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Mikel delighted with "beast" Nketiah

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Mikel Arteta heaped praise on Eddie Nketiah after the striker seized his starting opportunity to help fire us to victory against Nottingham Forest.

Eddie bagged our first goal of the campaign to help us on our way to a 2-1 opening day victory at Emirates Stadium, and that delighted his manager who revealed he couldn’t leave him out following some determined displays off the bench and in training.

Mikel indicated that is exactly the hunger and team spirit he wants to see from all his players this campaign, which has thankfully begun with three points.

“Eddie sums up what we want this season in terms of the squad,” Mikel said.