Arsenal youngster Chuba Akpom was named the MLS All-Star MVP for his fine performance on Thursday night.

Arsenal grabbed a narrow 2-1 victory over the Major League Soccer select in the AT&T All-Star Game at the Avaya Stadium in San Jose and the star of the show for the Gunners was young striker Akpom, who managed to score the winner in the 87th minute of the game.

In addition to the goal, Akpom produced a fine all-round performance throughout the course of the match and was duly handed the MLS All-Star game's Most Valuable Player award.

.@Arsenal's Chuba Akpom named MVP of 2016 @ATTMLS All-Star Game: https://t.co/oKAppX57kypic.twitter.com/w6vHP3qDOK
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) July 29, 2016