Arsenal fans react as Marcelo Flores scores hat-trick

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A number of Arsenal fans have taken to Twitter to laud Marcelo Flores after the midfielder marked the opening day of the Under-18 Premier League campaign by scoring a hat-trick.

Flores – who arrived from Ipswich Town back in 2019 – scored on the opening day of last season as the Gunners beat Southampton. He went on to end the campaign with four goals.

He was rewarded with his first professional contract in October last year.

The 17-year-old also made his under-23 debut on the final day.

And he seems to have picked up where he left off.

Flores bagged a treble as Arsenal beat Aston Villa 5-3 on Saturday. He broke the deadlock midway through the first-half. And he went on to score either side of the break to complete the hat-trick.

Of course, it has proved to be a difficult weekend for Arsenal fans. The first-team suffered an incredibly disappointing defeat to Brentford on Friday.

‘Better hat-trick than Bruno’: Arsenal fans laud Marcelo Flores

News of Flores’s hat-trick and the under-18s’ win has cheered supporters up a little. And many have expressed their excitement for what lies ahead for the Canada-born starlet.

With that in mind, here is how some of the Arsenal fans reacted to the victory and Flores’s three goals…