Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner was handed his competitive debut against FC Zurich on Thursday with many keen to find out how the American international would fare.

Goal‘s Gunners correspondent Charles Watts felt that the shot-stopper did not convince during his first outing for the London club and, although he said that Turner grew into the match, he needs to see him tested against better opponents:

“Matt Turner was an interesting one, I thought he started off pretty shaky. There was a couple of moments with the ball at his feet and once when he was trying to claim a cross. It was just after he’d sort of had that bit of an issue with the ball at his feet when to be fair Gabriel didn’t help him with the back pass but he just looked a bit nervy. As the game went on I thought he improved Turner, he got a little bit of confidence, he came out and claimed a couple of decent crosses.”

“[He] didn’t really have to do anything in terms of shot-stopping because they didn’t really threaten or have many shots on target but they did deliver a few decent balls in towards the end. I thought Turner sort of improved on that as the game went on, but I think certainly the jury’s still out on him a little bit. We’re going have to watch him a little bit more during this Europa League campaign to get [a] proper judgment on just what sort of player he is.”

Turner was understandably nervous in the opening exchanges in Switzerland, considering it was the first chance to impress at his new team since arriving from New England Revolution in the summer.

If he ever wants to displace Aaron Ramsdale from the number one spot, though, he will need to show a lot more authority and confidence. Zurich was hardly a pressure cooker and he will face much more challenging opponents in the future.

With PSV Eindhoven coming up next week, Turner will be keen to make a better impression, if he is given the nod to start at the Emirates.