to hand Arsenal the win over Liverpool in a League Cup game on
October 1, 2020. Photo: Twitter@Arsenal.
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta was full of praise for
German goalkeeper, Bernd Leno who stopped two spot kicks to hand
the Gunners a 5-4 shoot-out win over Liverpool in the League Cup on
Thursday.
English youngster, Joe Willock netted the winning penalty for
the North London side after Leno saved from Divock Origi and Harry
Wilson, sending Arsenal to the quarter-final of the
competition.
That feeling!
@JoeWillock
#CarabaoCup pic.twitter.com/iPllNgasQP
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 1, 2020
“Bernd Leno was really good. When we needed him we had him. You
need a top individual performance to win at Anfield,” said Arteta
whose side won the Community Shield in August after seeing off the
Reds via penalty shoot-out.
“I really have belief in Bernd. I know him really well. We
didn’t want Emiliano Martinez to go but it was probably the right
thing.
“To come here and play with the determination and courage is a
big step forward for the team. They are on the right path.”
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Who else could it have been?!
Congratulations, @Bernd_Leno
#CarabaoCup pic.twitter.com/vknhqmZ7MY
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 2, 2020
Leno’s sterling show at Anfied underlined why the Gunners’ boss
sold back-up stopper, Emiliano Martinez to Aston Villa and
restoring the German to the side after a lengthy spell on the
treatment table.
manager Mikel Arteta reacts on the touchline during the English
Premier League football match between Arsenal and West Ham United
at the Emirates Stadium in London on September 19, 2020. (Photo by
Will Oliver / POOL / AFP).
Before his penalty heroics, Leno had made series of spectacular
saves to keep the FA Cup champions on course to winning the trophy
that eluded former coach Arsene Wenger.
Leno’s performances, unsurprisingly, earned him the Man of the
Match gong and the German will hope to continue his key role in a
new Arsenal under Arteta.