England legend names Bukayo Saka as his favorite. The winger for Arsenal, Bukayo Saka, has been dubbed the season’s best performer by former England defender Stuart Pearce. This follows the forward’s outstanding display for the Three Lions against Ukraine on Sunday, March 26, in their Euro 2024 qualifying match.
After scoring a goal and providing an assist to help England triumph 2-0 at Wembley, Saka made headlines for the entire game.
In the 37th minute, the Gunners winger set up Harry Kane to score the opening goal for the Three Lions. Three minutes later, he curled in an incredible goal to extend England’s advantage over Ukraine.
The goal is Saka’s 17th of the campaign for both club and nation. In all categories, the 21-year-old winger has already scored 13 goals and provided 10 assists for Arsenal.
His play has been a major factor in the Gunners’ successful 2022–23 season, which could result in them winning the Premier League. Currently, Manchester City, who has a game remaining, is eight points behind Arsenal at the summit of the log.
Saka has received a lot of praise from Pearce for his outstanding efforts this season. The former England back continued by identifying Saka as his top performer thus far this season. He declared, “He’s my star of the year right now. He’s been a thorn in the side of the Ukrainians and is growing better and better. You don’t even need to search any longer because he is one of the first names on this team sheet.
Pearce commented on Saka’s outstanding goal against Ukraine earlier today at Wembley, calling it “a world-class finish. The goalie had no chance at all when the player with his back to the goal turned the ball to his left. A magnificent performer who keeps getting better and better produced a brilliant finish that curled right inside the far post.
Before his team’s 2-0 victory over Ukraine in a Euro 2024 qualifying match, England boss Gareth Southgate praised Arsenal forward Saka.
People find themselves doing what I just did, you start to grin, Southgate said of Saka when he announced the team for their games against Italy and Ukraine. Because, you know, that’s what he delivers to you. The heat is felt. You feel like a fantastic person who joined the squad when they weren’t performing well and outperformed everyone. Now that they are competing for the championship, he is performing well once more.
He further continued by saying: “Bukayo recovered from the obvious setback with us, and he has the warmth of the fans by his side who knows what he’s about and can see the sincerity in his personality.” Saka’s next game will take place on April 1 when Arsenal and Leeds United square off in the Premier League.
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