Arsenal: Mohamed Elneny's superhuman pressing vs Man Utd in 2020

Mohamed Elneny loves a big game.

It’s crazy to think that a player whose Arsenal career looked to be dead and buried upon being sent out on loan to Besiktas for the 2019/20 season has been given such a new lease of life.

Sure, Elneny most certainly isn’t a regular starter for the Gunners and has largely been benched in recent months, but he still endures as a handy squad player for Mikel Arteta to call upon.

And that couldn’t possibly have been any clearer than during Arsenal’s 4-2 win at Chelsea on Wednesday night with Elneny completing his first 90 minutes in the Premier League since December.

A brace from Eddie Nketiah, as well as strikes from Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka, ultimately took centre stage, but the influence of Elneny in Arsenal’s midfielder shouldn’t be underplayed.

The 29-year-old received widespread praise from Gooners on social media for a combative display up against Chelsea’s midfield trio of Ruben Loftus-Cheek, N’Golo Kante and Mason Mount.

According to SofaScore, Elneny completed four interceptions, two clearances, one tackle, one key pass and lost possession just five times with a pass completion rate of 90% to his name.

As such, we couldn’t recommend enough that you bask in the brilliance of Elneny’s display at Stamford Bridge by checking out his individual highlights down below:

Cracking work.

However, it’s not the first time that Elneny has delivered the goods for Arsenal during a major Premier League game against a member of the so-called ‘big six’.

That’s because Elneny produced arguably his greatest ever performance in an Arsenal shirt during the 1-0 win over Manchester United at the start of the 2020/21 campaign.

In a match that was ultimately decided by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s