‘Wonderful’: Sky Sports pundit wowed by £34m Arsenal ace in first half v Bodo/Glimt

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Arsenal midfielder Fabio Vieira has been praised by Sky Sports pundit Darren Ambrose for his first-half assist in the Europa League meeting with Bodo/Glimt.

The Gunners were hoping to make it two wins out of two in the competition, after beating FC Zurich a month ago.

Despite being favourites on paper, Arsenal made it clear how seriously they’re taking their visitors.

On Wednesday, Mikel Arteta told the Gunners media team that Bodo/Glimt’s level is “very high”.

The Arsenal boss also revealed that Martin Odegaard told him it “will be a really tough match”.

And in the first half, the Gunners were solid as they eventually built up a 2-0 lead by the interval.

Eddie Nketiah opened the scoring in the 23rd minute following great work from Gabriel Martinelli and Kieran Tierney.

Martinelli got the better of two opponents before setting up Tierney, who took a touch and fired against the post.

Nketiah duly tapped home on the rebound to give Arsenal a deserved lead.

Then, just four minutes later, the Gunners doubled their lead with yet more superb play.

Vieira took a corner, which was cleared back to him, and he delivered a pinpoint cross which Rob Holding thumped home.

“It’s a wonderful cross from Vieira right into the path of Holding,” Ambrose said on Sky Sports News.

Vieira also provided a couple more contributions before the half was over.

The £34million man provided chances for Granit Xhaka and Eddie Nketiah before firing wide himself in the 44th minute.

It was pretty much one-way traffic for Arsenal in the first half, while Bodo/Glimt could only muster one off-target effort.

And in the second half, Vieira capped off a great performance with his side’s third goal.

Substitute Gabriel Jesus was the architect for the goal.

He skipped past two challenges on the byline before pulling the ball back and laying a goal for Vieira to fire into the roof of the net.

A great result for an Arsenal side which, in all honesty, didn’t really get into the upper gears.

And another solid display from Vieira, who has enjoyed a bright start to life at the Emirates Stadium.