🚨 Arsenal virtually champions, huge record for a France youngster!
🚨 Arsenal virtually champions, huge record for a France youngster! While all eyes are fixed on the thrilling Premier League title race, Bournemouth gem Eli Junior Kroupi has decided to carve out a special place for himself in the history books. Against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, who absolutely had to win or risk seeing Arsenal crowned champions as early as tonight, the France U21 international opened the scoring with a stunning curling strike that left Gianluigi Donnarumma completely helpless.
Thanks to that superb goal, set up by Adrien Truffert, the 19-year-old French forward has now claimed a legendary record outright: the most goals scored by a teenager in their debut Premier League season (13 goals). The former FC Lorient player has therefore surpassed the legendary Robbie Fowler (1993-94) and Robbie Keane (1999-00) to take a record that had stood for 32 years. This moment of brilliance has brought the Sky Blues to their knees and moved the Cherries (6th place) one step closer to a historic Champions League qualification.
And to think Portugal tried to snatch Kroupi away from France... This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.