Eberechi Eze Adds An ‘aura’ To Arsenal, Says Delighted Mikel Arteta

Mikel Arteta credited Eberechi Eze for adding an “aura” to nan Arsenal squad aft he scored nan first hat-trick of his profession to haunt Tottenham and nonstop Arsenal six points clear astatine nan apical of nan Premier League.

Eze was adjacent to joining Spurs from Crystal Palace successful nan summertime earlier they were gazumped by their northbound London rivals and nan England world made them salary aft Leandro Trossard had opened nan scoring.

A mesmerising dribble and decorativeness made it 2-0 astatine half-time earlier Eze doubled his tally 36 seconds aft nan restart. He rounded disconnected nan scoring pursuing Richarlison’s good consolation onslaught for a Tottenham broadside that showed small ambition passim and recorded 0.07 expected goals.

“Things hap for a reason,” said nan Arsenal manager, whose broadside recorded 3 successive runners-up finishes earlier Eze’s signing for £67.5m successful nan summer. “After nan world duty, he had 2 days off, and aft 1 time he wanted to train, and he wanted to improve, and he wanted to do other believe and he was asking maine questions astir this and that.

“When a subordinate has specified a talent, and his desire is astatine that level, past these things happen. And he afloat deserves it. I’m truthful happy for him, because since nan time that he came, he brought thing other to nan team.

“So it’s a joy, it’s an aura that this team needed and hopefully it will springiness him a batch of confidence, to him and nan team, that astatine immoderate infinitesimal he tin triumph america a game. And that’s nan expertise that he has and he surely needs to fulfil that talent.”

Eze, who had scored only doubly successful 15 erstwhile appearances since his move to Arsenal having been rejected by them arsenic a teenager, said: “It is special. Words can’t explicate this 1 today. That’s what I prayed for: a hat-trick and I sewage it. I’m grateful to God. God gave it to me, that’s faith. All my family is present and that makes it moreover much typical for me. ”

Tottenham lined up pinch a five-man defence but that was abandoned astatine half-time by Thomas Frank and his broadside ended up having only 4 touches successful Arsenal’s punishment area.

“It was hugely disappointing that we didn’t execute amended against Arsenal, our biggest rival. I tin only apologise to nan fans for that,” said nan Spurs manager. “We tried to travel present and beryllium fierce and property precocious and successful spells spell aft them. We were not bully capable to get retired of nan situation.”