Ghanaian teenager Edward Nketiah sensationally scored a hat-trick to steer Arsenal U23 to a handsome 3-0 battering of Leicester City U23 in the English Development League on Monday night.
The 17-year-old dominated the headlines all night as he opened the scoring for Steve Gatting's young Guns in the 14th minute.
🎥 Here's how @EddieNketiah9 opened the scoring at Meadow Park for #AFCU23 pic.twitter.com/aChLEThceQ
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) November 28, 2016
Nketiah added the second 8 minutes after the interval before he cemented the win in the 55th minute. The prodigious talisman underlined his potency when he got to the end of an artistic pass from Reiss Nelson and beat a pair of Leicester City defence men to fire home.
2ï¸âƒ£ Here's @EddieNketiah9's second strike of the evening for #AFCU23... pic.twitter.com/T90RXYGFAx
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) November 28, 2016
His second goal was even more spectacular as he dropped to pick a loose ball inside the Leicester halve and resisted a challenge to volley home for his second goal of the night.
...and this is how @EddieNketiah9 completed his hat-trick! 🎩
With five minutes left to play, #AFCU23 hold a 3-0 lead pic.twitter.com/WVGI4nupDT
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) November 28, 2016
He then rounded up the evening with a cool finish from close range and nailed the coffin on the Young Foxes.
By El Akyereko
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