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Man Utd midfielder McTominay: This Arsenal legend I often study

Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay admits he looks up to Arsenal great Patrick Vieira.

Despite McTominay's fine campaign so far, he insists he wants to do better, and said he also aspires to be like former Arsenal captain Vieira among others.

"For myself, someone who's quite strong and a good runner, I should be testing teams more than I do," he said.

"I should be breaking lines similar to what Paul (Pogba) does, drive into the box and create chances. We always have to have that balance of one goes and one sits, which is so important for a midfield player.

"Being box-to-box, there's some amazing examples: Zidane, Patrick Vieira, Roy Keane, driving through the middle of the pitch and were exceptionally good at it.

"For me it's important to keep watching clips like that, I get the guys to send them over as much as they can to analyse it."

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