Fabio Vieira dealt brilliantly with the pressure put on him by his first Premier League start to star in Arsenal ’s comfortable 3-0 win over Brentford and impress Jamie Redknapp on Sunday.
Vieira joined Arsenal in a £34million transfer from Porto in the summer to become the Gunners’ second arrival of the window. The subsequent arrivals of Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko took the spotlight off Vieira, who touched down in north London with an injury which meant he was unavailable throughout August.
But with Martin Odegaard missing with a calf injury for Sunday’s trip to Brentford, Vieira took centre-stage as the creative presence in Arsenal’s midfield. He took that responsibility on his shoulders and ended the match with a brilliant first goal for the club on what was just his third appearance.
