Kieran Tierney says he is joyful to bide his time and play when referred to as upon by Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta.
The left-back scored a beautiful half-volley to safe high spot in Europa League Group A for the Gunners with a 1-0 win over FC Zurich. There was a worrying second for the Celtic hero in the direction of the top of the sport when he was noticed hobbling with an ankle drawback, however outdoors some swelling, he is all good after an brisk show.
That included getting his shirt ripped to items by a Zurich defender as Tierney confirmed Arteta the standard he has in reserve, with the Scotland star solely beginning three Premier League matches this season up to now amid fierce competitors for the left-back function. Talking to BT Sports activities, the 25-year-old says persistence will likely be a advantage: "I wish to play each single probability I can get however I'm simply going to maintain working laborious.
"The supervisor is aware of that I'll give 100% whether or not I'm beginning or not. I'll help the workforce from the bench and if I would like to return on or I begin, I am going to give all the pieces.
"I am all good. I've no issues, I took a sore one on the ankle nevertheless it's superb. We needed to get the sport carried out by 60 or 70 minutes, rating a few objectives.
"We by no means carried out that. I believed we noticed the sport out properly. They put numerous stress on us however we handled it fairly good."