Arsenal: Peter Drury's spine-tingling commentary to Saka's winner vs Liverpool | OneFootball

Bukayo Saka showed nerves of steel to secure Arsenal’s biggest win of the Premier League season so far on Sunday afternoon.

The Gunners confirmed their status as legitimate title contenders this year as they wrapped up three points over a fellow ‘top six’ club at the Emirates Stadium for the second weekend running.

However, Arsenal had to dig deep in front of their own fans to ensure that Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool met the same fate as Tottenham Hotspur just a few days before them.

Arsenal 3-2 Liverpool

And that's despite the fact that Mikel Arteta's side burst into the lead after just 58 seconds when Gabriel Martinelli showed fantastic composure to finish past compatriot Alisson Becker.

Nevertheless, the magnitude of the task that lay before Arsenal quickly became clear when the Reds drew level courtesy of Darwin Nunez sliding home to convert Luis Diaz's dangerous cross.

And just as Saka restored Arsenal's lead with a close-range finish right before half-time, Roberto Firmino came back to haunt the north London club yet again with a clinical second-half equaliser.

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The pure ecstasy of Saka's winner

In fact, it wasn't until Arsenal won a decisive penalty under controversial circumstances that the ever-changing picture of a bona fide Premier League thriller became clearer to everyone watching.

That's because Saka was presented with the opportunity to put Arsenal 3-2 up with less than 15 minutes to play, sending them back to the top of the table over Manchester City in the process.

Now, at the expense of stating the obvious here, we all know what happens next, but the chances are that you haven't experienced what happened next to its full potential.

Saka's penalty with Drury commentary

Any football fan who's come within a five-mile radius of a Twitter account over the past few months will know that Drury has been going viral on an almost weekly basis with his poetic accompaniments to the dramatic moments he watches from the gantry.

And although this has led to a few scenarios where his commentary has duly been overhyped from time to time by no fault of his own, that most certainly wasn't the case for Saka's penalty winner.

Oh no, ladies and gentlemen, oh no, because we're inclined to think that Drury's reaction to Saka is one of the most brilliant pieces of broadcasting that he's delivered over the last couple of seasons.

Channeling the hurt of Saka's penalty miss in the Euro 2020 final to the joy of his conversion at the Emirates, Drury delivered a commentary masterclass that you simply need to check out below:

Wow, wow, wow. That's just incredible.

An epic moment made even more epic

The true skill of commentary is adding an extra layer of spine-tingling emotion onto a dramatic moment and not trampling all over it by going a few sentences or phrases too far.

And that's exactly what Drury illustrated to perfection at the Emirates, crowning the goose-bump-inducing crescendo with his 'poise' and 'noise' rhyme before letting the ecstatic atmosphere ring out from the television set to make viewers feel like they're really there.

That, and the fact that the storytelling was simply on point because what could easily have 'just' felt like another Arsenal penalty was given that extra layer of poignance by talking about Saka's recent history in that very scenario.

It truly did make an incredible moment for Gooners around the world even more special. Take a bow, Peter, take a bow.