Oleksandr Zinchenko has revealed conversations he had with Declan Rice and Martin Ødegaard, and revealed he was “amazed” at the pair’s fitness levels. After coming on as the midfielder against PSV Eindhoven. The

28-year-old started as Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta decided to rotate his squad in a number of positions. The Gunners were virtually

guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after a comfortable 7-1 win in the first leg of their last-16 tie. Zinchenko

has traditionally played in central midfield for his country. But at club level he has largely been deploy at left-back for most of his Premier League career. The

Ukrainian scored and impressed for Arteta’s mini-reformed side as the game ended in a 2-2 draw on Saturday. Zinchenko

revealed he had spoken to Rice and Odegaard at half-time. After the game and was impressed by the duo manning the midfield every three days.

Asked about returning to a central midfield role, he told สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน Sports : “I wouldn’t say it’s a new position for me because I’ve played there all my life and played there a lot for my national team. “

But obviously at a high level like this the demands are different at Arsenal.

“I just said to the lads at half-time to Martin [Odegaard] and Declan [Rice], ‘I can’t believe it, now I know how much you’ve been running every three days!’ This is the level of demand they’ve got to deal with.