Arsenal star Theo Walcott continued his impressive start to the start as he scored a brace to help Arsenal defeat FC Basel in the Champions League tie last night.

After being ignored for the European Championship held in France, the England international has hit a purple patch for the Gunners. He has already scored three goals in the league including a goal in the 3-0 thrashing of Chelsea last week.

He also received lavish praise from Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger who admitted that the forward’s changed attitude has made the difference.

“You cannot question his performance,” Wenger told a news conference after his team defeated Chelsea for the first time after 2011.

“But I believe more the change in Theo Walcott is his attitude to this season. He’s ready to fight, commit and straight away he gets the crowd behind him.

“Theo Walcott of that stature is a completely different player.”

However, Walcott’s recent performances have still not impressed Roy Keane. The Manchester United legend said that it is still too early to judge him after performing well for just one week.

” It’s took him a while to get settled, hasn’t it?’ Keane told ITV Sport.

“Listen, he’s had a good week, the guy needs to relax, try playing over the next seven, eight or nine months when the real big crunch games come and you’re on about looking at certain players for Arsenal.

Hailing Arsenal for their first victory in this edition of the Champions League, Keane said: “Tonight was a lovely game for Arsenal, when they have that much possession they are great to watch, they could have scored seven, eight, nine goals easily.

“But the crunch games are coming up over the next few months when the cold nights come on, we’ll see maybe half the Arsenal players with gloves on.

The former player warned the Arsenal fans to not get carried away and advised them to wait for a longer time before judging him.

“So I wouldn’t be getting carried away with Walcott. He’s got a lot to do. Lovely goals tonight, simplicity, his movement, finishing – but he’s got to do it over the next year or two.”