Bernd Leno has insisted Jesse Lingard’s wild celebration in Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Arsenal in the FA Cup stimulated a revenge mission.
Arsenal produced a clinical performance as they halted United’s unbeaten run with a 2-0 win in the Premier League. Granit Xhaka’s long range strike and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s penalty boosted their top four hopes as the Gunners are now two points adrift of fifth placed United.
Lingard burst into wild celebration after scoring a goal which infuriated the home supporters. Later the English international uploaded his dancing picture on the social media mentioning the Emirates stadium as his dance floor.
Unai Emery’s side now has a very good chance of cementing their position as United are scheduled to face Chelsea and Manchester City later in the top flight.
Leno said, “In your mind you will never forget something like that, when somebody is celebrating.
“You don’t want to see it again so we were motivated and we knew before the game about our chance because Man United had one more point than us.
“Now we have a two-point lead and that was enough motivation for us. We are in the top four and the other teams now wait for our mistakes.”
“We don’t play against the other top six teams so I think we can beat the others
“The next game is against Newcastle at home and it is an opportunity to win and stay in the top four.”
