​Arsenal youngster Willock labels Saka as a 'special player'

Football
20 Sep 2019 • 3:15 PM MYT
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Arsenal youngster Joe Willock singled out Bukayo Saka for praise after their 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

The Gunners were successful away from home in the Europa League in what may have been their toughest game in the group.

Saka, who recently turned 18, scored a vital goal and grabbed two assists as well. And Willock was impressed.

"He's a special player and he got two assists and one goal tonight," he said to the club's official website.

"I'm happy to contribute to the win with one goal tonight, but as a whole I thought we did well. It was a big match for us.

"They were very strong 1v1 and they pressed us very high, so we had to try to hit them on the counter. We had fast players so our game plan was to hit them on the counter and it worked. We had a lot of chances to score and we won.

"We talked about the atmosphere before the game, that the fans get behind them a lot. We just had to focus on our own game and we did just that.

"We love to get clean sheets and score loads of goals, that's exactly what we did tonight. We were strong today and we'll take that confidence into the next game."