Matteo Guendouzi has earned himself plenty of plaudits after his performance against Aston Villa on Sunday.
The Frenchman impressed as the Gunners came from behind to seal a 3-2 victory against Dean Smith’s men.
It was by no means an easy match for the Gunners and it was Guendouzi’s performance in the heart of the midfield that had these Arsenal fans on social media hailing his attitude.
Twitter: Blimey. That was really very Arsenal. Lotta love for Guendouzi. He really took responsibility.
Still so many probl… https://t.co/blhYGHKGOt (@arseblog)
Twitter: @arseblog He made up for his mistake for sure. Fair play to him, he does step up when needed. He also loves a scrap. (@MrLiamArnold)
Twitter: @arseblog his final whistle reaction is all I want. I want him to play 15 years for us, captain us, retire become a coach then manage us. (@bcwatkinson)
Twitter: @arseblog You could feel energy from Guendouzi swallowing Villa. My man just kep going and going, you could feel the rage (@KahrimanovicNed)
Twitter: @KahrimanovicNed @arseblog Loooking forward to him showing deschamps why he deserves Pogbas France place next week ? (@Beekeeper1051)
Twitter: @arseblog @J44526699 Guendouzi is like 12 years old and is better than Xhaka in every aspect loooool (@IamBushid0)
Twitter: @arseblog At times it looked like Guendouzi v the rest! What a player. Chambers also made a massive difference I thought ? (@RobCoke)
Twitter: @arseblog Matteo will be regarded as one of the best ever in 15 years time, let’s hope this doesn’t happen anywhere but the Emirates ? (@PataconIDK)
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Guendouzi really appears to be coming into his own this season. While he did well during the previous campaign, the consistency was not always there in his game.
When look back at his performance, only Nicolas Pepe was given a higher rating (7.9) than him (7.3) in the Arsenal side by WhoScored.
It now looks like he has a clear and regular place in this Arsenal side. It would be easy to say that this is becoming something of a breakthrough season for the Frenchman but his performance against Villa justifies his growing importance to the team.
