Bukayo Saka continued his impressive start to his Arsenal career with a fine display against Manchester United on Monday evening.
The teenager was given the nod by Unai Emery at Old Trafford and starred in the Gunners’ 1-1 draw with the Red Devils.
Saka set up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the second half to bring the match level, and before being substituted late on for Joe Willock, was arguably Arsenal’s standout performer.
His display caught the eye of former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas, who took to Twitter during the game to praise the highly-rated youngster.
Twitter: Saka is a player. 18 years old showing great maturity
(@cesc4official)
These Arsenal fans were quick to join the Spaniard in sharing their love for the wide man on social media.
Twitter: @cesc4official Yes Cesc. Spot on. Been our best so far! (@MatthewBurford)
Twitter: Saka very promising today. Its not easy getting the ball off him. For someone so young, he protects the ball really… https://t.co/lQGrXQUsMT (@ltarsenal)
Twitter: @ltarsenal The only guy who played like he knew what this meant to us. (@AkkaGo)
Twitter: @ltarsenal Agreed. He has a languid, awkward dribbling style which is pretty difficult to defend against. He’s better than Nelson imo. (@_gjr1)
Meanwhile, these Gunners supporters claimed both Nicolas Pepe and Reiss Nelson could learn a thing or two from Saka’s display.
Twitter: @ltarsenal Looks twice the player of Pepe atm. Let’s just hope Pepe is far from his best atm. (@JosipKos88)
Twitter: @ltarsenal Pepe needs to learn a thing or two from him (@jaymadan)
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It’s easy to see why Emery thinks so highly of Saka.
He’s really stood out over the past two weeks after his dazzling first start against Eintracht Frankfurt, and it wouldn’t come as a surprise to us to see him now really nail down a starting role at the Emirates.
The youngster showed he can excel on the big occasion, and catching the eye of Fabregas just proves how good he has been over the past two weeks.
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