Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta had a unique role in his side’s third goal in their 3-2 win at Wattford a result which took them into the top four.Arteta ran out of his technical area as he realised Imran Louza’s cross-field pass was going to sail out of play.He caught the ball and threw it to Bukayo Saka, who took a quick throw-in and eight seconds later the ball was in the back of the net.Cedric Soares, Martin Odegaard and Alexandre Lacazette all played a part in a one-touch move before Gabriel Martinelli fired home.Arteta pumped his fists in the air and turned round to be hugged by one of his coaches – as if he had scored the goal himself.”The ball boy who handed the ball to Saka to take the throw-in was none other than Mikel Arteta who left his technical area,” said BBC Radio 5 Live commentator Conor McNamara.”But you’re not going to disallow goals for that.”Arteta said afterwards: “The fourth referee said, ‘Mikel, you shouldn’t be allowed to do that’.”It just came out. I am living the game there, trying to help as much as possible, I saw an advantage there to be taken and I did it.”Saka set up Odegaard for the Gunners’ opener and scored the second goal himself.
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