Pundit Reveals Arsenal Player Who Is Faster Than Liverpool’s Luis Diaz

Football pundit, Nedum Onuoha has claimed that Arsenal winger Gabriel Martinelli is a lot faster than his Liverpool counterpart, Luis Diaz.

Gabriel Martinelli started the season in fine form and is now finally set to explode in the Premier League under Mikel Arteta and his all-around game has impressed the most.

The young Brazilian had a fine game for the Gunners against Jurgen Klopp’s side on Sunday. He was unplayable at times and deservedly picked up the Man of the Match award in the end.

It was the battle of the speedsters on the wings on Sunday when Arsenal beat Liverpool 3-2 at the Emirates.

Bukayo Saka and Martinelli of Arsenal and Mo Salah and Diaz of Liverpool are all absolutely rapid when given space. They are a nightmare to defend against, but Onuoha has had his say on who’s the fastest.

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The ESPN pundit believes many people thought before the game that Diaz was the quickest of all the players who were involved on Sunday, but after watching Martinelli’s performance, everyone’s convinced that the Brazilian is a lot faster than the Liverpool man.

He said: “It (facing Arsenal’s front three) is bad news, it’s really, really bad news. It’s sort of a matchup nightmare.

“Before the game, everyone, for example, was saying Luis Diaz is really fast. Well, after the game, Martinelli is just a lot faster. Like you (Diaz) just got a yellow card for fouling Martinelli.

“You know, Martinelli gets the ball and he just wants to go full speed at you. This doesn’t always work out, but he always wants to have shots, wants to get crosses into the box, and wants that end product. That’s massive.”

The scary thing for Arsenal’s rivals at the moment is that Martinelli is still only 21. If he continues to develop at the same rate, he really could go on to become one of the best attackers in the world in a few years’ time.