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The last time Takehiro Tomiyasu started consecutive Premier League games the Omnicron variant was rampant across the UK, Max Verstappen had just stolen the F1 World Driver's Championship from Lewis Hamilton and Luis Diaz was still a Porto player. Feels like a long time ago doesn't it? Not that you'd know that from the way the Japanese international played on Sunday.

Brought in this week at left back this week the comparison between the man who played the week before was night and day. Having been served up the hurricane that is Nuno Tavares against West Ham Arsenal were back in calmer waters with Tomiyasu in their backline once again.

Watching the 23-year-old defend is almost meditative, such is the sense of calm that he inspires. Everything he does feels like the most sensible option available and within this Arsenal team that is certainly not a feeling you get very often. Up against both Raphinha and Dan James he wasn't dribbled past once, and you feel that if the Leeds wingers had tried to get away from him for the next week they still would have got no change.

If there's one part of Tomiyasu's game that could be criticised it's his ability on the ball sometimes, but even