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'Pepe is a special player' - Arsenal's Tierney

Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney has called Nicolas Pepe a "special player" after his heroics in Thursday night's 3-2 comeback victory against Vitoria Guimaraes in the Europa League.

The Ivory Coast international has struggled for form and consistency since joining the Gunners from Lille, and has often been labelled as a waste of money due to his £72 million price tag.

All of that seemed to be forgotten after his two late free-kicks gave Arsenal the victory when it seemed a loss was on the horizon.

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