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0 goals and 0 assists are still praised by Zhan Jun: Maduaike is the No. 1 winger in the Premier League

6:32am, 14 September 2025【Football】

"Do gun fans feel excited?!" When the final whistle sounded and the scoreboard of the Emirates Stadium was frozen at 3-0, Zhan Jun's social media was instantly hit by the hot search. The most praised message in the comment section is only one sentence - "Look up to apologize to Brother Jian!" That's right, it is Maduec, who joined the summer window for 52 million pounds and was criticized by the Internet before his debut.

Tonight, he used a data sheet of 0 goals and 0 assists, but all doubters shut up:

-5 key passes, the highest in the game

-4 successful passes, and all famous scenes

-9 battles, and the left side of the forest became a "highway"

Zhan Jun directly stated on social media: "I personally think that Maduaike is currently the number one winger in the Premier League, are you convinced?"

If you only glance at the post-match statistics, you really can't find the name of Maduaike in the two columns of "goal" or "assist".

But after 90 minutes, Forest left-back Morato was tortured by him and exhausted. He kept hitting the bottom line and took the initiative to take on the team's offense. In the 7th minute of the game, Maduec threw Morato behind him with a "bike + soup"; in the 32nd minute, Maduec took the corner kick and was cleared, and Zubimendi volleyed and broke the deadlock; in the 56th minute, he sent a wonderful pass for Yorke in the small penalty area, who shot the goal frame with a small angle, missing the "assist +1".

Maduek not only performed well on the offensive end, but also his active return to defense without the ball also made Arteta very satisfied. Without goals and assists, he was everywhere murderous intent. This is what Zhan Jun mentioned as the "top Premier League explosive point" - a threat value that cannot be installed in the data table.

On July 19, when Arsenal officially announced that Maduaike joined, his social media was flooded with "52 million to buy sticks";

The game ended tonight, under the same dynamic, the highest praise has been changed to - **"52 million? Cheap!" In less than 2 months, he completed a reputation counterattack in Arsenal: Don't look at whether I have scored a goal, first ask your defender if he is afraid?

Three weeks ago, when Saka was strained and was expected to be on duty for one month, gun fans wailed: The right side is going to be paralyzed! After tonight, the topic changed - will Saka be squeezed to the left when she comes back? After the game, Maduaike downplayed his competitive relationship with Saka on the right in an interview with TNT Sports. "We have top players everywhere in our team, so we compete every day to strive to enter the starting lineup. Even if we don't start, we have to work hard to influence the game when we come on the bench. I won't think about those things, I just focus on playing my own game, and leave the rest to the coach to decide."

Maduec made it clear that he only focused on how to impress the coach, and he undoubtedly did this in the game against the Forest. When he was replaced by Arteta in advance, the Emirates Stadium was filled with applause from tsunamis. Some people believe that as competition intensifies, Arteta may allow Saka to play as the left winger at some stage, and Maduec's outstanding performance also makes this possibility more realistic.

Next, it was Arteta's turn to have a "headache". Before international competition day, Saka can resume training. In front of Tashi was a happy multiple-choice question:

A. Move Saka to the left and keep Maduec on the right;

B. Let Maduec play a super substitute and continue to "Saka shoulder to shoulder";

C. Just start at the same time with both explosive points and use the frontless formation to bombard it.

No matter how you choose, Arsenal has the Plan B that he lacks the most in the past two seasons - when Saka is not there, they still have the sharpest wing knife in the Premier League. And Maduec has already told the world with 0 goals and 0 assists that the best right winger does not necessarily have to be Saka.

source:vn 7m sport