Both Gary Neville and Mikel Arteta were hugely impressed by Jorginho during Arsenal's 2-0 victory over Newcastle United on Sunday afternoon.
The north Londoners became just the second team to win at St James' Park this season thanks to a first-half Martin Odegaard strike and a Fabian Schar own goal in the second period. One player that caught the eye of Manchester United hero Neville was Gunners midfielder Jorginho, who he even compared to his former teammate Paul Scholes.
"The reason why Manchester United players and Pep Guardiola have said Paul Scholes is their favourite player was because in moments in the hardest atmosphere in a difficult away game those players are unique," Neville told the Gary Neville Podcast after the full-time whistle "They have the composure, the balance to get the team playing.
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"That’s what Jorginho reminded me of – he was fantastic. Arsenal have gone up a lot in my estimation [on Sunday] as I didn’t expect that. I expected them to fall.
"Those Manchester City players will go to bed, not panicking, but it’s a little dig in the ribs. They will have wanted a cushion going into the Real Madrid game."
Arsenal boss Arteta also waxed lyrical about the Italian international, naming him as the man of the match on the day. When asked about the former Chelsea man, the Spaniard said: "He was exceptional, he was man of the match, there were question marks because it was going to be really physical.
"If you want to go physicality against physicality, you have no chance to win the game so we had to try something different. He understood the game really well, he's a really intelligent player.
"He gives a lot of security to the team and dominated the game in many moments."
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