Arteta talks about why Saliba stepped in to the midfield as he is a defender and was always supposed to stay on defence.
Stepping up:
A lot of different tactical decisions were made in the match against Slavia Prague of course. Arsenal won the match comfortably as well. Saka scored one goal and also Mikel Merino did the rest and scored two goals for Arsenal of course. Mikel Arteta talks about how happy he is of course because of the match of course. Arteta talks about why William Saliba was spotted in the midfield so many times of course. He says that this was mainly due to the fact that actually Slavia Prague was pressing very well and their number nine was pressing very well too. This is why Saliba had to go up to the midfield a lot of times in order to defend to be honest. In fact in the first half he almost scored a goal for Arsenal too.
Arteta talks about Saliba stepping up in the midfield:
He is a very great player and there is no doubt about it either. Arteta talks about how it is a very difficult game to play of course. This is mainly due to the fact that there is constant pressure of course. Arsenal did not have time to train like this at all in training. This is the reason why Arsenal had a difficult time in the match too.
Author’s Opinion:
I think Arsenal performed very well and there is no doubt about it either. They scored three goals which were very necessary of course. The midfield was fine as well. Saliba was up at the midfield because of the fact that he had to defend their number nine better to be honest.
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