Arsenal youngster Chris Willock recently revealed his delight at his start to the year after making his first appearance in the Gunners’ first-team squad in their 3-1 victory in the FA Cup against Sunderland on Saturday.
Although Willock did not come on for Arsenal, he did enjoy the experience and has spoken of his intentions to break into the first-team at the club in the near future.
The winger’s inclusion in the Arsenal squad should come as no real surprise to Gunners’ fans due to the fact that Arsene Wenger is said to rate Willock highly, including the starlet in his first-team training regime as of late.
It was a good experience. You work for those sort of things – that is the objective to get to the first team. Hopefully if I keep knocking on I can get onto the pitch soon.
I’m getting closer because I was on the bench and I want more and more and more and hopefully it will come. I think training with the first team gives you a lot more confidence in these sorts of games and it is helpful.
One player that Willock has been particularly impressed by, not only in his recent performances but in training, has been Mesut Ozil.
Mesut Ozil stands out for me the most, I like the way he knows what he is going to do with it every time he gets the ball. His technique is one of the best, I try to copy him and learn things from him in training.
Willock has also been the latest player to praise the facilities and staff at Arsenal, explaining how they have helped him to develop as a player.
Working in the gym has helped me with the sports scientist and my body and confidence in my strength gives me more of a willingness to push on further. At the start of the season I needed to get more physical and I’m starting to do that and I’m trying to score more goals and I just want to push on even more now.
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