Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has heaped praise on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain following his brace in the 2-0 EFL Cup win over Reading on Tuesday night.
Following his double against the Royals, the 23-year-old has now scored five goals for the Gunners this season, the most he has scored in a single season during his five-year stay with the North London club.
Wenger thinks that the England international has matured a lot in recent years and that is reflecting in his performances.
The Frenchman said: "He is not a young player anymore, he is now 23 and at 23 you become a football player who is the finished article.
"Before 23, you learn your job. At 23, you become more consistent, you know what's expected of you, you know how to deal with the pressure, with the situation, with the competition inside the squad. But he was so talented, so young. In the national team, so young. People forget that he was still a young player.
"As a person? I think the quality of his concentration, of his focus, is sharper. He is more determined and he has worked a lot mentally you know, to be really focused and I think it comes out every day in training and now it is starting to come out in the games."
