I'm sure any small knock to the knee that he basically obliterated a few years ago is always a cause for concern to Calafiori so I get why he may have been emotional after the game but it does sound like there's nothing serious there. I do hope he is a little more reserved in his celebrations moving forward though!
While I agree that his defending has been hit or miss thus far due to some over aggressiveness, I have confidence the foundation is there for him to be molded into a phenomenal left back in Arteta's mold. The second goal seemed to me that he just strayed too far centrally which makes sense since he played CB for most of the last two years. Give him some more reps at LB (he's literally played less than 2 games there in the most physically demanding league in the world) and I'm confident that he will be much better positionally. I also think Arteta will help him pick his spots and hone his aggression defensively. You don't want to coach that out of him as his free wheeling nature is one of his superpowers. For every misjudged piece of aggression like the play against Savinho, he looks like he has the capability to provide amazing moments of unpredictability going forward. I saw someone on Twitter compare him to Sergio Ramos yesterday and while very premature, I do like that comp. Ramos would have moments of madness of course but those were far outweighed by match winning moments that few in the world could replicate. Let's not forget that Calafiori was one great save from Hermanson away from having his second goal in 2 league games on one of those late corners on Saturday. If it's not clear, I love the guy already.
