Speaking on BT Sport after Arsenal's game against Chelsea on Tuesday night, Martin Keown waxed lyrical over Gabriel Martinelli.

What did he say?

The Gunners' summer signing helped inspire a comeback, scoring a wonderful solo goal to level things up at 1-1 at Stamford Bridge. The strike took him to ten goals across all competitions in his debut campaign in English football, and Keown was quick to laud the Brazilian's display.

He said (as quoted by The Daily Mail): “That young man, he has the club in the palm of his hands. He can take it wherever he wants. He was the youngest player on the pitch out there for Arsenal and he showed the experienced players how it was done. I was here in '99 when Kanu scored three goals and that looked dead and buried tonight when they were 1-0 down.

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“He really is absolutely outstanding. He was certain he was going to put it away (his goal). His instinct for goal, his movement off the ball, show me another 18-year-old in Europe doing this? Manchester United had him on trial and didn't take him… that raises questions.”

Setting the tone

Martinelli's performance was something to behold. Playing in front of a teenage left-back in Bukayo Saka, and having seen his side go down to ten men after David Luiz's sending off, the Brazilian could quite easily have downed tools or simply gone through the motions. Just doing the bare minimum, and escaping from a cold winter's night at Stamford Bridge with no energy wasted.

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Instead, the 18-year-old set the tone for the Gunners with his hard work, always showing a willingness to help out his side defensively. As per Sofascore, he made three tackles, two interceptions and won seven total duels too. And his lung-bursting run to score his side's first goal typified his work-rate and commitment to the cause, sprinting with the ball for almost the entirety of the pitch, before showing some composure to finish things off. As Keown alludes to, the world really is at Martinelli's feet.

Meanwhile, Arsenal fans have lauded this man as the "future Tony Adams" after his performance against Chelsea.