Kocin Arsenal Mikel Arteta na Spain
Mikel Arteta ya yaba da kin amincewar da Arsenal ta yi na barin gasar cin kofin Premier ta lalace sakamakon raunin da suka samu bayan da suka tsallake rijiya da baya na sa’o’i 24 da suka doke Brighton da ci 2-1 ranar Asabar.
‘Yan wasan Arteta sun girgiza sakamakon raunin da dan wasan baya na kasar Holland Jurrien Timber ya samu a wajen atisaye ranar Juma’a.
Kamar dai hakan bai yi muni ba, dan wasan baya na Italiya Riccardo Calafiori ya shiga jerin masu takawa da Arsenal ke da rauni a lokacin da ya samu bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida kafin karawar Brighton.
Suma Ben White da Cristhian Mosquera ba su samu damar buga wasan ba, don haka Myles Lewis-Skelly ya shigo ta bangaren hagu sai dan wasan tsakiya na Ingila Declan Rice ya fara takawa ta dama.
Duk da matsalar lafiyar da suke fama da ita, Arsenal ta yi nasarar doke ta na uku a jere da ci daya mai ban haushi a gasar, inda ta maido da matsayi na daya a hannun Manchester City, wadda ta ci Nottingham Forest 2-1 a ‘yan sa’o’i kadan kafin hakan.
Da yake yaba ruhin Arsenal da hadin kai a cikin wahala, Arteta ya ce: “Abin da nake so shi ne muna fama da batutuwa da yawa kuma muna magance su ta hanya mai ban mamaki.
“A jiya mun rasa Jurrien kuma a yau mun rasa Calafiori a cikin dumi-dumi, Declan ya buga wasan baya na dama kuma kun ga wasan da ya nuna. Wannan shine ruhu kuma shine yadda ‘yan wasanmu suke so.
“Kuna magana da Declan kuma ku gaya masa cewa dole ne ya taka leda a can kuma ya ce ‘Ok. Na tashi don ƙalubalen. Zan yi iya ƙoƙarina’. Wannan halin yana da kyau a shaida.”
Arsenal dai na fama da rauni sosai a cikin watanni 18 da suka gabata, inda a kwanakin baya dan wasan gaban Brazil Gabriel Jesus ya dawo daga jinya kusan shekara guda.
– ‘Dole ne mu sha wahala’ –
Kai Havertz ya ci gaba da jinya, yayin da dan wasan baya na Brazil Gabriel Magalhaes ya zo a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin na biyu don bunkasa zabin tsaron da Arteta ya yi a farkon bayyanarsa tun farkon Nuwamba.
“A halin yanzu muna rayuwa watanni shida, don haka bari mu gani. Akwai sauran biyar da rabi. Da fatan abubuwa za su yi kyau. Mun dawo Gabby yau da wuri fiye da yadda ake tsammani,” in ji shi.
“Za mu iya sarrafa abin da muke yi kawai, kuma muna yin abubuwa masu kyau da yawa. Muna buƙatar yin mafi kyau don samun tazara mai girma kuma muna buƙatar ‘yan wasa su dawo don tabbatar da cewa za mu iya sa kowa ya zama sabo. Kowane kwana uku zai zama kalubale.”
Arsenal dai ta kasance a cikin jerin gwanon jiragen ruwa bayan Martin Odegaard ya ci kwallonsa ta farko a farkon kakar wasan kafin daga bisani Georginio Rutter ya ci kwallo ta biyu bayan an dawo daga hutun rabin lokaci.
Sai dai Diego Gomez ya rage tazarar da aka samu a minti na 64 da fara tamaula, kuma David Raya ya yi ta mai kyau daga Yankuba Minteh don kiyaye nasarar a cikin dakika na karshe.
“Muna matukar farin ciki da wasan kwaikwayon. Mun kasance masu rinjaye, ɗaiɗaiku da kuma tare. Mun kasance babban barazana amma gefen nasara ya kamata ya fi girma,” in ji Arteta.
“Tare da yawan yanayi da damar da muka samu, bai kamata a kasance 2-1 ba. Amma Premier League ke nan.
“Sun fara zura kwallo a bugun farko sannan David (Raya) ya yi babban ceto.
“Dukkanmu muna son yin nasara sosai, da mun zira kwallo ta uku sannan kuma da hakan ya banbanta.
A ranar Talata ne Arsenal ta dawo taka leda a gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai da Aston Villa a fafatawar da suka yi a filin wasa na Emirates.
