Mikel Arteta helped mould Sane and Sterling into world-class wingers and could do same with Pepe, says Rio Ferdinand – The Sun

RIO FERDINAND watched Mikel Arteta help Pep Guardiola turn Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane into wing wizards.

And the Manchester United legend thinks Nicolas Pepe is already benefiting from working under the Spaniard after he scored in tonight's 2-0 win.

Arsenal's record signing, 24, started alongside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette for the first time under Arteta.

And Ferdinand was impressed with what he saw from the £72million ace after a rocky start to his Emirates career.

The BT Sport pundit said: "There are new ideas, maybe he has freshened the place up. Maybe they lost belief under the previous manager.

"I’ve not seen Ozil smile like that in about 18 months. He’s enjoying playing, he’s enjoying going to training.