‘He plays like Zidane in His prime,Sad enough He didn’t get to play for Big club like Chelsea’: Chelsea star Mykhaylo Mudryk likens Arsenal star to Zinedine Zidane after Sevilla win yesterday – NOT Bukayo Saka And Not Martinelli
Chelsea winger Mykhaylo Mudryk has jokingly compared Oleksandr Zinchenko to Zinedine Zidane following Arsenal’s win over Sevilla. The Gunners star came close to scoring a volley on Wednesday and his international team-mate saw similarities to Zidane.
Zinchenko came on at half-time of the Champions League clash at the Emirates. He replaced Takehiro Tomiyasu, who was not risked after feeling discomfort in the first half.
Arsenal led 1-0 at the time and made it two through Bukayo Saka in the 64th minute. Shortly after, Zinchenko looked to make it three when he left fly with a volley from the edge of the box
The full-back met the shot sweetly but it was beaten away by Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic. It would have been Zinchenko’s second goal in an Arsenal shirt and without doubt his best.
He clearly liked the shot, posting a picture of him unleashing the volley on his Instagram page. And within minutes Mudryk was in the comments, referencing Zidane by writing: “Zizou?” with a surprised-face emoji.
Zinchenko and Mudryk are good friends from international duty despite playing for rival clubs. Zinchenko wanted Mudryk to join Arsenal in January and a deal looked set to happen.
But Chelsea snuck in and blew the Gunners’ offer out of the water to sign him from Shakhtar Donetsk. Mudryk has largely struggled in the 10 months since arriving in the Premier League.
He did score in Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal last month, catching David Raya out with a flukey cross that looped over the goalkeeper’s head. Mudryk cost the Blues £88million and Zinchenko claimed earlier this season that the price tag is part of the reason behind his struggles.
