hat-trick from Eddie Nketiah, Nicolas Pepe who scored a goal, and teenage Charlie Patino making his first-team debut. Striker Nketiah once again reminded Arsenal fans that he should be given a chance to cement his place in the XI with an amazing goal behind his heels. Not only did the finale amaze fans, but the entire build contributed to the goal.
After 58 minutes, Martin Odegaard made a complete fool of himself by projecting the ball past Pepe’s feet, which shattered the ball into an open goal for Pepe. The silky end made him a defender before sending a low cross to Nketiah, who gave it an ice-cold finish.
Here’s the video of Nketiah’s heel to the goal:
Speaking after the football match Arsenal’s coach Mikel Arteta said: “It’s great. We’re in the semi-finals and that’s what it was about today. We started well and scored two goals, but then we started not to respect our basics too much and we suffered a little, but then we picked up our level after that in the second half and we won.”
“Eddie does what he does in training every day, he put the ball in the net. I think I’ve been very consistent with what I think about him, how much we like him and his contribution for us every time he plays is top. I want [him to stay], but he just wants more minutes. It’s difficult to go against that, but as a club and personally I really want him to stay here. That’s what we are trying to do, he’s our player and a really important part of the squad.”
