Mikel Arteta sends message to ‘incredible’ William Saliba after Leicester own goal

William Saliba had a moment to forget as Arsenal beat Leicester City on Saturday (Picture: Getty)
William Saliba had a second to overlook as Arsenal beat Leicester Metropolis on Saturday (Image: Getty)

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has despatched a message to William Saliba after he scored an personal purpose within the Gunners’ 4-2 win over Leicester Metropolis.

Arteta’s aspect made it two wins from two within the Premier League with a formidable efficiency on the Emirates Stadium, as they appear to succeed in the highest 4 for the primary time since 2015-16.

A double from Gabriel Jesus, plus objectives from Granit Xhaka and Gabriel Martinelli secured the victory, however Saliba put the ball within the different internet after 53 minutes.

The Gunners have been main 2-0 on the time and it quickly allowed the Foxes again into the sport at 2-1, however Xhaka scored simply two minutes later to revive the two-goal cushion.

There was one other nervy second after 74 minutes when Leicester’s James Maddison made it 3-2, however Martinelli sealed the win with Arsenal’s fourth.

After the match, Arteta refused to put any blame on 21-year-old centre-back Saliba and insisted his younger defender will study from the expertise.

‘Sure, we paid the invoice, however the good factor is we didn’t often because we gained the sport,’ Arteta mentioned.

‘It’s a lot simpler to study when that occurs. I’m happier immediately than I used to be final week with [Crystal] Palace due to the way in which he performed after that, I feel it was unimaginable.’

He added: ‘The purpose we conceded, clearly it was an personal purpose from Willy and a disappointing second however I’ve by no means seen in soccer the response from our crowd, it was simply unimaginable.

‘I’m so proud to play in entrance of them. You don’t see that in soccer, you simply don’t see it the way in which they supported him afterwards.’

Saliba has been tipped for an enormous season in north London and impressed in Arsenal’s opening win over Crystal Palace, making his top-flight debut.

He joined Arsenal in 2019 however took three years to interrupt into the group, and has impressed on loans at Saint-Etienne, Good and Marseille in France.

He was named the Ligue 1 Younger Participant of the 12 months final time period as he helped Marseille end as runners-up to Paris Saint-Germain and safe Champions League qualification.

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