After finding himself in the first-team wilderness in recent weeks, Ainsley Maitland-Niles made his return to competitive action against West Ham on Monday night and produced a typically assured performance. The 22-year-old found himself on the bench against at the Hammers at the beginning of the evening, but starting right-back Hector Bellerin pulled out of the game during the warm-up with a suspected injury. In came Maitland-Niles, and the academy product showed he can be a more than capable deputy for the Spaniard. As per Sofascore, he made a joint team-high three tackles, made three clearances, won eight ground duels and had an impressive 100 touches of the ball. It was a display...
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