Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has suggested on the club’s official website that Bukayo Saka gets kicked in training.
Arteta made the comments after Arsenal’s match against Aston Villa at Villa Park in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
England international winger Saka started the match.
And he played well, like he usually does.
The winger scored in the 16th minute.
Saka was one of the best players on the pitch at Villa Park and impressed former Manchester United defender Gary Neville.
However, the 21-year-old had to face some rough treatment.
The Villa players were quite physical towards him, and there were one or two moments when it looked like it was getting to Saka.
The Arsenal forward, though, did not do anything rash and actually played better because of it.
And Arsenal manager Arteta has suggested that Saka gets rough treatment in training as well, adding that he will have to get used to it.
Mikel Arteta on Arsenal star Bukayo Saka
Arteta said about Saka: He’s fine – he got kicked quite a lot again, but he’s going to have to deal with that, not every week, but every three days.
“Sometimes in training as well. It’s his game – teams are not stupid and they want to stop him. We need to protect him.”
Getting used to it
In our view, Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka simply has to accept that he will get rough treatment.
Defenders will be physical to him, just like they are to all good attacking players.
Now, of course, Saka is only 21 and is very young, but the England international will simply have to accept that it is part and parcel of the game.
And cope with it.
And we think that he will.
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