William Saliba enhanced his burgeoning fame with a surprising purpose in Arsenal’s spectacular show at Bournemouth on Saturday.
After a collection of mortgage spells, the France worldwide has belatedly been given his probability to impress on the coronary heart of the Gunners’ defence and it appears to be like as if he’ll take some dislodging.
The 21-year-old was largely untroubled within the opening interval which he completed capable of boast a 100% move completion fee and coping comfortably with the bodily risk provided by Kieffer Moore.
Arsenal’s dominance was hardly mirrored by the two-goal lead they loved because of Martin Odegaard’s brace because the travelling followers had been capable of air a collection of recent chants with Saliba serenaded by the away help.
Bournemouth started the second interval in brighter vogue however any hopes of a comeback had been rapidly extinguished by Saliba who scored a purpose to take the breath away.
Gabriel Martinelli’s deep cross discovered Granit Xhaka on the far put up however there appeared little hazard when he laid the ball into Saliba’s path on the sting of the penalty space.
Such is Saliba’s confidence at current, nonetheless, that the defender hardly thought twice as he whipped the ball throughout his physique together with his unfavoured left foot and floated the ball within the far nook of Mark Travers’ internet.
Saliba wheeled away with the conviction of a seasoned goalscorer however his beautiful effort definitely caught Oleksandr Zinchenko without warning with the previous Manchester Metropolis star caught sinking to his knees earlier than placing his arms to his head to indicate his astonishment.
The response of the Ukraine worldwide was rapidly noticed purchase Arsenal followers with one writing ‘Zinchenko can’t be having it, the Saliba purpose was too good!’ whereas one other added ‘Zinchenko’s response says all of it’.
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