Konsa bullish about Arsenal’s Champions League hopes as Bayern clash looms

Centre-back has settled right in at Arsenal and is looking ‘to win everything’, starting with his duel against Harry Kane For Ezri Konsa, it was just a wonderfully satisfying challenge.

The Nottingham Forest striker Liam Delap had stolen in behind him up the inside left channel on Sunday.

There were 93 minutes gone, Arsenal were 1-0 up and it was now or never for Forest.

Konsa decreed that it would be never, curving his covering run back, matching Delap for pace and stretching into the perfect block tackle.

So, another win for Arsenal : their 10th in 11 matches this season.

Another clean sheet.

And for Konsa, a continuation of what has been a dreamlike couple of months.

Do points-saving last-minute challenges mean more when the defender is actually a fan of the club, too? Basically, yes.

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