Trabzonspor defeated its host Samsunspor 3-0, on Saturday, in the seventh round of the Turkish Football League.
Trabzonspor raised its score to 13 points to advance to third place, one point behind Amed Sportif, the second-placed team, and three points behind Galatasaray, the defending champion and top of the standings.
On the other hand, Samsunspor's score froze at four points in sixteenth place.
Trabzonspor took the lead in the 27th minute through Ernest Monshi, then his teammate Chibuike Nwano added the second goal in the 38th minute.
Two minutes later, Trabzon scored the third goal through Francolino Gloda, following a magical pass from Egypt's national team captain Mohamed Salah, to complete his team's hat-trick in the first half.
The match witnessed Melih Kabaksal, a Trabzonspor player, being sent off in the 43rd minute, and his team completed the match with ten players.
Samsun failed to take advantage of the numerical shortage in Trabzon's ranks, and the match ended with a major victory for Salah's comrades.
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal's coach, praised his valuable team's victory over Leeds United in the English Premier League championship, stressing that his club was able to correct its course following the sudden loss in the last stage to Brighton.
Arsenal scored two goals within eight minutes of the second half to achieve a valuable victory with a score of 2-1 after falling behind 0-1 against its guest Leeds at the Emirates Stadium, on Saturday, in the sixth stage of the competition.
After their harsh 0-3 loss to their host Brighton in the last stage, before the final international break, it seemed that Arteta’s men were on their way to suffering a second shocking loss in a row, after James Justin gave the visitors the lead in the 55th minute. However, Ricardo Calafiore equalized for the defending champion with a perfect header from a follow-up to his teammate Ben White’s pass in the 62nd minute, before (substitute) Bruno Guimaraes delivered the decisive blow just six minutes after the match. Entering the field.
Arteta told TNT Sport after the match, saying: “Before the match, we talked about two things: the first is the challenge that awaits us; Since Leeds have not lost any match in the competition this season, which means that the confrontation will be very difficult. The second thing was to regain our identity and return to performing as usual, regardless of the circumstances of the match.”
The Spanish coach stressed: “We were not satisfied with our performance against Brighton, and today’s match was an opportunity to correct the course. Indeed, our reaction was exactly as we expected.”
Arteta talked about the Leeds team; He said: “They are a very organized team, they have players with great physical strength, and they are fully committed to everything they do.”
Regarding the impact of Arsenal’s equalizer in changing the course of the match, he said: “When you play at 12:30 noon at home and you fall behind by an unanswered goal, you have to recover a lot of things, most important of which is energy and enthusiasm.”
He continued: “Our reaction was amazing; We felt the crowd's interaction and the energy in the stadium changed immediately. The substitute players also contributed to making a big difference that helped us win the match.”
Regarding the substitutions he made in the match, Arteta said: “We have added a lot of leadership attributes through these three players. They represent an offensive threat, and are good at winning bilateral conflicts, playing forward, and penetrating the opponent’s defense under this high pressure.”
At the end of his statements, the Spanish coach spoke about Guimarães’ goal, saying: “In terms of timing, the way of preparing for the ball, and execution... it was a truly wonderful goal.”
With this victory, Arsenal's tally rose to 15 points, but it remained in second place in the competition standings, on goal difference behind Manchester City (the leader), who is on par with them on the same score, and which meets Liverpool on Sunday.
