Arteta hails Martinelli's 'mentality' after netting Man City winner

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says Gabriel Martinelli pushed himself to be available for the Manchester City clash
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00:00 "He's been saying for a few weeks I'm going to be there against City and obviously
00:04 everybody was saying, 'Gary, it will be too early for you.'
00:06 And yesterday he said, 'Boss, I told you, I'm going to be ready for this.'
00:10 And it happened that Leo, after 30 minutes, he felt something in his hamstring.
00:13 So when I turned around he was already ready to go with his kids.
00:16 You know, 'Boss, I'm ready to go.'
00:18 So it's just the joy of a kid.
00:20 His mentality is incredible at his age and it's just a joy to have him because today
00:25 he could change the game and he was really helpful for us to win the game."

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