Wasan Bukayo Saka a ƙwallo na 3-0 da Arsenal suka doke Coventry — wanda kwanan nan ya hau Premier League — a wasan farko na ya maje-maje a Premier League ya ƙara kwarin gwiwar magoya baya cewa Gunners na iya kiyaye taken — kuma alamun suna da ƙarfafawa gaske.

Dan wasan mai shekara 24 ya ƙare kakar da ta gabata yana ɗauke da rauni a wutsiyar ciki na akeli da ya samu a watan Maris. Ya rasa wasanni bakwai na kulob da kuma hutu na ƙasashen duniya, kafin ya dawo don taimaka wa Arsenal ta lashe Premier League a karon farko a cikin shekaru 22.

An maye gurbin Saka a karshen wasan karshe na Champions League da Arsenal ta sha kaye a hannun Paris-St Germain a Budapest, kuma an soki wasansa. A Kofin Duniya, kocin England Thomas Tuchel ya kuma iyakance mintinansa — shawarar da Saka ya yarda da ita a matsayin "caca" da ya shirya yi yayin da yake ɗauke da rauni.

Kofin Duniya wanda ya bar shi yana jin yunwa ta ƙari

Saka ya fara wasanni uku ne kawai daga cikin takwas na England a gasar kuma ya buga mintuna 357 kawai — kashi 48 na jimlar lokacin wasan. Duk da haka ya samu hannayen zura kwallaye shida: kwallaye uku da taimako uku, adadi na ƙarshe daidai da na Anthony Gordon a matsayin mafi yawan kowane dan wasan England.

Mafi ƙwazon lokaci nasa ya zo ne a wasan uku da hudu, inda ya zura hat-trick a nasarar 6-4 akan France — mafi kyawun nasara da England ta samu a Kofin Duniya da aka gudanar a ƙasashen waje. Duk da haka ya kasance waje a cikin tsagewar ƙwallo da Argentina ta yi a matakin kusa da ƙarshe duk da cewa ya fara wasan zagaye na 16 akan Mexico da kuma wasan kwata-kwata akan Norway.

Bayan gasar, Saka bai ɓoye rashin gamsuwarsa ba. "Kofin Duniya bai tafi yadda na so ba, a gare ni da kuma tawagar," in ji shi. "Na ji yunwa sosai bayan Kofin Duniya, bayan kakar ta ƙare. Ina jiran wannan sabon kakar sosai."

Shirye-shirye na gaske don sabon farko

Wannan yunwa ta motsa shi ya dawo horon da wuri kafin jadawalin. Ya ɗauki hutu na kwanaki bakwai kawai kafin ya fara aiki a sake, kuma mintinansa na farko a wannan kakar ya zo ne daga benci a Community Shield yayin da Arsenal suna kan Manchester City da 3-0 — fitowar da ta nuna sauri da ƙarfi da suka kasance suna ɓace a makon ƙarshe-ƙarshe na kakar da ta gabata.

A kan Coventry Juma'a, Saka ya nuna ƙwarewar gaske. Bakan ƙafa na dama Jay Dasilva bai sami amsa ga sauri da motsinsa ba, kuma Saka ya kamala wasansa ta hanyar zura kwallo ta biyu ta Arsenal. A wurin manema labarai bayan wasan, ya kasance a bayyane game da shirye-shiryensa.

"Ina horo sosai domin in kasance a shirye don farkon kakar da kuma taimaka wa tawagar yadda na sani zan iya," in ji shi. "Na ɗauki kwanaki bakwai na hutawa sannan na sake fara horo. Na yi aiki mai yawa tun daga lokacin kuma ina jin daɗi."

Haɗin gwiwar da ke jagorantar harin Arsenal

Saka da ya farfaɗo ɓangare ɗaya ne kawai na labarin. Dawowar Kai Havertz, Martin Odegaard, da Ben White zuwa cikakken lafiya ta ba Arsenal haɗin kai wanda ya kasance yana ɓace a yawancin kakar da ta gabata mai cike da raunuka.

Guguwar White daga gefen dama ana ɗaukar ta a matsayin mabuɗi da ke buɗe mafi kyawun wasannin Saka, kuma fahimtar da ke tsakanin Saka, Odegaard, da Havertz a ɓangaren karshe yana sa harin Arsenal ya yi wuya a dakatar da shi. Nasarar da aka samu akan Coventry ita ce karo na biyu kawai tun Disamba 2024 da uku suka fara wasan Premier League tare.

An yi tambayoyi game da ko kocin Mikel Arteta ya dogara sosai kan Saka — a cikin kakar uku da suka gabata dan wasan ya buga wasanni 153, ciki har da 61 na mintuna 90 cikakke. Amma lokacin da ya kasance waje saboda rauni da ragewa a cikin mintina a Kofin Duniya wataƙila ba da gangan suka ba shi sabon farawa da ya bukata. Idan wasan farko na kakar alamar komai ne, abokan hamayyar Arsenal na iya samun kakar da ba za su manta ba.