Owen Hargreaves hails ‘special’ Arsenal star after win over Nottingham Forest

Owen Hargreaves heaped praise connected ‘special’ Arsenal prima Ethan Nwaneri aft the Gunners bushed Nottingham Forest 3-0 connected Saturday.

The lucifer saw Nwaneri become Arsenal’s 2nd youngest Premier League goalscorer, down lone Cesc Fabregas, aft helium netted the third.

The 17-year-old wonderkid had lone been connected the transportation for a substance of minutes erstwhile helium conjured up a cool, first-time decorativeness past Matz Sels.

It marked Nwaneri’s debut Premier League extremity arsenic helium continues his singular emergence astatine specified a young age.

‘Brilliant player,’ shot pundit Hargreaves told Premier League Productions astir Nwaneri.

‘That’s what helium is bully at, connected the half-turn, receiving the shot from anywhere.

‘Great weighted walk and gets himself into a large spot. Look astatine that. 17. He passes it into the goal, helium doesn’t smash it.

‘Great chopped backmost from Raheem Sterling. But this young antheral is truly special. He’s going to beryllium a diagnostic for this Arsenal squad for a precise agelong time.’

Mikel Arteta besides lauded Nwaneri aft the triumph against Forest and was delighted with what the Arsenal fans were chanting astir the teenager.

‘He is the 2nd youngest [Premier League goalscorer] successful our history,’ Arteta told the BBC.

‘That’s a communicative successful itself. He’s brave. You spot the absorption of fans and they were singing ‘he’s 1 of our own’.

‘I deliberation we person to enactment ceramic by ceramic and marque definite the cement doesn’t get dry. Hopefully we tin physique a beauteous happening with him.’

Arsenal’s triumph implicit Forest snaps a four-game streak successful the top-flight successful which they failed to registry a victory.

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