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Dom Smith

Bukayo Saka acts as unifying force to lift Arsenal belief ahead of Real Madrid showdown

Bukayo Saka’s long-awaited return to the pitch was such a unifying force at the Emirates.

Saka has been through it over the past three months, undergoing surgery on his hamstring injury and then gradually working his way back by doing the hard yards at the training ground with Sam Wilson, the Arsenal physical performance coach who has led his rehab and whom he embraced in the dugout after scoring off the bench.

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