Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has praised Pablo Mari after the Spaniard helped the Gunners keep a clean sheet against West Ham in his first Premier League start for the club.
Mari played the full 90 minutes alongside David Luiz at the back and helped his side to a 1-0 win after Alexandre Lacazette’s late goal was ruled onside by a VAR check.
The 26-year-old did, at times, look like a player still getting to grips with English football but he will have taken great confidence from shutting out a Hammers side which put three past Southampton and two past champions elect Liverpool in their last two games.
Speaking after the game, Arteta said he was impressed with Mari’s early showing, saying: “I think he was very good and in the first half he
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