Arsenal star Bukayo Saka admitted that the players were ecstatic in the locker room following their 4-0 win over West Brom on Saturday. The Gunners continued their recent resurgence at the Hawthorns, with Mikel Arteta winning his last 3 Premier League games. And it seems that confidence in the Emirates Stadium is now high.
Arsenal entered the opposite game against West Brom to take advantage of recent victories against Chelsea and Brighton.
And that is precisely what they did, generating a great demonstration on a snowy thorn tree to collect the 3 points.
Kieran Tierney and Saka scored at the break, and Alexandre Lacazette scored twice to propel Arsenal to victory.
And Saka, speaking with the club official after the match, admitted that the players were very happy with the result.
“Wow, it’s so cold, the ice under my boots!” Saka told Arsenal. com.
“My shoes froze, I felt like I was ice skating, it was smart that we did it and we controlled to get the win in the end.
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“I felt that the game went well, we created so many opportunities, we had so many crosses, so many shots, more than the same old thing and it may have even been more than 4-0.
“We are satisfied with this performance, we just need to be encouraged.
“[For my goal] Emile saw me around the corner and played it for the first time, then I went to Lacazette and Emile did the 3rd race and luckily Emile saw me in the middle of the open goal.
“It’s a wonderful purpose for all of us, a one-touch game and it’s the football we love to play. “
Arsenal are now in the eleventh position of the table, more distance between them and the relegation zone.
Now there are six issues, the four most sensitive, although they have played one more game than their rivals Tottenham and Arsenal.
Arteta said after the game that his team had rediscovered their attacking advantage, saying: “In the end, I wasn’t that involved with performance.
“I think we lost matches in which we were unlucky and most of them were our fault, because we made mistakes and we were out of bounds at times.
“But you obviously have to win football games and now that brings another momentum and power and other players, they let the handbrake go by and you can see they are freer to play.
Emile Smith Row stood out for Arsenal and Arteta as a compliment to the youngster.
“He is a player that I enjoyed from the first day I saw him,” said the 38-year-old.
“The way he moves, how wise he is with the positions he takes and his paint speed, don’t underestimate him.
“He is running hard for the team and has had a bad injury this year and has not trained with us. “
“In the last two weeks he has been much more concerned and you can see what he can bring to the team.
“I am very happy to have a young player with his ability and in this position. It is all that we needed.