Arsenal fans claim Lewis Dunk was ‘body-trained’ by Bukayo Saka after the Gunners winger won an aerial challenge against the Brighton centre-back before setting up Kai Havertz for the north London club’s opening goal.
Saka looked to have the better of Dunk as the pair attempted to score a high ball in Brighton’s half.
The Arsenal winger appeared to leap to head the ball home but struck the 1.93m centre-back, pushing him away from the ball.
With the ball falling behind the pair, Saka turned to regain possession before clipping a pass to Havertz. The German forward then produced a sensational lob, catching Bart Verbruggen off his line to put the home side 1-0 up.
Fans have been asking via X (formerly Twitter) how Saka Dunk was able to dominate the aerial duel.
One wrote: ‘Dunk gets shot by Saka. Please don’t compare this guy to Marc Guehi, no wonder he was the waterboy in the European Championship.’
Another added: ‘How can Lewis Dunk lose to Saka in the air then?’
“Dunk was pushed off the ball by Saka,” one person wrote with several tearful faces, while another added: “It was bad from Dunk, he was outplayed by the muscular 1.68m Saka.”
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