Reiss Nelson Archives: 09/2019

Reiss Nelson and Matteo Guendouzi have been named on the 40-strong Golden Boy shortlist, although with only 1% of the vote between them, it seems a long shot that either will win it.

In the summer of 2017, we picked out 10 youth players to keep an eye on and with Arsenal focusing once again on youngsters in the first team, I decided to take a look and see what had happened to those players.

Four Arsenal players made it into WhoScored’s Team of the Round for the midweek League Cup fixtures, after a 5-0 win over Nottingham Forest.

Reiss Nelson dedicated his goal celebration to Alexandre Lacazette after netting for the first time in a competitive senior match for Arsenal on Tuesday.

Mesut Özil was caught on camera by a fan giving Reiss Nelson advice during a break in play on Tuesday night, before the teenager got his first goal and assist for the club.

Arsenal completed a 10-man comeback against Aston Villa on Sunday, coming from behind twice to win the match.

Arsenal face Nottingham Forest in the League Cup at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night, just two days after beating Aston Villa.

Arsenal fell disappointingly short against bottom-of-the-table Watford on Sunday, throwing away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2.

The international break is over for the Arsenal contingent away with their countries, so here’s a quick roundup of how it all went.

Eddie Nketiah was the star of the show as England u21s came from behind to beat Turkey on Friday, with Reiss Nelson also scoring.

Arsenal academy star Kido Taylor-Hart spoke to the Arsenal matchday programme ahead of the North London derby at the weekend.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi’s departures this summer mean Arsenal now have no choice but to put deserved faith in their talented crop of youth players.

Arsenal’s academy is looking stronger than ever right now, and the statistics from recent seasons support that assessment.