Arsenal of England youngster, Bukayo Saka has gained a fresh shower of accolades from The Gunners’ coach, Mikel Arteta, but the gaffer equally called for caution over superlatives trailing the lad, who limped out of Tuesday’s victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.
Megasportsarena.com reports that Saka set up Alexandre Lacazette’s winner for Arsenal against Brighton and won the man-of-the-match award for the second time in four days and, while the youngster limped off with an apparent injury, Arteta does not think it is serious.
Arteta, though, quickly moved to cool the excitement surrounding Saka, after the 19-year-old delivered another eye-catching performance in Arsenal’s 1-0 win, as The Gunners followed up their 3-1 victory over Chelsea on Boxing Day with a hard-fought win on the south coast.
The Gunners’ academy product, who scored Arsenal’s third goal against Chelsea, provided the assist for Lacazette’s winner at Amex Stadium and caused Brighton problems throughout, further underlining his status as one of the English Premier League’s current best young players.
Arteta admitted he is determined to avoid overburdening Saka with expectation and says he must be given space to continue his development, adding: “I would like everybody to be cautious, let him be and let him develop.
“I think he’s having the right progression. I think he has the right people around him in his house, in his entourage. He’s got the right team-mates as well to support him all the time, giving him confidence and keeping his feet on the floor.
“Then hopefully we can be the right coaches around him and the right club to see the player that he can be in the future. He took a strong challenge, but hopefully he will be fine.”
