Arsenal boss Arteta: Important Nwaneri played at Brentford again

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta praised young winger Ethan Nwaneri last night.

The forward played from the start in a 3-1 victory over Brentford Away from home on New Year’s Day.

While Nwaneri He wasn’t at his best, he had a productive game in Arteta’s opinion.

He said after the game: “Well, in that position it wasn’t because of the bug, it was a decision I made because I thought he was the best player to play in that position to start the game and because It was a story there with his debut here.

“He made his Premier League debut and sometimes that feeling comes in and you feel it’s the right one, and who knows?”

On Nwaneri’s progress, he added: “Part of the development is patience, managing frustration, managing expectation because you expect everything to go as fast as previous things happen and that’s not the case.

“So now we’re building him, he’s already played a lot of games, a lot of minutes for us, the age he has and he fully deserves it.”