He’s STILL got it! Mikel Arteta nutmegs captain Martin Odegaard in training drill… before the Arsenal boss mimics Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘Siuuu’ in celebration
- Footage has now emerged of Arsenal’s pre-Champions League training
- It showed manager Mikel Arteta getting one over his players during a training exercise
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Mikel Arteta likes to keep his Arsenal players on their toes and there’s no better way to do that than to show he’s still got it.
In training it would be captain Martin Odegaard who was his latest victim as Arteta showed no mercy in a training rondo exercise.
Arteta, who enjoyed spells at Arsenal and Everton as a player, got the ball and nutmegged Odegaard with ease.
Arteta couldn’t believe he had carried out the attack on one of his star players and ran off in celebration, much to the amusement of his players.
Arteta ran back to give Odegaard a playful hug and then completed his celebration by mimicking Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘Siuuu’ celebration.
Mikel Arteta was left celebrating with a successful nutmeg on Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard
The Spaniard rode away festively during training after showing that he still has it
Odegaard was able to see the funny side when his manager laughed and made a joke after getting one on him.
It showed the great team spirit in the Gunners camp as they prepare to take on Lens at home in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Arsenal are top of Group B after four games with three wins and one defeat, which actually came in a 2-1 defeat away to Lens.
A win over Lens would guarantee top position in the group and secure passage to the last sixteen.
‘It is not easy to qualify 100 percent outside the group. You have to sweat and give a lot in games to win,” Arteta said on Tuesday.
‘It makes me proud and it makes me feel like this is the level this club should be at. We came back to Europe to be the club we want to be.
‘To tell people that we are back to being who we want to be.’
Arteta’s side can secure passage to the last 16 and top spot in the group if they beat Lens
