Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin is targeting a third FA Cup triumph for the Gunners in as many consecutive years.
The north London side started their defence of the trophy in fantastic fashion, beating Sunderland by three goals to one after going a goal down early on.
Strikes from Joel Campbell, substitute Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud sealed Arsenal’s place in the fourth round.
Bellerin, who picked up two assists and impressed with his attacking intent throughout the game – especially the latter stages – claimed, as reported by the club’s official website, that he wanted to make history by triumphing in England’s oldest cup competition for the third season in a row.
That is the goal of the whole team.
We love this competition and the fans love this competition so we need to try and do our best. We are trying to get the third in a row.
We knew it would be a hard game. It is always hard in the third round of the FA Cup. We had a tough opponent and a lot of changes so we had to adapt to that. We didn’t start really well but the team responded like it should. It was a great effort by the team and it was very nice to get through to the next round.
They started pressing really high and we knew we had to be a bit safe when playing the ball. Sometimes we make mistakes and that is normal but we knew how to respond to it. The team was up to the challenge. We didn’t rush the game and we knew we had to be patient. It is nice to get the three goals and that is confidence for the team as we have a difficult week ahead.
Arsenal will find out the fate of their fourth round opponents on Monday evening, with a trip to Liverpool to face Jurgen Klopp’s side up next in the Premier League.
The Spaniard admitted that despite having played on Saturday afternoon, the Gunners’ stars are fit and ready to go.
The legs are fine and we have shown that we have very good players on the bench.
The rotation helps us get good results. We have a lot of games and they are all hard games but we have to respond in the way we did today and I’m sure we will be fine.
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