Mikel Arteta Is Loving The New Aubameyang As He Reserves Praise For Lacazette

Written By Jacobs Dunga

Arsenal striker, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has found a new role in the Arsenal frontline which is beyond scoring goals alone and this comes to the delight of his manager, Mikel Arteta.

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Arsenal dispatched Aston Villa by three goals to one last Friday with Aubameyang getting on the scoresheet to bring his tally for the season to seven in all competitions after the initial struggle in the opening weeks of the season.

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The Gabonese striker has grown from the disappointing beginning to Arsenal’s season where they lost three consecutive games without getting a single goal. The Gunners have since gone six games without defeat with the captain finding a new role in their new look side.

Mikel Arteta is one person that seems to be pleased with what the captain is doing to help the team going. His contribution has gone beyond just scoring goals according to the arsenal manager.

“I wouldn’t go to the goals, again it is what Aubameyang is transmitting on the pitch. I have never seen Aubameyang transmit what he is doing now,” Arteta told the club’s official website.

“Apart from the goals, the celebration when they put the ball in the net, do you see the way he runs, the purpose he has to press the ball, and, when he takes it his movement, his link, how he is leading the game, not when he is static, and then he puts the ball in the net? I prefer this Aubameyang.”

“For me it is a click. It is a click. It is a combination, that realising that his [Aubameyang’s] role has to go well beyond that,” Arteta added.

“What was good, or very good, two or three years ago, with his role in this team, at this club it is not enough.

“He had to take a step forward. I would say the same with Lacazette, look what he is transmitting, not just doing or playing, what he is transmitting. For me that is really, really important.”

Meanwhile…

Arsenal face struggling Leeds United in the Carabao cup on Tuesday at the Emirates and will be counting on both strikers to get the deal done against Marcelo Bielsa’s men.

Arsenal will look to negotiate their place past the the visitors on Tuesday and book a place in the next round to boost their chances of clinching a silverware this season.

“That is where I’m going, they lead by example and not only there but as well at the training ground,” Arteta said.

“Certain things, a role they could have had three years ago in the squad, now it has changed.

“Human beings change themselves every six months, they have all new selves, and it’s incredible so we are able to adapt very quickly and manipulate and change our minds very quickly as well.

“They are doing that for the benefit of the club, but for sure for the benefit of themselves.”

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