"He's incredible... he's incredible. Two touches, head tennis, he's so good, so so good," Kyle Walker explained in a recent interview.
Most would assume the Manchester City star is talking about one of the big-hitters at the Etihad, whether that be Kevin De Bruyne or Bernardo Silva, but in actual fact the subject of his praise was now- Arsenal man Oleksandr Zinchenko. The left-back spent five years under City boss Pep Guardiola before upping sticks to the Emirates, but City can't say that weren't warned against parting ways.
The Ukranian international has endured a turbulent time of it since the turn of the calendar year following Russia's devastating invasion of his home country. Zinchenko has struggled to contain his emotion at times while those in his homeland suffer at the hands of Russian aggression, often fighting back tears during post-match interviews.
