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title: "Arsenal: Fans rave over William Saliba after AS Saint-Etienne beat AS Monaco"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/arsenal-fans-rave-over-william-saliba-after-as-saint-etienne-beat-as-monaco-1-0/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2019-11-04T18:05:27Z"
modified: "2019-11-04T18:05:27Z"
---

# Arsenal: Fans rave over William Saliba after AS Saint-Etienne beat AS Monaco

**Arsenal fans have been raving over William Saliba after the youngster helped Saint Etienne beat AS Monaco and keep a clean sheet in a 1-0 win yesterday.**

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The on-loan defender was in superb form for the French side, winning one tackle and two interceptions while making four clearances and boasting a team high 86.8% pass accuracy, per [Whoscored](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1376829/LiveStatistics/France-Ligue-1-2019-2020-Saint-Etienne-Monaco).

After their [fifth Ligue 1 game without defeat](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/145/Fixtures/France-Saint-Etienne), the French side rose up to eighth place in the table, just one point off third-place and qualification for next season’s Champions League.

Meanwhile, the Gunners have been struggling in defence this campaign, conceding 15 goals in just 11 top-flight games [(via Premier League)](https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/clubs/goals_conceded?se=274).

Unai Emery’s side has kept just [two clean sheets](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/13/Fixtures/England-Arsenal) in the Premier League this season, meanwhile, Saliba’s side have [kept double the amount in their last five league games](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/145/Fixtures/France-Saint-Etienne).

Fans were lauding the 18-year-old, who has come in to have an immediate impact following his [hamstring injury](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/william-saliba/verletzungen/spieler/495666), as they took to Twitter to react.

Here is a selection of tweets from Gooners:

> Another immense game by William Saliba. Another clean sheet. What a talent. He is ours. [pic.twitter.com/qFdfswo56g](https://t.co/qFdfswo56g)
>
> — Eduardo Hagn (@EduardoHagn) [November 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/EduardoHagn/status/1191112216327659521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He is a monster tall strong calm good on the ball, so similar to VVD.. thankfully as you say he is ours
>
> — David Mawdsley (@DaveMawdsley1) [November 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/DaveMawdsley1/status/1191113142350286848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Us gooners get more joy out of watching saliba for st ettiene than we do watching our own games these days, what a talent we have
>
> — Chris French (@archythegoon) [November 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/archythegoon/status/1191112904466223105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> — Pepe Nicolas (@NicolasPepes) [November 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/NicolasPepes/status/1191112727919550464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> I swear if we sell saliba before he even plays for us I’ll riot
>
> — Arsenal Fan ® (@the1886club) [November 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/the1886club/status/1191306963348545537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Willian Saliba he is the best teenage CB in Ligue 1. He is signed by Arsenal and he was loaned back to his team.
>
> — GoBokke Springboks🇿🇦🇿🇦 (@ndamase\_anelisa) [November 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/ndamase_anelisa/status/1191301296025944064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Arsenal fans, are you excited about the prospect of watching Saliba play next season? Let us know your feelings!***