Arsenal defender William Saliba secured for himself a new club benchmark, owing to his performance en route to the Gunners’ triumph over Bournemouth this evening.
Mikel Arteta’s men marked their return to action a short time ago.
Brimming with confidence on the back of a pair of successive wins to open the campaign, the capital giants made the trip to England’s south coast, hopeful of making it nine points from nine at the expense of newly-promoted Bournemouth.
And, when all was said and done, this is precisely what Arsenal managed, in some style.
A dominant showing ultimately culminated in Arteta and co. emerging on the right side of a 3-0 scoreline, owing to a Martin Odegaard brace, followed by a 2nd-half Saliba stunner:
SALIBA THAT IS 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆🤯
That Zinchenko reaction is every Arsenal fan 😅 pic.twitter.com/y4sJLv9OWy
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) August 20, 2022
As alluded to above, though, it was not the first goal in club colours netted by Arsenal’s prodigious young defender which, post-match, stole the headlines.
As per statisticians Opta, the 21-year-old, remarkably, completed all 76 of his attempted passes on Saturday night.
This makes Saliba the first Arsenal defender to manage such a feat in the Premier League since such stats were first recorded all the way back in the 2003/04 campaign.
100% – William Saliba completed all 76 of his pass attempts against Bournemouth; the most passes by an Arsenal defender with a 100% completion rate in a Premier League match (since 2003-04, when this data is available). Immaculate. pic.twitter.com/sIDjbJpJjx
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 20, 2022
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