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More than 20 years ago, Arsenal was the victim of a goal that he was mentioned until now: Wayne Rooney’s goal shot (Everton, 17 years old 150 days), entered the defending team ( Championship) Premier League. That is March 2003. Now, Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly (189 days) became the youngest player after Rooney scoring the goal against the British champion (Manchester City). Strangely: in just a few dozen minutes, Lewis-Skelly’s glorious achievement was fell by his teammate Ethan Nwaneri. Nwaneri was only 17 years old 318 days when he scored a 5-1 victory for Arsenal against Manchester City.
Nwaneri young talented young player of Arsenal
Scoring of course is important. But the confidence and mature play of Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri are even more praised. Not only did not “match” when entering the main squad in a summit, Lewis-Skelly also showed a bright performance, worthy of the best player. In the left -back position, he calmly deceived the ball in people in really difficult situations. He passed exactly 92.0% (the average data from the beginning of the season was up to 95.4%). Among the players who played at least 45 minutes in the Premier League this season, Lewis-Skelly is the player with the highest accurate pass rate. And while playing in the defense, Lewis-Skelly often has high attacks. Before Manchester City, only two Arsenal players passed the ball to Kai Havertz more than the defender. Of the 553 minutes of playing in the Premier League this season, Lewis-Skelly has not allowed any opponent to deceive the ball. He is also a player with the highest rate of winning hand -in -hand dispute (among the players who have disputed hand -handed 25 times or more).
And, as stated, Lewis-Skelly also … scored, into the net of the defending champion. It was Lewis-Skelly’s first goal for Arsenal. Again: He is the full -back. What about Nwaneri?
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Only at the age of 17, Nwaneri was the No. 1 player of Arsenal this season in many important statistics: the number of shots; the number of exact shots; The number of goals – of course is calculated according to the number of minutes of competition. On average, every 90 minutes, Nwaneri shot 3.20 times, of which 1.67 times and 0.97 goals. He played for 647 minutes in this season, in general. The exact rate (52.17%) and the scoring rate from Nwaneri’s shot (30.43%) are all the highest in the team. At Nwaneri’s age, only two other players scored more than him in the Premier League history. It is Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen – all the notorious “prodigies”.
Everyone knows: Arsenal is currently a team … there is no true striker. This is the great drawback that makes Mikel Arteta’s team has not really become a champion candidate. Arteta himself has tried to buy strikers in the transfer between the last season, but failed. So in the immediate future, Nwaneri can be an important solution. He was originally a public midfielder, but preferred to kick the striker more. As stated, Nwaneri’s qualities show that he is too suitable for the task of scoring.
With Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly, Arsenal not only owns the two brightest young stars in Europe, but they are also two important tactical solutions for coach Arteta, when Arsenal has a sudden difficulty. About force or gameplay. Thanks to the rise of these two young talents, Arsenal is the team with the most desktop trees today in the Premier League.