{"id":289284,"date":"2023-09-09T20:05:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T20:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=289284"},"modified":"2023-09-09T20:05:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T20:05:43","slug":"bukayo-saka-compared-to-lionel-messi-after-england-draw-against-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/bukayo-saka-compared-to-lionel-messi-after-england-draw-against-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukayo Saka compared to Lionel Messi after England draw against Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joe Cole compared Arsenal star Bukayo Saka to Lionel Messi after England were held to a 1-1 draw by Ukraine in Euro 2024 qualifying on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Arsenal news, exclusives and analysis<\/p>\n

Saka registered another impressive performance for the Three Lions despite the result and came close to securing the win before seeing a powerful effort come back off the crossbar.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old was recently named among 30 nominees for the 2023 Ballon d\u2019Or while Jamie Carragher has claimed that Saka is already among the best players in the world.<\/p>\n

Cole has taken his praise of Saka a little further and compared the winger to Argentine hero Messi, widely regarded as the best footballer of all time.<\/p>\n

\u2018You can\u2019t defend [against Saka] because he\u2019s got this ability like Lionel Messi where he takes it backwards,\u2019 Cole told Channel 4.<\/p>\n

\u2018So the defender, you can stop him but he takes it back and he\u2019s still got the ability to whip it with so much power. <\/p>\n

\u2018There\u2019s only a few [players] \u2013 Mo Salah\u2019s got it, Lionel Messi\u2019s got it and Bukayo Saka\u2019s got it. When he gets in that position, he\u2019s clinical.\u2019<\/p>\n

Saka has registered two goals and two assists across his first five games of the 2023-24 campaign.<\/p>\n

He played a key role in Arsenal\u2019s Premier League title charge last season, becoming the first Gunners player to register double figures for goals and assists since Alexis Sanchez in 2016-17.<\/p>\n

Saka, a Hale End academy graduate, has made a total of 184 Arsenal appearances to date, scoring 40 goals and providing 42 assists.<\/p>\n

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