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Mikel Arteta Dedicates Arsenal Win to ‘Extraordinary’ Life President Ken Friar
Arsenal scored three times after halftime, with Bukayo Saka adding a goal and assist off the bench.
- On Tuesday, Arsenal defeated Lille 3-0 in the Champions League, with Mikel Arteta dedicating the victory to the club's late life president Ken Friar, who passed away Monday aged 92.
- Friar served the club for nine decades and was instrumental in the Gunners' move from Highbury to the Emirates Stadium, where players wore black armbands in his honor on Tuesday.
- Jurrien Timber, Eberechi Eze, and Bukayo Saka scored in a seven-minute second-half burst, extending the Gunners' winning streak to 14 consecutive Champions League group stage victories.
- Lille head coach Davide Ancelotti said after the first goal, his team "lost confidence and our shape," adding that Arsenal's substitutions ultimately made the difference.
- Despite battling an illness, Saka came off the bench to deliver "real quality," assisting Eze and scoring within five minutes as Arteta praised his "huge impact.
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The Navarren midfielder valued whether personal sports situation after defeating Lille in the Champions League
Arsenal wins sovereignly against Lille in the Champions League. But after the victory, coach Mikel Arteta thinks mainly of the deceased honorary president Ken Friar.
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saarbruecker-zeitung.deArsenal wins sovereignly against Lille in the Champions League. But after the victory, coach Mikel Arteta thinks mainly of the deceased honorary president Ken Friar.
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