Fabio Vieira was one of several Arsenal senior stars involved in training ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash at home to Brentford.
The Portugal U21 star certainly has fond memories of playing against the Bees as it was in the reverse fixture between the two sides back in September where he made his first start for the Gunners in the competition following his £34m arrival from Porto in last summer's transfer window.
And Vieira marked the occasion with a wonder-strike to cap off a comfortable afternoon for Arsenal. Named in the starting line-up that day as captain Martin Odegaard missed out through injury, the 22-year-old will likely have to settle for a place amongst the substitutes this time around.
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But it would appear that the playmaker will be ready to make an impact should he be called upon by Mikel Arteta as ahead of the big game at Emirates Stadium, he and the likes of Kieran Tierney, Thomas Partey and Gabriel Martinelli were put through their paces at the club's training base at London Colney.
It was a normal session as one would expect, but there was seemingly a moment of brilliance from Vieira. As spotted at around the 2.04-minute mark in an 'Inside Training' video uploaded to the club's official website, William Saliba floats a pass into the attacking midfielder's path.
Being closely marked by Takehiro Tomiyasu, instead of taking a touch, Arsenal's number 21 decided to duck underneath the ball which in turn takes the Japan international completely out of the scenario and the ball then runs kindly for Bukayo Saka who shrugs off a challenge to find the bottom corner.
Upon a closer listen, Vieira's dummy was well received by some of the coaches and there was a shout of "well done" after the goal had been scored. Whether the skill was intentional or not, his vision has previously been praised by Tom Kundert of Portugoal.net who also described the midfielder as "a fantastic passer" and someone who is "really incisive in the final third", and can contribute with goals.
Whether the move can be replicated on the pitch at some point before the end of the season remains to be seen, but with Vieira and Saka on the same wavelength in training, it can certainly set up an exciting prospect of the pair linking up to great effect when on the field together.
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