ARSENAL fans went crazy after Mikel Arteta delivered a not-so-subtle put-down following last night’s 7-1 win over PSV.
The Gunners tore the Dutch kings apart in Eindhoven to all-but seal their spot in the Champions League quarters.
Martin Odegaard led the way with two strikes as Jurrien Timber, Ethan Nwaneri, Mikel Merino, Leandro Trossard and Riccardo Calafiori also scored.
The resounding result also saw Arsenal set SIX new records.
They included becoming the first team to net seven goals in a Champions League away tie.
Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly also became the first English teens to combine for a goal in the competition’s history.
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Arsenal will now be hoping to replicate their goalscoring feats back in the Premier League.
The Gunners travel to Manchester United on Sunday afternoon ahead of their return leg with PSV.
A tough clash against Chelsea then follows before the international break.
And with leaders Liverpool already 13 points clear, the Londoners know they can’t afford to drop more points if they want to remain in the title race.
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Now, Arteta has warned his players not to get carried away by last night’s result.
He has told his stars to remain grounded.
And in a not-so-subtle dig at Erling Haaland, Arteta even declared that Arsenal need to “be humble”.
The infamous words were used by Haaland towards the Gunners after Man City netted a late equaliser against them in September’s 2-2 draw at the Etihad.
Following the result, City slipped into an awful run of results and remain out of sorts.
Arsenal got their revenge last month when they smashed City 5-1 at the Emirates.
But Arteta has urged his aces to stay focused, saying: “Put your head down, be humble.
“Analyse how you can improve because the next game is going to be completely different to this one.
“Nobody in this room, if I gave you an envelope and said, ‘can you predict what’s going to happen tomorrow and who is going to score?’
“That’s the beauty of football and nobody can write the script unfortunately, even if we’d like to.”
Fans were certainly loving Arteta’s choice of words.
One said: “I understood that reference.”
Another declared: “HE SAID THE WORD.”
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One noted: “The karma is coming guys.”
Another added: “Arteta actually said be humble!”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
