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Confident Trossard happy with first Gunners brace

After registering his first-ever Arsenal brace in our 4-0 success against Ipswich, Leandro Trossard admits that he’s feeling the confidence flowing at a crucial point in the campaign.

The Belgian forward netted twice at Portman Road to make it three goals in his last four games, and take his tally to nine in all competitions to put him amongst our leading scorers this term.

And after he was tasked with leading our line in recent weeks, he’s pleased that the goals have started to flow again, with a Champions League semi-final on the horizon.

Assessing his form right now, Leo said post-match: “I’m very confident. I think everyone needs to be on their toes and be ready to play. There are some big games coming up so I think everyone wants to be confident as well going into these games and I’m really happy with it.

“As forward players this is how you want to be, and it's good for everyone. It is always nice to be on the scoresheet to help your team to get a win so I'm really happy.”

We put Ipswich to the sword with a dominant display that was matched on the scoresheet, with Gabriel Martinelli and Ethan Nwaneri adding to Leo’s double.

As for his favourite from his two-goal haul, he opted for: “The second one. I think we had a lot of corners prior to that and we tried to play short. We kept going and then, at the end, we got the reward.

“It's been a good win today, four goals and a clean sheet. I don't think we can ask for more.

“We want to win every game and also in the Premier League I know it's been up and down, but we want to keep the momentum going and I think that's what we did today, and now we can look forward to the next one.”