: Myles Lewis-Skelly was taken off throughout the first-half by Mikel Arteta (Photograph by Alex Pantling/Getty Pictures)
Arsenal teen Myles Lewis-Skelly was branded ‘naive’ by former Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton.
The Gunners academy graduate was already on a yellow card when he made one other problem which arguably ought to’ve warranted a crimson.
Least that’s the opinion of BBC Sports activities pundit Sutton, who stated on 5 Stay: “It’s so naive from Myles Lewis-Skelly. It’s a foul which warrants a second yellow.
“It’s MY fault Salah and De Bruyne left Chelsea…” – which Blues legend made this HUGE admission?
“He’s so lucky to get away with that. That’s a little bit of a shocker from the referee.”
Lewis-Skelly’s evening took an early flip throughout Arsenal’s Champions League last-16 first leg in opposition to PSV when he was substituted simply 34 minutes into the match after what many felt was a close to miss with a second yellow card.
The 18-year-old defender had already been booked within the twenty fourth minute for pulling again PSV’s Luuk De Jong. Simply minutes later, he was concerned in one other foul, tripping Richard Ledezma on the PSV proper. The house crowd and gamers have been fast to name for a second yellow, however the referee selected to maintain his playing cards in his pocket and let {the teenager} off the hook.
Nevertheless, Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta wasn’t prepared to gamble. With the Gunners already 3-0 up after Mikel Merino’s purpose, Arteta determined to withdraw Lewis-Skelly simply earlier than the 35-minute mark.
Myles Lewis-Skelly booed off the pitch throughout the first-half in opposition to PSV
The younger defender made his means off the pitch, greeted by a refrain of boos from the Eindhoven followers but additionally high-fives from his teammates. Riccardo Calafiori was introduced on in his place.
The substitution got here as a reduction to many, as a crimson card would have been Lewis-Skelly’s third in simply over a month. He had been despatched off in Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on January 25, although that crimson card was later rescinded, and once more of their 2-1 defeat to West Ham on February 22.
Commentator Alan Shearer, talking on Amazon Prime’s protection, additionally identified the danger Lewis-Skelly posed: “It’s a little bit of a dangerous state of affairs when he’s simply been given a yellow card a minute in the past. I’m fairly positive if he hadn’t been booked already, that will surely have been one other yellow.”
