Soccer can be cruel. Just as Eberechi Eze hit top form in what had largely been an underwhelming debut season for Arsenal, he was robbed of an appearance in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Manchester City due to an innocuous knock.
Eze set the ball rolling in a comfortable 2–0 victory for the Gunners against Bayer Leverkusen with a blistering thump from the edge of the box. While the emphatic nature of that finish stole the focus, that the summer recruit was even starting could be viewed as an individual triumph.
