""He was involved in many positive actions and his work rate was unbelievable. He brings other things to the table: his intelligence, the way he competes, the way he masters a lot of the things that are crucial for us.""
""We need to plan against Arsenal in a different way. Arsenal can score against any team from set-pieces - against Bayern Munich, they scored their first from a corner. They have a system that works very well and we are going to try to defend in the best way. It's very early and it's important to be where we are now in March, April.""
Mikel Merino has been deployed as a number nine and performed strongly, acting as a targetman in Arsenal's 3-1 Champions League win over Bayern Munich and scoring twice in a 3-0 victory at Slavia Prague. Mikel Arteta praised Merino's goal threat, involvement, work rate, intelligence and competitive qualities. Chelsea beat Barcelona 3-0 with goals from Estevao and Liam Delap, prompting Enzo Maresca to describe stopping Arsenal as a different challenge and emphasise planning and set-piece defence. Arteta said Viktor Gyokeres and Kai Havertz are very close to returning, Leandro Trossard is doubtful and Gabriel Jesus is back in training but may not be ready to feature.
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