The fact that speaks volumes about Mikel Merino: Nothing has achieved this Premier League

Mikel Merino January 1, 2025 will not be easily forgotten. The Spanish midfielder of the Arsenal He is one of the great architects of the team’s success led by Mikel Arteta at home before the Brenford (1-3) in a match played on the first day of the year and not only for scoring one of the goals (which was the second he scored in the shirt of the London team) but because it was important in the pressure after lose.

In fact, there is a fact that speaks for itself how well the performance of Mikel Merino in rival field affairs. The former Real Sociedad midfielder He was able to recover the ball no more and no less than 5 times in the final third of the fieldthus putting a star on a record that so far no one has signed in all that goes Premier League.

Acts on the core with Thomas Party and Martin Odegaard and leave the same goal and the aforementioned recoveries, it is also worth highlighting other numbers of Merino against Brentford such as his 80% passing accuracy (32 out of 40) or the fact that he won 11 of the 17 duels he played. All this in 78 minutes of play before giving way to the satisfaction of a job well done. In it Arsenal Of course they appreciated that Mikel Merino is showing signs of approaching his best version after starting the course conditioned by the discomfort he has been experiencing since the summer.

A commented goal celebration

On the other hand, this is also news Mikel Merino in the conflict between Brentford and the Arsenal for his celebration of the goal he scored. The midfielder went to the corner flag and turned it around. It was the reissue of the celebration he used last summer when he scored a goal where Spain removed Germany in the quarterfinals of the Euro Cup and emulated what his father did in the 90s to celebrate a goal with Osasuna he is new Stuttgart in a UEFA Cup match.