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Robin van Persie is full of confidence after his hat-trick in Arsenal’s 5-3 win away at Chelsea on Saturday and feels he can score in every game he plays.
The Netherlands international has now scored nine in his last five matches, and on Saturday became this season’s top scorer in the Premier League with 10 goals. After returning from injury last November, the forward has gone on to record 33 goals in 37 fixtures this calendar year.
The striker believes he can score facing any opposition. He told the Mirror: "I feel I can score every time I go out on to the pitch.
"For me it’s just the best feeling to have. It doesn’t really matter against who we play, we always create chances so that means I always have a go. Then it’s up to me to score.
"I’ll miss chances, but I’ll score them as well. To have that feeling is one of the best things in life.”
The Gunners have put together a run of five successive victories since their 2-1 defeat to Tottenham, and have climbed to seventh in the Premier League while topping their Champions League group after beating Marseille away.
The on-form striker continued: "I think we’ve been having a good run for almost two months now. A bit quiet, not many people have noticed it.
"But we won eight games out of nine and to win this one sets a standard. Everyone realises we can now do it against any team."
After scoring Arsenal’s first goal on Saturday, he got two late strikes in the second half to win the match for the Gunners in a gripping encounter.
"It’s one of the craziest games I’ve been involved in," he confessed. "Eight goals says it all. They missed a couple of big chances and so did we. I had a feeling both teams could score from every angle, every minute of the game. Strange game, but fun as well.
“To score five goals here is a big achievement, and especially because we had to come back twice. Then 10 minutes before time they scored another equaliser. It’s very hard to regroup again and go for the fourth. Two big blows.
“But we did it, we came back and showed character. To score five goals at Stamford Bridge is a big thing, we can be very proud.”
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