While the fans in the stadium showed their approval of the clash, the same couldn't be said for those online, who were in a whole different energy.
A clipped recording of Izan's Dutch response was looping with subtitles.
It hadn't gained much traction after it was posted the previous day by a fan account but when Arsenal's own account posted it the following day, it caught fire.
It wasn't a football discourse, but it had everyone talking.
It was him.
A pinned comment from a football forum thread titled:
"Did Izan just speak fluent Dutch???" the Arsenal account captioned the video and below it were the reactions of the fans.
@GunsBlazing77
He didn't just speak Dutch. He delivered in Dutch. Fluid. Calm. No translator glance. Just straight through. Like he grew up in Rotterdam. What 17-year-old does that?
@VanDerBoom
