Bukayo Saka celebrates aim that Myles Lewis-Skelly performed a giant half in. (Photograph by Justin Setterfield/Getty Photographs)
Arsenal had been 3-0 winners over Monaco within the Champions League on Wednesday evening and the match was a giant one for 18-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly.
The left-back began in Europe’s greatest competitors for the primary time in entrance of a packed Emirates crowd having already featured within the event from the bench twice this season.
The teenager is a prime expertise and Mikel Arteta opted to provide the defender an opportunity in mild of a number of accidents which have hit Arsenal’s backline.
That call paid off instantly as Lewis-Skelly performed a key function within the opening aim for the Gunners. The 18-year-old confirmed some spectacular composure earlier than enjoying a via ball into the trail of Gabriel Jesus, who would discover Bukayo Saka within the Monaco field for the English winger to make it 1-0.
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Arsenal gamers ran to the left-back to reward him for his function within the aim and after the match, Saka advised TNT Sports activities what he mentioned to the teenager throughout that second.
Bukayo Saka believes Arsenal expertise Myles Lewis-Skelly is Champions League stage
When requested by TNT Sports activities what he mentioned to Lewis-Skelly after his aim, Saka revealed that he advised the teenager that he believes that he’s Champions League stage.
“I mentioned to him, like I mentioned to him earlier than the sport, that this was his stage,” the winger mentioned. “He must don’t have any doubts and play with the arrogance. What he’s doing, we see it in coaching so I used to be happy with him and he was a giant a part of the primary aim.”
“I mentioned to him earlier than the sport that this was his stage”
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Lewis-Skelly has impressed Arteta for a lot of months now and appears prepared for extra alternatives in an Arsenal shirt over the approaching weeks.
If the teenager proves to be prepared, this will likely be a giant enhance for the Gunners as left-back shouldn’t be an space of power within the North London membership’s squad.
