Arsenal striker Bukayo Saka was relieve after his team beat Monaco 3-0 at home on Wednesday to secure a place in the knockout stages, despite the fact that the game at the Emirates Stadium was more competitive than the scoreboard.
Saka was name Player of the Game after scoring a goal each and providing an assist to seal the win. However, it was a painful experience to go into the game with a one-goal lead in the 34th minute before the second came in the 78th minute.
“It was actually a tight game. I felt like we couldn’t put our opponent down early on,” he told UEFA TV.
“We created a lot of chances to send Monaco home, especially in the first half, but we couldn’t do it, so the second half was a bit awkward.”
“Good thing he finally scored 3 goals and finished the job successfully – well, that’s it.”
The Gunners are now on 15 points from their six matchday league campaign and third in the table, increasing their chances of automatically qualifying for the last 16, which the 23-year-old winger is please about, but with two more matches to go, he will do his best to guarantee everything.
“We believe in ourselves and are close to advancing to the next round, but the job is not done yet,” the Arsenal native add.
“We have to win the remaining Register ufabet two games. I believe we can do it and we will reach the last 16.
Saka is in the best form of his career with 9 goals and 12 assists in 21 games in all competitions. If he doesn’t get seriously injury, his performance will be better than last season when he scored 20 goals and 12 assists in 47 games.