Watch Ainsley's crunching tackle on Ribery

What a pre-season tour Ainsley Maitland-Niles has had so far.

After an impressive cameo against Sydney FC, the Hale End graduate started at wing-back against Western Sydney Wanderers and completed the full 90 minutes of our penalty shoot-out win over Bayern Munich, playing the whole second half at centre back.

One particular moment from that victory stood out, and you can click 'Play' on the video above to watch Maitland-Niles' crunching tackle on Franck Ribery in slo-mo.