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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta heaped praise on veteran midfielder Jorginho this weekend.
The Italian came back into the Gunners starting lineup against Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium.
Arteta admitted he needed the intelligence and experience of the midfielder in his otherwise youthful team.
Speaking after the 3-1 win, Arteta stated: “It’s a game that I had in my mind, that I was imagining how much we were going to need him. They’re a team that don’t really allow you to put the fifth player in the frontline, the way they play.
“He’s a really intelligent player, his biggest quality is that he makes the people around him better. He connects everybody. I think he was man of the match.”
He then finished on Jorginho’s quality: “Unbelievable. I always say that he’s an example, a role model. He’s been in a lot of pain because he’s had an issue he’s been carrying for months.
“He didn’t want to stop, he’s been playing with that. He’s been training, always the first one in and the last one out. For all the kids at the club, if you want to look at somebody, just look at him. He’s won everything but you ask him not to play or play one minute last week he’s happy to go there. Ask him to play 90 minutes at that rhythm and he’s able to do that. I’m really lucky to have players like this.”
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