Arsenal youngster Ainsley Maitland-Niles is buzzing after his EFL Cup performance in victory over Reading.
Maitland-Niles, who spent last season on loan at Championship side Ipswich, was one of three youngsters, alongside Rob Holding and Jeff Reine-Adelaide, who were singled out for praise in Arsene Wenger's post-match press conference.
“It just gives you a lot of confidence and you just need to take it into the games and keep speaking to him and seeing where you need to improve on," Maitland-Niles told Arsenal Player. “So that's what I try to do.
“It was difficult [at Ipswich] but at the same time it gave me a lot of experience and showed me how different men's football is from playing with a bunch of kids. But it's like when you come back from those sort of experiences, you learn a lot and you've just got to take it into the season ahead of you."