The Chris Wheatley Show: Chris has nothing but praise for Ethan Nwaneri

Big updates from Arsenal! In this episode of the Chris Wheatley Show, we break down all the latest news surrounding the Gunners.

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00:00Yeah, it's got to be satisfying with no Ben White, no Declan Rice.

00:03Riccardo Calafiori is only just back from a knock.

00:06It's got to be good to not only keep a clean sheet,

00:08but stop Nottingham Forest even getting a shot on target.

00:12Yeah, I think that's certainly one of the key stats of the game.

00:15I think when you look at what Arsenal have done this season,

00:18they've always been pretty clinical in front of goal,

00:22despite not having a kind of out-and-out striker.

00:24But the most impressive thing about them, as we've always said,

00:26is the defence, the Gabriel and Saliba partnership.

00:29Absolutely solid.

00:31And look, I think this game was really difficult for Arsenal.

00:34It could have presented a difficult challenge for Arsenal.

00:36But in the end, they overcame the obstacle.

00:40And yeah, I think Thomas Partey in particular,

00:43really good goal from him.

00:45And even Nwanneri coming on again and scoring.

00:50Second youngest Premier League goalscorer in Arsenal's history.

00:53He looks like such a talent.

00:56Giving him more opportunities as every game comes.

01:00And I think he is going to become quite an important player

01:02as the season goes on for Arsenal.

01:05Yeah, where do you see those opportunities coming?

01:07Because at 17 years old, we're obviously starting to see

01:09a really sparkling talent in Nwanneri.

01:11But it's pretty tricky to sort of give him starts, give him minutes.

01:14Where do you think those chances could come?

01:17I think as we saw against Forest,

01:19it will come in those kind of latter stages of games,

01:21perhaps when the opposition are tiring.

01:24And that's when Arteta feels that he can

01:26maybe exploit opposition defences.

01:29I think the thing about him, as you mentioned,

01:31Matt, is his age.

01:32That's 17 years old.

01:34You know, he's so young, but he's so fresh.

01:36He really wants to prove himself

01:38and assert himself in these games.

01:40So I think it's a really interesting one for Ethan Nwanneri.

01:45He's a player who has really big ambitions.

01:47And as we're going to talk about later,

01:49it looks like he's going to be rewarded for it very soon.