Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pays tribute to Leeds United after Arsenal victory against Whites
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Aubameyang ensured he walked away with the match ball after completing a treble when heading home Emile Smith Rowe's cross to put the Gunners 4-0 up in the 47th minute.
Leeds then pulled two goals back through Pascal Struijk and Helder Costa before ultimately falling short in an entertaining Premier League contest at the Emirates.
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Hide Ad"I'm happy, really happy and my kids are going to be happy because they are going to get it," said the Gunners striker to Sky Sports, asked how it felt to be clutching the match ball.
"I am really happy about the performance from the team today.
"We knew it was going to be a hard game. They never gave up, in the end they fought a lot and I think we had good game management at the end and we won this game."
Asked if things felt a bit nervy at 4-2, Aubameyang smiled and pondered: "Maybe not nervy.
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Hide Ad"But I think we managed the game well to the end so we won the game."
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