Premier League legend, Alan Shearer has asked Mikel Arteta to hand Gabriel Martinelli an extended run in Arsenal’s starting XI.
This was after the Brazilian youngster displayed an electric performance against West Ham on Wednesday night.
The youngster has struggled to build on his impressive debut season at the Emirates due to a succession of injuries that had relegated him to a bit-part role under Mikel Arteta.
But the Brazil Under 21 international was called upon yesterday following an injury to Emile Smith Rowe and Piere-Emerick Aubameyang’s exile.
He opened the scoring for Arsenal with a brilliantly taken goal, latching onto Alexandre Lacazette’s through ball.
“I’d like him to have more of a run over a sustained period and show what he can do over a sustained period of time but that is really exciting play and that’s exactly what Arteta needed tonight,” Metro quoted Shearer to have said.
“The players needed to go out and do the manager a favour, he put his neck on the line in making that big decision and leaving the captain out and taking the captaincy off him publicly. They didn’t disappoint and didn’t let him down.”
