Arteta axes captain Auba – then hails him!

Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta benched club captain Pierre Emerick Aubameyang.

The decision came an hour before the match due to disciplinary reasons but Auba has since then been hailed by the same boss!

“He is an incredible guy and one of the most important players in the team,” he told Sky Sports.

“He is our captain and these things happen. We have lots going on in our lives and people finding it hard with the restrictions.

“I will never tell anything that happens in the dressing room.”

Arsenal won the match 2-1 and Arteta was a happy man.

“Going 1-0 down the way we were playing was disappointing and worst-case scenario against a team like Spurs. But we kept playing and deserve the win,” Arteta said,

“The last 10 minutes we did not manage the game and we need to improve as a team. We relied on luck. With the way we played we should have seen it out comfortably.”

Arteta, who is the third consecutive Arsenal boss to win his first home league meeting with Spurs, following Arsene Wenger and Unai Emery, added: “We had some really strong performances today.

“You could see the energy they were playing with.”It is about how you react. This team have the reaction in them to not give up. We kept playing and generating chances and got rewarded.”

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