‘Special’ Saka inspires Arsenal

Bukayo Saka again showed his worth as one of the world’s best attackers as he inspired Arsenal to a 3-0 Champions League victory against Monaco.

The England forward produced a poacher’s finish either side of half-time, before setting up a third goal for Kai Havertz as Mikel Arteta’s men all-but mathematically clinched their place in the knockout stages.

While Arsenal may have dropped off the pace in the Premier League title race with a six-point gap to leaders Liverpool, Saka is on course to enjoy one of the best seasons of his career, having scored nine goals and provided 12 assists in 21 games in all competitions.

Last season he scored 20 times and assisted 14 in 47 games in all competitions.

The question is, how good can Saka become?

Saka’s development since making his European debut – in the Europa League – as a 17-year-old in 2018 has been extraordinary.

Now 23, he has played in seven Champions League games at the Emirates Stadium, scoring seven times and providing four assists.

Since the start of last season, only Harry Kane (18), Vinicius Jr (16) and Antoine Griezmann (13) have been involved in more Champions League goals than Saka (8 goals and six assists).

In that same period he has both scored and assisted in a single Champions League game on five occasions, more than any other player.

This season, Mohamed Salah is the only Premier League player with more goal involvements (28) than Saka (21) in all competitions.

Credit: bbc.com

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