After a breakout season where he’s going from strength to strength in Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal line-up, Kieran Tierney has elicited praise from one of the Gunners’ finest ever left-backs, Ashley Cole. Cole was a fully paid-up member of the glory years under Arsene Wenger, and clearly appreciates his contemporary’s work-rate and importance to the side. “One thing Arsenal were probably lacking in the past year was a left-back, who was solid, didn’t get beat in one versus one situation,” Cole said on Sky Sports during Arsenal’s match against Leicester and cited by the Daily Mirror. “I also think the way he attacks and the timing of his attacking runs brings a different element...
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