{"id":1107420,"date":"2019-09-20T19:45:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T18:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1107420"},"modified":"2019-09-20T18:29:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:29:41","slug":"arsenal-bukayo-saka-credits-ljungberg-first-team-progression","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-bukayo-saka-credits-ljungberg-first-team-progression\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal youngster Saka credits Ljungberg for &#8220;vital&#8221; role in first-team progression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka has credited club great Freddie Ljungberg following his man-of-the-match performance in their Europa League win over Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unai Emery&#8217;s men ran out 3-0 winners in Germany with Saka involved in all three goals; scoring once while setting up Joe Willock and then Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang either side of his effort.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Saka&#8217;s game by numbers v Eintracht: Five things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Scored one goal from two shots on target.<\/li>\n<li>That effort was his first goal for the Gunners.<\/li>\n<li>Created five scoring opportunities, more than anyone on the pitch from both sides.<\/li>\n<li>Two of those chances were converted by Joe Willock and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/li>\n<li>He also completed three take-ons, another match-high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7373702-tammy-abraham-can-equal-a-unique-luis-suarez-feat-vs-liverpool<\/p>\n<p>It was the fifth time Saka, a graduate of the Gunners&#8217; esteemed youth set-up, had appeared for the first team having broken through at the Emirates last season, with the majority of those previous appearances coming in Uefa&#8217;s second major club competition.<\/p>\n<p>Before his Thursday night runout, Saka had hardly been used by Emery but that should change in the forthcoming weeks as Arsenal head into an extremely busy period.<\/p>\n<p>After playing the full 90 minutes, the 18-year-old winger paid tribute to Emery&#8217;s right-hand man Ljungberg, who amassed 71 goals and 35 assists in 326 appearances for the north London giants during his playing days.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chelsea Must Play Frank Lampard&#039;s Back Three w\/Rory Jennings\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJVdL5KI2qc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s been with me since I was 15 and seen me do amazing things, but he always tells me to stay humble and keep working hard because he really thinks I can be a top player,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2019\/sep\/20\/arsenal-bukayo-saka-freddie-ljungberg-eintracht-frankfurt\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s been a player before so he understands how I would feel. 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