Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta of Spain has praised Portuguese under-21 midfielder Fábio Vieira after the 22-year-old Portuguese player, formerly of FC Porto, provided assists for the first two goals of the three scored by the Londoners in the victory ( 3-0) obtained by the ‘gunners’ in Monday evening’s match at the Kassam Stadium, against Oxford United.
«Fabio [Vieira] it has the quality. He is a very creative player and can decide games in the last third of the pitch. It made all the difference,” the Gunners’ Spanish manager told ITV at the end of Monday night’s meeting at the Kassam Stadium, Oxford, which put Arsenal on the path to Man. City, in the next round of the FA Cup, on the 28th of this month, at the Etihad Stadium (Manchester).
“It’s always difficult to get through this round [terceira, mas a primeira com os clubes da Premier League]. We have to be patient, and we have been, finding the right openings to decide the game in our favor. The contribution of the players who came off the bench was also important in changing the dynamics of the match», underlined Mikel Arteta regarding the 3-0 victory over Oxford United, the team coached by Karl Robinson and only 15th in the league. One (Third Division).
The London coach also reassured everyone about the possible injury of Bukayo Saka, who was moved – “he’s fine”, he reassured – and praised the performance of Nketiah, who scored twice in Oxford.
“He is everything we could want from a player. I’m delighted. You always have to score goals… and he does,” added Arteta, who already predicts a big home match for the two-times England champion Man. City ‘by’ Pep Guardiola – but also by Rúben Dias, João Cancelo and Bernardo Silva – in the fourth round of this same FA Cup (Father’s Cup): «We go match by match. It will be fantastic, yes, but my focus is… on Tottenham, our next opponent,” concluded the Spanish coach.
