{"id":101,"date":"2026-02-21T11:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=101"},"modified":"2026-02-21T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:04:16","slug":"zubimendi-dresses-as-mikel-merino-to-protect-arsenals-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"Zubimendi dresses as Mikel Merino to protect Arsenal&#8217;s leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\"><strong>In the absence of Mikel Merino&#8230; well it&#8217;s Mart\u00edn Zubimendi<\/strong>. He <strong>Arsenal pivot<\/strong> He honored his long-term injured teammate in the best way possible. A <strong>&#8216;gunshot<\/strong>&#8216;from the ex of the <strong>Royal Society<\/strong> &#8216;opened&#8217; the triumph <strong>against Sunderland (3-0) and a double from Viktor Gy\u00f6keres proved it.<\/strong><span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">A victory that, while waiting for what the <strong>City<\/strong> tomorrow on his visit to <strong>Liverpool<\/strong>ratifies the leadership of those of <strong>Mikel Arteta<\/strong>. With 13 days left, they lead in <strong>seven and nine points<\/strong> a <strong>Aston Villa y Manchester City<\/strong>. <span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">The game started &#8216;strange&#8217;. <strong>Havertz saved a shot from Brobbey after a poor start by Raya in the 9th minute<\/strong>. Arsenal&#8217;s first big chance, curiously, was a <strong>Hume&#8217;s bad clearance against his own goal<\/strong> in the 23rd minute. <span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">Warning <strong>Declan Rice<\/strong> with a <strong>shot from outside<\/strong> from the area that left <strong>rubbing the stick<\/strong> in the 30&#8242;. <strong>Zubimendi, on the other hand, did not forgive<\/strong>. <strong>Trossard<\/strong> gave way back and <strong>spanish international<\/strong> connected a great <strong>right hand from the front<\/strong> that even hit the <strong>afterwards<\/strong> before entering.<strong> Great goal.<\/strong> Imparable by Roefs.<span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\"><strong>Six goals, five in the Premier,<\/strong> now adds Arsenal&#8217;s &#8217;36&#8217;, which is starring <strong>the most prolific season of his career<\/strong>. Left behind are the <strong>four goals<\/strong> which he scored with Real Sociedad in 2023-24. <strong>The best, without a doubt, the celebration<\/strong>. He went around the corner emulating Merino and immediately pointed to the box. It&#8217;s for you, Mikel.<span class=\"xai-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">Already in the second half, after a good hand down by Raya after a shot from Talbi (49&#8242;), he put the ball in the way. <strong>Arsenal&#8217;s high pressure took effect in the 66th minute<\/strong>. <strong>Trossard<\/strong> intercepted a clearance attempt <strong>Tail<\/strong> and filtered quickly for <strong>Havertz, <\/strong>that the back pass served so that <strong>Rooted<\/strong>half falling,<strong> will score the second just six minutes <\/strong>after jumping onto the grass<strong> replacing Gabriel Jesus. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\"><strong>The sentence was signed by Gy\u00f6keres, again, in the 93rd minute<\/strong>. <strong>Martinelli <\/strong>took advantage of a <strong>pour from Norgaard<\/strong> to beat Reinildo in the race and <strong>give the goal on a plate to the Swede, <\/strong>who already has 13 goals, eight in the League, this season.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var utag_data = {};\n    window.addEventListener('ue-dfp-loaded', (s) => {\n        let urls = (\n            {\n                url: '\n            },\n            {\n                url: '\n            },\n            {\n                url: '\/\/e00-elmundo.uecdn.es\/js\/uecomscore_cmp_event.js'\n            },\n            {\n                url: '\n            },\n            {\n                url: '\n            }\n        )\n        urls.forEach((item) => {\n            let a, b, c, d, e;\n            a = item.url;\n            b = document;\n            c=\"script\";\n            d = b.createElement(c);\n            d.src = a;\n            d.type=\"text\/java\" + c;\n            d.async = !0;\n            d.onload = item.callback ? item.callback : null;\n            e = b.getElementsByTagName(c)(0);\n            e.parentNode.insertBefore(d, e);\n        });\n        let taboolaIsRun = false;\n        function taboola_loader() {\n            if (taboolaIsRun) return\n            taboolaIsRun = true;\n            window._taboola = window._taboola || ();\n            _taboola.push({ article: 'auto', tracking: 'intcmp=BOOREC&taboola_source=taboola&taboola_medium=internal-referral' });\n            !function (e, f, u, i) {\n                if (!document.getElementById(i)) {\n                    e.async = 1;\n                    e.src = u;\n                    e.id = i;\n                    f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);\n                }\n            }(document.createElement('script'), document.getElementsByTagName('script')(0), '\/\/cdn.taboola.com\/libtrc\/unidadeditorial-marca\/loader.js', 'tb_loader_script');\n            if (window.performance && typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') { window.performance.mark('tbl_ic'); }\n        }\n        window.didomiOnReady = window.didomiOnReady || ();\n\t\twindow.didomiOnReady.push(function(Didomi) {\n\t\t\tif (Didomi.getUserStatusForVendor(42)) {\n\t            taboola_loader();\n\t        } else {\n\t            window.addEventListener('ueConsentChanged', () => {\n\t                if (Didomi.getUserStatusForVendor(42)) {\n\t                    taboola_loader();\n\t                }\n\t            });\n\t        }\n\t\t});\n        var cookieList = document.cookie.split(';');\n        cookieList.forEach( function (item) { \n            if (typeof item == \"string\" && item.indexOf(\"REGMARCA\") != -1) {\n                var ifr_seed = document.createElement(\"iframe\");\n                ifr_seed.src = \" + Math.random()*1000000000000 + \"?\";\n                ifr_seed.width = \"1\"; ifr_seed.height = \"1\"; ifr_seed.style.display = \"none\";\n                ifr_seed.setAttribute(\"frameborder\",\"0\");\n                var node = document.body.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")(0);\n                node.parentNode.insertBefore(ifr_seed,node);\n            }\n        });\n        (function (d, s, id) {\n            var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);\n            if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n            js = d.createElement(s);\n            js.id = id;\n            js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/es_ES\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.8&appId=279395918757488&status=true&cookie=true\";\n            fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n    });\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the absence of Mikel Merino&#8230; well it&#8217;s Mart\u00edn Zubimendi. 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