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Mikel Arteta claimed the wonder goal scored by Eberechi Eze to fire Arsenal on the way to the Champions League quarter-finals is “the reason why he’s here”.Eze hit spectacular 20-yard thunderbolt before Declan Rice added a classy second to seal a 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen for a 3-1 aggregate success.The 27-year-old has taken his time to adjust to life with the Gunners following his £67.5million summer switch from Crystal Palace, but Arteta says he now looks the part.

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00:00We needed a magical moment from Epps to score a wonderful goal, a wonderful strike to give
00:06us the lead.
00:07I think he's playing every three days now, he has the rhythm, he has the understanding
00:11with his teammates as well, what we want, and especially his level of activity with
00:17the ball, without the ball, in the spaces that he moves, the purpose that he's showing
00:21every time he's in and around the box as well, which is the reason why he's here, to create
00:28those kind of moments.
00:29I'm comparing the minutes that he's ever played in his career, he's much higher right
00:32now than any other season, so that tells you as well the consistency that he's showing,
00:37he's always fit, today he had to come off because he's got a lot of minutes in him, but he's
00:42handling the pressure, the situation and the expectations.
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