Together with Mikel Arteta, Pepe Begins to Understand Arsenal’s Philosophy

DBasia.news –  Slowly but surely, there are words that are suitable to describe Nicolas Pepe. Now, he has began to receive a place as Arsenal’s first team and this happened because he continued to learn to understand the club’s philosophy.

At the beginning of his arrival last August, Nicolas Pepe had difficulty penetrating the first team. He was more often used as a substitute by the coach at the time, Unai Emery.

Now with Mikel Arteta, he has began to gain trust. However, the winger did not want to be complacent. He claimed to have been continuing to study his new team and also the wishes of the coach.

“I am still learning and there is a lot of room that I can do to improve performance. But in terms of understanding the club’s philosophy, I have began to understand it and it made things easier for me, “Nicolas Pepe told Sky Sports, Tuesday (01/21/2020).

“Mikel has explained exactly what he wants from me on the field. He showed several videos about the game, especially my position and movements without the ball. He tells me what he wants. This was done to help players develop, “he continued.

In the last three Premier League matches, the Ivory Coast player have always been revealed as starters by Mikel Arteta. If totaled, he has played 20 times in this inaugural season.

For matters of goals, Nicolas Pepe has collected five goals and four assists in all competitions. One of his best performances was when the London Cannon won 2-0 over Manchester United. When he managed to score a goal and provide assists.