Is Madueke making Arsenal forget Saka's absence?!
Nov 10, 2026
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If he doesn't play today, we don't win that game.
Hard work, we said it was going to be hard work today.
The greatest thing about that was,
as soon as we went 1-0, you knew that was it.
That's the good thing. I just said,
you're confident with that back four and defending.
Even though there was a cut about five minutes after
that goal, we sat back a little bit.
Anything can happen.
It was always going to be a tough game today.
We said that on the back of the Liverpool game and in midweek Europe.
And, you know, we got the job done.
And the clean sheet defence, I thought, was magnificent.
And Madawake again today, like, you know,
if he doesn't play today, we don't win that game.
He was that good.
Yeah, he was.
He was constantly a threat, constantly coming forward,
giving his defender lots and lots of problems.
And, yeah, like you said, he's really won the fans over, hasn't he?
You know what I mean?
With the way he's been playing, you know what I mean?
He's filling some very big shoes at the moment in Bukayo Saka.
But we're not missing Saka at the moment.
No, we're not missing him.
And at the end of it, we have to look at that,
and you just turn around and say to that today
that the other two weren't quite up
to standard, like, you know what I mean?
So he is the one that's, from an attacking point of view,
is pushing us through.

