Arteta - I've not seen Auba do what he's doing now

Play video Watch Arsenal video online It was another goalscoring display for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on Friday night as we beat Aston Villa - but Mikel Arteta was excited about his display for another reason.

Our captain led from the front once more, chasing every ball, harrying defenders and setting the tone for the rest of the team to follow.

"I have never seen Auba transmit what he is doing now," Arteta told Arsenal Media.

"Apart from the goals, the celebration when they put the ball in the net, do you see the way he runs? The purpose he has to press the ball, and when he takes it his movement, his link, how is leading the game - that is when he is changing the rest, not when he is static…