Simon Collings on Arsenal's Saturday performance against Sheffield

Following their defeat of Sheffield United on Saturday, Arsenal are now back to second position in the Premiere League.

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00:00 So it's all over here at the Emirates and pretty much a dream afternoon for Mikel Arteta.

00:05 Everything he wanted he got out of this game.

00:08 The big plus point being in Inketia, getting a hat-trick.

00:11 It feels like every time Gabriel Jesus sat we asked the same questions to Arteta, to Inketia.

00:15 Can he step up? Can he fill the void of Jesus?

00:18 And for the moment he started in perfect fashion here, a hat-trick.

00:22 I think in particular that third goal shows the confidence Inketia is playing with right now.

00:26 He took the ball out of the box, arrowed it into the top corner.

00:30 Jesus in the stands here, he stood up and applauded it.

00:32 So I think for Arsenal, they've got four games before that international break.

00:35 Inketia probably will expect to lead the line all of them.

00:38 At least now they will go into that with a lot of confidence.

00:40 Some other good plus points, Arteta rotating the team.

00:43 It's not often you see them bring Saka off 20 minutes ago, but they had the luxury of doing that.

00:48 With two games a week now until the international break, I think that's a really big bonus for Arsenal.

00:51 They can rest a few players. They'll want to do that again on Wednesday in the Carabao Cup at West Ham.

00:55 All in all, for Arsenal, a good afternoon and they're back to second in the Premier League.

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