Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will not be on the touchline when they travel to Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Spaniard picked up a yellow card for celebrating the Gunners’ winning goal against Luton Town on Tuesday.
It was Arteta’s third of the season and that triggered a one-match ban
Mikel Arteta has opened up on the wild celebrations that have seen him pick up a one-match Premier League ban.
The Arsenal boss could barely contain himself during the Gunners’ late 4-3 victory against Luton on Tuesday evening. Declan Rice guided home a header in the final few moments of the clash, triggering wild celebrations among the players, staff and fans at the stadium
He told beIN Sports: “I could not be seated in my seat. It was pure emotion. If that’s a yellow… that’s a yellow.”
Arteta continued to talk through the dramatic victory during his post-match press conference and claimed that it was the least his side deserved. We don’t want a draw, we want to win.
That drive and risk and emotion that we put in the pitch you can sense it. We could have scored before with the chances that we had. We didn’t, but we tried right to the end and we got rewarded.
He then added: “Really enjoyed it. Especially the end. This is the incredible thing about football, emotions and what you live together with a lot of people. It was a special night.
Credit to Luton, the atmosphere they created how they made it difficult for us, but we found a way to win. The resilience, and the character, and the quality and desire to win that the team showed was great.
