Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson believes that Lucas Torreira has completely changed the balance in the Arsenal side single-handed.
He told Sky Sports: “They’ve been crying out for someone like him since Gilberto Silva and Patrick Vieira. He gets around people, closes players down, gets everybody fighting. He’s not a natural passer, but he sets the tempo.
“I’ve said all along, for years and years; Arsenal are one of the best teams in the world with the ball. But for the last four or five years they’ve been one of the worst in the world without the ball. He has changed that. When Torreira gets around people, it’s a domino effect, and everybody else rallies and gets around the opposition players.
“And his attitude is great; he leaves nothing on the pitch and gets stuck in. He gets people going. He’s done absolutely outstandingly well, and came up with two massive goals in the last couple weeks.”
Their had indeed been a long cry at the Emirates for a hard-battling ball winner at the middle of the park since the days of Vieira and it seems the Gunners finally have a man who just does not quit. Torreira has had an impressive start to life at London and has become a darling of the crowd courtesy of his fighting attitude on the pitch and in no less extent, his goal against Tottenham Hotspur.
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