Arsenal led by Mikel Arteta is playing a very decent season again. On Saturday, February 15, the Spaniard team faced Leicester in the 25th round Premier League. Guests have been struggling with the opponent for a long time. In the first half, the fans did not witness any goal.
Arsenal's star gave such a “gift” to his wife after Valentine's Day. “It should appreciate this”
This state of affairs changed only in the second installment match. The result was only in the 81st minute Mikel Merino opened. The Spanish midfielder became the hero of Arsenal. Six minutes later he hit the net a second time, thanks to which his team won 2: 0.
Shortly after the last whistle, Merino approached the journalist to give a post -match intelligence. Straight from the pitch, he talked about a unique meeting. – The trainer told me to position himself as a attacker. It was very surprising because I had such a function for the first time in my career. I think I did very well. I finished with two goals – he said in an interview for TNT Sports.
Suddenly the 28-year-old touched the thread of Valentine's Day that took place the day before. Merino confessed that … he forgot about the festival of lovers, so his wife Lola Liberal did not receive any gift. How did the footballer out of this uncomfortable situation? “It was a good day to score a goal because I forgot to give a gift to my wife on Valentine's Day,” he burned in front of the cameras.
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– So I dedicate the goals to her. I think it should appreciate this – he added after a while. Fear to think what would happen if Mikel Merino did not hit the net in the match against Leicester. Then he would stay empty -handed.
This season, the 28-year-old Spaniard played a total of 27 matches, in which he scored four goals and recorded one assist. In the summer of last year, Arsenal bought it from Real Sociedad for 32 million euro. At that time, the footballer was a freshly baked European champion. Currently his team is the runner -up of the Premier League. To the first Liverpool He loses four points. Merino in Arsenal earns about 6.7 million pounds (approx. PLN 33.5 million – editor's note) for the season.