BT Sport pundit Rio Ferdinand has claimed that Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko was left "flustered" after Neal Maupay came off the bench this weekend.

What’s the word?

It was a bad day away from home for the Gunners in the Premier League this weekend as Mikel Arteta's men came unstuck at Goodison Park. Indeed, Sean Dyche's Everton team managed to grind out a 1-0 win against the league leaders, inflicting Arsenal's second defeat in a row after losing to Manchester City in the FA Cup. With the Toffees already leading thanks to a headed goal by James Tarkowski, Muapay came on in the 62nd minute and helped see out the game.
While speaking on Rio Ferdinand Presents FIVE, the pundit claimed that this substitute had a particular impact on one of the Arsenal players.
He explained (4:17): “Maupay has had up Arsenal a couple of times. He has though, I'm not joking. He’s ruffled your feathers a few times." He continued: “Today came on, he had Zinchenko all flustered. Last time against Arsenal and what happened, was it when he was at Brighton? He called out [Matteo] Guendouzi."

Nemesis

As Ferdinand mentions, Maupay certainly did seem to get in the head of Zinchenko. In the dying stages of the game, he managed to disrupt Arsenal's momentum by fouling the left-back with a nasty kick that was missed by the officials. A furious Zinchenko then squared up to the Everton man who pulled the Ukrainian to the floor as if he was the one who had been pushed. Both men were booked but it wasted some precious time for the Gunners. What's more, this certainly wasn't the first time Maupay has annoyed an Arsenal player. Indeed, back at Brighton, he was caught up in a skirmish with Guendouzi after the final whistle having injured Bernd Leno earlier on in the match. The Seagulls won the game too and so Arteta and co won't be keen to see the French striker again any time soon.