{"id":3293,"date":"2021-12-20T13:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/20\/why-arsenals-ben-white-is-not-surprised-by-gabriel-martinelli-form\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T13:13:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:13:42","slug":"why-arsenals-ben-white-is-not-surprised-by-gabriel-martinelli-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/20\/why-arsenals-ben-white-is-not-surprised-by-gabriel-martinelli-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Arsenal\u2019s Ben White is not surprised by Gabriel Martinelli form"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Gabriel Martinelli on the up<\/h2>\n<p>Amid Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang\u2019s disciplinary issues, Gabriel Martinelli has stepped up and taken his chance in Arsenal\u2019s first-team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian had been on the fringes of Mikel Arteta\u2019s set-up for some time, but he has now started in five of Arsenal\u2019s last six league games, whilst also making a 26-minute sub appearance in the remaining game.<\/p>\n<p>Across those six outings, Martinelli has scored four and provided two assists, with his latest match seeing him net a brace vs Leeds this past weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? The pass<br \/>\n? The finish<br \/>\n? The celebration<\/p>\n<p>Perfection, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gabimartinelli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GabiMartinelli<\/a> ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LEEARS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LEEARS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nrwQCCM7UV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/nrwQCCM7UV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1472522101529718791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nWhy Ben White is not surprised by Martinelli<\/h2>\n<p>With Aubameyang in the dog house and both Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah out of contract in the summer, Martinelli\u2019s rise to prominence is a big boost for Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>It may also come as something of a surprise to many as Martinelli had not featured much this season until recent weeks and when he was given minutes, including in the opening two game weeks of 2021\/22, he was not great.<\/p>\n<p>One man who is not surprised by Martinelli\u2019s form, though, is Ben White. The reason for this, as per White himself, is because he sees the South American every day:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI see him every day, so it\u2019s not really a surprise to me. He\u2019s a very talented player and that\u2019s what we are all starting to see.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe want to keep winning games. We went on a good run before and then we lost to [Manchester] United. We want to keep the run going now and keep winning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are going to keep taking it game by game and just keep working hard ahead of every game.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Quotes via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/arsenal-gabriel-martinelli-form-ben-white-b972896.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evening Standard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/arsenal-vs-sunderland-betting-tips-carabao-cup-preview\/\">Arsenal vs Sunderland betting tips: Carabao Cup quarter-final preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/arsenal-focus-for-january-revealed-and-its-not-a-striker\/\">Arsenal focus for January revealed, and it\u2019s not a striker<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabriel Martinelli on the up Amid Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang\u2019s disciplinary issues, Gabriel Martinelli has stepped up and taken his chance in Arsenal\u2019s first-team. The Brazilian had been on the fringes of Mikel Arteta\u2019s set-up for some time, but he has now started in five of Arsenal\u2019s last six league games, whilst also making a 26-minute sub [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}