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Mikel Arteta says that Bukayo Saka learned to manage a brutal treatment and insists that he will resist the temptation to wrap his star player in cotton wool even though the title of the Premier League flows and a semi-final of the Champions League.
Saka was released after an injury to the hamstrings and made his first premier League since December against Ipswich on Sunday when he received a heavy red card challenge from Leif Davis.
This blow forced the right winger after 57 minutes, but Arteta said he was “good luck” to appear against Crystal Palace tonight.
The Arsenal manager has often talked about his conviction that Saka is targeted by opposition players, but he praised the way the 23 -year -old refuses to get up.
“It’s very difficult to work on it!” He must remain concentrated and present, “said Arteta. “It’s sometimes delicate, but I think he managed it very well.
“It is in its nature. This is something that we cannot train or assign the credit. It’s him. He is really calm, very rational, very intelligent in the way he manages his emotions, so it’s him.
The director of Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, says that he will resist the urge to protect the minutes of Bukayo Saka
Saka did not return to action this month after having undergone an injury to the hamstrings against Crystal Palace which had held it away since the end of December
But he was at the reception of another heavy challenge on Sunday, this time of Leif Davis of Ipswich, which was shown a red card for his tackle on Saka
Wednesday evening, a defeat against the men of Olivier Glasner at the Emirates would give Liverpool the title with five games to lose, so the league is almost finished and that all the arteta eggs are in the Champions League basket, with the first leg against Paris St-Germain next Tuesday.
But Arteta refused to face the possibility of saving its big cannons such as Saka, William Saliba and Declan Rice only for Europe.
“When the players are in good shape and they are available and they want to play, they have to play,” he insisted. ‘
They are at their best when they play and have coherence in their performance: physically, emotionally, their understanding and their rhythm. This is what we need.
Liverpool captain, Virgil Van Dijk, suggested that the team would watch the match of this evening with Champagne on the ice and ready to be out of the palace is a surprise. Arteta insisted that he was not motivated by a wish to delay the party.
“I don’t need motivation to win a first League game,” he said.
“I’m super motivated for tomorrow to go there and try to be better than Palace.
