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‘Player of the tourney’: 19-year-old Arsenal forward shines despite under-21s cup exit yesterday
Dedicated Arsenal fans know that even though the senior team aren’t in action, there’🔯s still Gunners’ ꦚsides to support this month.
Arsenal’s under-21s were playing in the Papa John’s Trophy last night against League Two side Stevenage Borough.
There were certainly positives to take from the match, with a number of players who have trained with Mikel Arteta’s first-team involved.
Matt Smith once again wore the armband, and des♍pite sitting on the bench on plenty of occasions for the first team, hasn’t made his de♈but yet.
He’s been in training on numerous occasions, and even compared to Mesut Ozil.
ไReuell Waltersဣ was also involved after a recent call-up from Arteta, while Premier League record breaker Ethan Nwaneri started on the bench.
However, it was the performance of Nathan Butler-Oyedeji that r🍰eally stood out, as he scored for Arsenal last night.
The centre-forward opened the scoring in th🐟e firs🍷t six minutes, but couldn’t prevent his side falling to a defeat.
Butler-Oyedeji scores for Arsenal under-21s
ಌThe 19-year-old took to Instagram to celebrate his goal, despite his side’s defeat.
, “🔴Unlucky result but we mov💦e forward together as a team.”
His young teammates praised his performance, with Jack Henry-Francis thinking he was on fire last night.
Taylor Foran called him the ‘player of the tourney already’, a🌊nd he’s certainly got a point.
Butler-Oyedeji has scored four go♚als in four games for Arsenal in the Papa John’s Trඣophy this season.
🐼He’s currently 🧸the joint top scorer in the competition, but now has no more opportunities to add to his tally.
Butler-Oyedeji hasn’t been as prolific in theಞ Premier League 2, scoring just once in 11 appearances.
Arsenal are still unbe⭕aten in the league, and Butler-Oyedeji’s importance🔯 to the side was highlighted by being handed the armband against Wolves in September.
Arteta will certainly have one eye on Butler-Oyedeji’s d🌞evelopment.
The Gunners have a history of developing i🍸mpressive young forwards.
The 19-year-old will hope to follow in the footsteps of Eddie Nketiah and Folarin Balogun soon.