Ethan Nwaneri impressed in his Premier League start for Arsenal, helping the team secure a 3-1 victory over Brentford.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta felt Ethan Nwaneri was the 'best player' to cover for Bukayo Saka on the right wing in their 3-1 win over Brentford .Nwaneri made his first Premier League start of the season in the London derby win, completing all but two of his passes and having a big role in Arsenal 's third goal.
Arteta initially picked Gabriel Martinelli to cover for the injured Saka - out with a hamstring problem - on the right wing for the wins over Crystal Palace and Ipswich - but teenager Nwaneri has now given the Arsenal boss a different option.'That was a decision we made because I thought he was the best player to play in the position to start the game and because there was a story there, with his debut here,' said Arteta about Nwaneri.'He made his Premier League debut and sometimes that feeling comes in and you feel it’s the right one and who knows.''Part of that development is patience, managing frustration or managing expectation, or you expect that everything is going to go so fast, like the previous things happen and it’s not the case. 'So we’re building him, he’s already played a lot of games a lot of minutes for the age that he’s got and he fully deserves that
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