The young man Ethan Nwaneri17, dazzled Arsenal with a double where the ‘Gunners’ beat Bolton Wanderers to qualify for the fourth round of the English League Cup (5-1).
Nwaneri, a project from the Arsenal youth team where he arrived at the age of nine, became the youngest debutant in the club’s history in September 2022. Premier League. The London-born winger played in injury time in a victory over Brentford at the age of 15 years and 181 days, surpassing the previous record, held by Derek Foster, the club’s goalkeeper. Sunderland which debuted at 15 years and 178 days, in 1964.
In his fourth game in the Arsenal first team, the young attacker scored a double. First Declan Rice took advantage of a terrible mistake by Scott Arfield up front to slot into the net making it 1-0.
A few minutes later, along with the weak Boltonwho went from being Premiers in 2012 to flirting with another relegation to League Two (English fourth division), already knowing this would not be a night for many surprises, Nwaneri completed a steal from Rice, which opened for Sterling and he put in a death pass at the far post which the youngster caught by throwing himself onto the grass. His first goal as a professional at Arsenal.
His night of glory did not end there. Already in the second half, Rice stole another ball three quarters of the field and passed it to Nwaneri, who hesitated on the point, but found space under the goalkeeper of Bolton.
3-0 is final, but the Bolton He allowed himself the joy of doing the honors in a counter attack where Aaron Collins found himself in the forward half of the field and the only opposition from Jorginho in the race. He had no problem leaving the Italian or dribbling teenager Jack Porter and giving the thousands of Trotters fans in attendance reason to celebrate. London.
The punishment is for carrieremergency goalkeeper due to the discomfort of David Raya, the injury of Tommy Setford and the ineligibility of Neto, who had already played in this competition at Bournemouth before being transferred to Arsenal. The 16-year-old boy became the second youngest player to wear the ‘Gunners’ shirt, then Nwaneri and ahead of Cesc Fábregas, but he couldn’t keep a clean sheet on his debut.
Raheem Sterling and Kai Havertz completed the arm for Mikel Arteta’s men, who meet their rivals this Wednesday in the fourth round of the League Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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