Former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves has showered praises on Arsenal youngster Ethan Nwaneri after his impressive cameo in the Gunners win over Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League.
Nwaneri scored the Gunners third goal in the victory, slotting the ball into the net after receiving a brilliant cut-back from Raheem Sterling and Hargreaves said the 17-year old has an important role to play this season.
“Brilliant player. That’s what Ethan is good at, on the half-turn, receiving the ball from anywhere”, he said.
The England Under-17 international’s goal made him the ninth youngest goalscorer in the English Premier League. This was also his fourth goal of the season with the remaining three coming in the Carabao cup.
Nwaneri became the youngest player to make his debut in the Premier League at 15 years and 181 days when he came on in the final stages of Arsenal’s 3-0 victory over Brentford in September 2022.
“Great weighted pass and gets himself into a great spot. Look at that. 17. He passes it into the goal, he doesn’t smash it.
Great cut back from Raheem Sterling. But this young man is really special. He’s going to be a feature for this Arsenal team for a very long time”, he added.
Nwaneri will hope to get another chance to impress for Mikel Arteta’s side when they visit Sporting Lisbon in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.
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