Noni Madueke watakila ba a tabbatar masa da wuri a cikin farkon tawagar Arsenal ba, amma shigarsa ta yanke hukunci a kan Nottingham Forest ranar Lahadi ta nuna dalilin da ya sa manajan Mikel Arteta ke darajansa sosai a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin «masu kammala» na darajar gawarsa.
An shigar da shi lokacin hutun rabin wasan yayin da Arsenal suka kasance a wasa mai tsauri a City Ground, Madueke ya ɗauki umarni na Arteta kai tsaye zuwa filin. Ya ce an gaya masa: «Ka jimre, ka bi tsarin wasan, ka fita ka kai hari abokin hamayya, ka kasance mai haɗari, ka kasance kanka kuma ka kasance mai kyau wajen tsaro ma.»
Ɗan wasan mai shekara 24 ya amsa daidai haka. A minti na 80, Madueke ya yanke zuwa ciki da ƙafafun damansa mafi raunin ƙarfi ya harba harbi da ya karya ya shiga ragar, ya ba Arsenal mahimman maki uku a yaƙin neman kambun Premier League. Ya ce: «Na wuce shi ta waje sau biyu, sai na yanke shawarar shiga ciki in buge karfi.»
Daga benci zuwa hasken fitila
Madueke ya samu farawa ɗaya kawai a cikin gasar wannan kakar — nasara ta 2-1 a kan Leeds — musamman saboda Christos Tzolis, wanda aka sayo a lokacin bazara don maye gurbin Leandro Trossard da ya tafi, ya kafa kansa a matsayin ɗan wasan gefen hagu na farko na Arteta. Yanzu da Tzolis ke waje da filin saboda raunin muscle da ya samu yayin wasa da ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Greece, dama ta samu ga Madueke don neman rawa mafi girma.
Ya ɗauki wannan damar sosai. Arteta ya yabe shi a matsayin mafi kyawun ɗan wasan da ke kulob din lokacin hutun ƙasashen duniya, yana cewa ya «kama damar da hannaye biyu» sa'ad da aka ba shi farawa a kan Leeds. Madueke ya ba da taimako a kan farkon kwallon Arsenal a nasarar Champions League a kan Lille a Talata kafin ya ba da gudummawarsa ta yanke hukunci a ranar Lahadi.
Arteta ya yi yabo sosai game da halin Madueke a ciki da wajen filin. «Noni, duba ni, akwai murmushi a fuskata saboda shi mutumin musamman ne,» in ji manajan Arsenal. «Wani ne da ake ƙaunarsa sosai a cikin ɗakin sauya kaya da wajensu. Yadda yake haɗuwa da yin magana da mutane — shi mutumin musamman ne kawai.»
Manajan ya bayyana wani labarin burgewa: lokacin da aka tambayi ƙungiyar 'yan wasan Arsenal wa za su kira idan sun sami matsala, da yawa sun ambaci Madueke. «Na yi imani wannan babban yabo ne kuma yana kwatanta irin mutumin da yake,» Arteta ya ƙara da haka.
Daidaito shi ne guntun da ya ɓace
Tafiyar Madueke a Arsenal ba ta kasance mai sauƙi ba. An fitar da takardar neman sa hannu ta «A'a ga Madueke» lokacin da ya shiga daga Chelsea, kuma an yi sukar wasanninsa saboda rashin daidaito. Amma kuɗin sayan £48.5 miliyan ya kuma kasance cikin nasarorin Arsenal na kwanan nan — yana taimaka wa kulob din lashe taken gasar gida na farko cikin shekaru 22 da kuma isa gasar Champions League. Ya ba da ƙwallaye 8 da taimako 4 a cikin bayyanar 43 a dukkan gasa a kakar da ta gabata.
Manajan tawagar England Thomas Tuchel da ma'aikatansa suna ɗaukar Madueke a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasan a yanayin ɗaya zuwa ɗaya, kuma ɗan wasan gefen ya haɗu da kyawawan wasanni uku a jere. «Yana cikin lokaci mai kyau,» in ji Arteta. «Bayan hutu, yana nuna wani abu daban — wani matakin fushi, wani matakin imani a cikin ayyukansa, kuma yana zama mai yanke hukunci a wasanni, wanda shi ne abin da muke tsammani daga ɗan wasan kamarsa.»
Masu kammala na Arsenal suna ci gaba da aiki
Sake sunan da Arteta ya yi na masu sauya a matsayin «masu kammala» yana bayyana yana ba da sakamako. Tun farkon kakar da ta gabata, masu sauya na Arsenal sun ba da gudummawa ga ƙwallaye 26 a Premier League — fiye da kowace ƙungiya a gasar. Bruno Guimaraes ya zura ƙwallon nasara daga benci a wasan karshe na gasar a kan Leeds, yayin da Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz da kyaftin Martin Odegaard duk suka yi tasiri a matsayin masu sauya a nasarar da suka samu akan Lille.
Arteta ya ƙi damuwar cewa Arsenal na dogaro da yawa da taimakon masu sauya daga benci. «Mun buga wasanni 11 na gasar kuma mun yi nasara a 10,» in ji shi. «Muna samun hanyoyi daban-daban na cin nasara a yanayi daban-daban.» Ya yi tsammanin ƙananan dama a kan Nottingham Forest masu tsari, amma ya yi imani cewa wasan zai buɗe a ƙarshe — kuma masu kammalarsa za su ɗauki lokacinsu sa'ad da ya zo.
