Arsenal forward, Bukayo Saka has come out to share how he deals with the number of fouls he receives from opposition defenders. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he knows the defenders cannot keep up with fouling him throughout the game because they will receive a card at some point, so he always gets his chance to shine once they are booked.
Saka added that he would not shy away from helping Arsenal because he receives harsh tackles from the opponent.
His words, “There are two elements. The first is that the defenders can’t do that all game. They’ll get yellow cards and then they have to stop.
The second element is that as an attacking player, you are in the team to score goals, create goals. Part of that is going to involve having to beat defenders and, yeah, they’re going to try their best to stop you.
But just because you get a kick, you can’t hide away and not do that. Because that’s what you are in the team to do.”
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Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.
The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.
In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season, Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.
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