Bukayo Saka celebrates aim that Myles Lewis-Skelly performed an enormous half in. (Picture by Justin Setterfield/Getty Pictures)
Arsenal have been 3-0 winners over Monaco within the Champions League on Wednesday evening and the match was an enormous 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 match from the bench twice this season.
The teen is a high expertise and Mikel Arteta opted to provide the defender an opportunity in gentle 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 taking part in 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 informed TNT Sports activities what he mentioned to the teen throughout that second.
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When requested by TNT Sports activities what he mentioned to Lewis-Skelly after his aim, Saka revealed that he informed the teen 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 haven’t any doubts and play with the boldness. What he’s doing, we see it in coaching so I used to be happy with him and he was an enormous a part of the primary aim.”
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 teen proves to be prepared, this will likely be an enormous enhance for the Gunners as left-back isn’t an space of energy within the North London membership’s squad.