Edward Nketiah celebrates after scoring against Portsmouth
English-born Ghanaian striker Edward Nketiah could not hide his joy after registering his name on the score sheet for Arsenal in their 2-0 win against Portsmouth in the FA Cup on Monday night.
Portsmouth played well in the first half at Fratton Park but fell to Sokratis Papastathopoulos' volley from Reiss Nelson's cross just before the break.
Nketiah bundled home from close range to wrap up the victory six minutes after the restart.
"The goals came at the right time, we knew we were in for a hard game, knew the first goal would settle things.”
"Then we kept pressing and going for the third. It was a great performance from the team.”
"The manager said to keep going and up our intensity in the second half. We played quicker, gaps appeared and that's when we played out best football."
He added: "They made it hard for us and they came out fast. We fought and battled well and to win 2-0 is a great achievement. All the young boys - and the senior players - did really well and took their opportunities.”
"We take all competitions very seriously. At the moment we are getting chances and we are all eager to take them - we want to do as well as we can."
Nketiah has netted two goals for the Gunners since returning from an unsuccessful loan spell at Leeds United.
