Riccardo Calafiori hails Ethan Nwaneri potential after goalscoring cameo for Arsenal: 'Never seen it'

The extremity added to the 3 the teen has scored for the Gunners successful the Carabao Cup this season.

Calafiori believes the champion is yet to travel from Nwaneri and helium has been impressed aft the midfielder broke into Arsenal’s first-team squad this season.

“I’m truly blessed for him,” helium said. “He truly deserved it. For me, helium is simply a axenic endowment and for definite you volition spot much from him connected the pitch.

“Yes [senior players are helping him settle], but they (young players) don’t adjacent request it due to the fact that they consciousness a portion of america from the archetypal day. I felt the aforesaid erstwhile I came here. This is our secret.”

Asked if helium has seen oregon played with a 17-year-old similar Nwaneri, Calafiori replied: “No, I don’t deliberation so. I’ve ne'er seen it. He tin beryllium truly good.”

Arsenal’s 3-0 triumph implicit Nottingham Forest was a captious 1 for them arsenic they look to support gait with Premier League leaders Liverpool.

It ended a tally of 4 league games without a triumph and Calafiori believes they tin drawstring immoderate wins unneurotic now.

“It was an astonishing show by everyone and the vigor arsenic good was unbelievable,” helium said. “We truly enjoyed the game.

“Honestly each play has been similar this, we’re prepared for this. We don’t truly look astatine the standings close now. We conscionable privation to triumph arsenic galore games arsenic possible.

“The play is truthful long. You cannot conscionable deliberation astir it now. From my side, I lone deliberation astir winning the adjacent crippled and the full squad has the aforesaid thought arsenic me.”

Arsenal person been boosted by the instrumentality of skipper Martin Odegaard, who shone connected Saturday successful what was his archetypal quality astatine Emirates Stadium since August.

“You tin consciousness it erstwhile he’s missing,” said Calafiori. “He gives america a batch of vigor and quality.

“I can’t archer you 1 happening but you tin consciousness it whether helium is connected oregon disconnected the pitch. When he’s missing we consciousness it.

“Him and Bukayo [Saka], what they did contiguous was unbelievable. It’s bully to person them back.”

Arsenal besides kept a archetypal cleanable expanse successful the Premier League since the mediate of September, erstwhile they won astatine Tottenham.

Calafiori, who was making his archetypal quality since October aft being retired with a genu injury, was cardinal to that and during the triumph implicit Forest helium celebrated 1 captious interception arsenic if helium had conscionable scored.

“When you cannot people this is your goal, your mode to score,” helium said. “I truly enjoyed being connected the pitch, I missed this feeling and my team-mates a lot.

“I privation to bask everything from present on. It was not casual [being injured], but arsenic I said before, contiguous was amazing. The mode we started, the vigor the fans springiness me, the team-mates assistance maine a lot. I springiness my vigor arsenic good to the game.”