Arsenal star William Saliba has taken much of the spot light for his defensive performances this season but Mikel Arteta believes the role of Gabriel Magalhaes has been just as important. The duo have formed a formidable defensive partnership that have seen the Gunners keep seven Premier League clean sheets from 14 games.
Despite Gabriel's crucial goals in deciding victories over Fulham and Chelsea, Saliba has been the man in the back line to receive the headlines with his commanding performances in the centre of defence seeing him compared to Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk.
Arteta was quick to shut down those comparisons though, replying to that query by saying: "I am really happy with where he is at the moment. He is Saliba, he's no one else, and he needs to make his own career." Despite Arteta's plea to not compare the two, the Frenchman has exuded calmness in the same way Van Dijk does.
