'He Reminds Me Of Sunday Oliseh' - Some Fans Hail Mikel After Starring Against Arsenal

Vitória de Guimaraes made life difficult for Arsenal in their Europa League clash on Thursday night but the Premier League side managed to beat the Portuguese club 3-2.

The visitors were 2-1 up at the break with Marcus Edwards and Bruno Duarte scoring in the 9th and 27th minute respectively while exciting Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli found the net for the Gunners in the 32nd minute.

Arsenal avoided disaster when second half substitute Nicolas Pépé netted two sensational free-kicks to earn Unai Emery's side three points.

Nigeria international Mikel Agu was one of the key players for Vitória de Guimaraes, who were on the brink of causing an upset.

Mikel can take solace in the fact that he held his own against Arsenal midfielders Matteo Guendouzi, Daniel Ceballos and Lucas Torreira and, of course, there was nothing he could do to prevent Pepe from scoring the two goals.

Some fans were delighted with the performance of the Vitória de Guimaraes number 24 and took to Twitter to share their thoughts :

@War_ina_babylon : ''Vitoria Guimarubbish at holding on to a lead. Silly mistakes cost them. Love Mikel Agu's general play. Seems like a natural Central Defender to me. Movement was fantastic. Beautiful to watch.''

@alexqueiros : ''Tapsoba and Mikel Agu are bossing the defence and midfield.''

@Buchi_smallzy : ''Mikel Agu with an important clearance tho! He’s having a good game''.

@Samdoe22 : ''Mikel Agu masterclass against Arsenal.''

@tedym1 : ''Nice watching Mikel Agu yesterday against Arsenal. He reminds me so much of Sunday Oliseh except Oliseh's passing range is much better''.

@Bra_Ferron : ''Special mention for the great game that Mikel Agu, Davidson, Poha, Tapsoba and Venancio had. The Vitória is a team to follow...''

@nonsooka4 : ''Mikel Agu bossing the middle''.

Igho Kingsley

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