Ethan Nwaneri and Nuno Tavares both react after 22-year-old’s performance for Arsenal last night

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Ethan Nwaneri and Nuno Tavares have reacted after Reiss Nelson made his comeback for Arsenal in the Europa League last night.

Nelson spent last season on loan with Feyenoord, where he made the final of the UEFA Conference League, losing to Roma.

Now he is back at Arsenal and has had to be patient in waiting for his chance but he got it in the second half of the 3-0 win over Bodo/Glimt.

He came on with eight minutes of the game to go, replacing fellow academy graduate Eddie Nketiah, who opened the scoring on the night.

Nwaneri and Tavares praise Nelson

After the game, he posted on Instagram about his comeback, offering a wordless post with a picture from the game.

There were a number of players in the replies offering their congratulations, including Arsenal’s youngest ever player Ethan Nwaneri.

Nuno Tavares is out on loan at Marseille but is clearly keeping an eye on things at his parent club and also sent a message to the 22-year-old.

Nelson will hope to get more opportunities to play in the cup competitions and get on with showing Mikel Arteta what he can do this season.

He will hope for more than eight minutes next time around and if Arsenal make progression safe with games to spare, he may get starts further down the line.

The matches are mounting up for Arsenal and they need all the squad depth they can get to maintain their current progress.