Tierney Admits To Year Being ‘Toughest’ Ever For Him

Kieran Tierney celebrates his success at Arsenal, despite his injuries.

During the Watford match, Tierney scored a stellar goal, contributing to a great 3-2 win. The 23-year-old had been riddled with injuries for most of the season and he admits that this year has been the ‘toughest’ for him.

Tierney told Arsenal.com: “It’s been the toughest year of my life. I’ve had the injury and a lot of new challenges but you need challenges, you need to be uncomfortable.

“You need to challenge yourself to improve. I worked hard every day and I knew it wasn’t going to be easy coming to this massive club full of great players. I knew it was going to be tough coming in and trying to get my place in the team.

“I’m just grateful for every opportunity I get to go on the pitch and give my all. I try to repay the manager’s faith by working hard and trying to put in good performances. It’s all about the hard work.”

Tierney was oddly calm after scoring – and he now admits that he was really shocked to have scored and didn’t know to react!

“I didn’t know what to do [to celebrate the goal] so I just turned around,” Tierney added.

“I think it was shock! I’ll take it. It was a good ball from Auba as well so it was a good day for me personally.”

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