Arsenal defender William Saliba is winning praise while on-loan with Nice.

The 19-year-old centre-back is on loan from Arsenal for the remainder of the season after he failed to break into the Gunners' first-team under Mikel Arteta.

Despite an up-and-down start with the Ligue 1 side Saliba appears to be rapidly improving, and his showing against Lens was probably his most impressive so far as he helped his side to a clean sheet.

And L'Equipe were full of praise, saying of Saliba's performance: "He guides and instructs the defence, and gives the impression he's been there a long time.

"He has just arrived but has already shown he is the boss of the defence."

In total Saliba made five clearances and one block in the game, while he also completed 43 passes with an impressive 89.6% accuracy.