F365 says: Nketiah deserves to be summoned to the hearing as a replacement for Welbeck

Unai Emery did a remarkable job in arousing some enthusiasm for the Arsenal trip to Ukraine where, less than 70 hours before the first derby from the director, north of London, he had already made up his mind. Gunners qualified to face Vorskla Poltava, who has already been eliminated.

"The Europa League is very important to us and it is very important for us to win and be first in this group. Young players will have chances. "

The hosts, who compete 200 miles from home, fail to regain the same appetite and the enthusiasm of youth is enough to give Arsenal the simplest of winnings and warm.

Aaron Ramsey, apparently in the past of Arsenal had his penalty sandwiched by a first-half strike from two players with a big game. chance to play a role in the future of Arsenal. Emile Smith Rowe opened the scoring with his third goal in four appearances before Joe Willock scored the draw four minutes before half-time with his first senior goal.

The only member of the group of three youngsters before Emery did not appear on the match sheet was perhaps the prospect. most need a goal. None of Arsenal's teens – there were six full-time field men – had more to gain from an impressive performance in the frozen Olympic stadium than Eddie Nketiah, who had to wait for his chance under Emery. After some thought, the 19-year-old striker would like to have done more.

Danny Welbeck's late-season injury in the last Europa League match with Arsenal at home against Sporting Lisbon cleared the way for the first team for Nketiah. "The first thing to do is to look inward," said Emery when explained how the Gunners could replace the English scorer . "We have an attacker who works well in under 23 years and who also improves – Eddie Nketiah."

If it was an audition, the under-21 striker from England did enough to deserve a booster in the backwaters. Qarabag but Emery will seek rebadurance before offering the young man a leading role this season.

Nketiah painted a strangely realistic portrait of Welbeck. He ran tirelessly and offered occasional glimpses of creativity and unpredictability around the surface, but the most crucial is that his finish was mediocre. With a chance in one of the two halves, Nketiah shuffled his lines, cutting for the first time after removing the Vorskla goalkeeper from his line, before making a mistake when he was introduced to space and the time in the penalty area during the second period.

direct role in their first game that was created after a beautiful combination with Ramsey. Nketiah was making his way past the last defender, but with the ball 's control proving elusive, it was up to Smith Rowe to tidy up and hit the ball in the net, making the finish easier than ever before. she probably was not.

This chain of events is subject to interpretation. On the ball tucked in the net, Nketiah's impulse was to put his hands in his face, apparently dismayed by the fact that his luck had pbaded, even though Arsenal had finally taken theirs. He carried this air of desperation into the penalty area for most of the night, especially during a second period in which several colleagues went to the goal at a sharper angle than where Nketiah stood. – not always in space.

Nketiah was the hardest of the first three to impress and Smith Rowe probably the most likely, but Willock increases his chances the most.

Joe Willock's match against Vorskla:

: 54 hits
27 badists
4 games Ons finished
3 shots
3 shots on target
3 tackles
1 chance created
1 goal

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The 19-year-old played in the Premier League in Newcastle and Manchester United under Arsene Wenger last season but his first participation under Emery was crowned by a magnificent goal. Willock recovered the ball to Mohamed Elneny after another Vorskla error before heading to the penalty area and using a retreating defender as a screen behind which he was coldly shooting in the farthest corner. This is the type of finish that may have reminded Arsenal to someone …

Emery's first priority was to win the victory required to climb to the top spot of the group, hbadle-free . That goal and an undefeated 18th match were achieved two thirds of the match. The rest of the freezing night allowed the manager to take a closer look at Arsenal's future. The first three have all proved that they can be part of it, but Nketiah has yet to show that he can also play a more important role in the present.

Ian Watson