Bukayo Saka has celebrated wearing the captain’s armband for Arsenal with Declan Rice absolutely loving it.
Arsenal rescued a dramatic point at Chelsea on Saturday evening having fallen 2-0 down in West London.
Rice and Leandro Trossard ended up rescuing a point with Arsenal showing admirable fight to keep going and get a result.
The game also saw Saka serve as Arsenal captain for the final stages – an emotional moment for the boyhood Gunner…
Bukayo Saka celebrates Arsenal captaincy
Martin Odegaard was substituted with 12 minutes to play, with the Norwegian looking a little off the boil at the moment.
The Arsenal captain passed the armband on to Saka, who then came up with a big assist for Trossard to score.
Part of the Arsenal ranks since the age of just seven, this was a big moment for Saka.
Saka has now taken to Instagram to celebrate the moment, noting that this was a ‘big honour’ for him and that Arsenal are his club.
Teammate Rice was right there in the comments, offering just three words – ‘what a sight’.
Odegaard sent a love heart emoji too with Saka’s teammates clearly buzzing for him and his brief captaincy.
More to come from Saka after Chelsea draw
Saka will remember that moment forever, and he came up with a major piece of quality by setting up Trossard’s equaliser.Saka still recorded three key passes, an assist, two tackles, two accurate crosses, an interception and three successful dribbles.
That kind of display would be impressive for most Premier League wingers, yet with Saka, it feels like he was a little quieter than usual.
That’s just how good Saka is; a top-level talent who can produce in the big moments – and may be we will see more of him as an Arsenal captain down the line.
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