Myles Lewis-Skelly Was Incredible Against Fulham – Arteta

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said that he was very pleased with his team’s performance against Fulham. He recently had his say after the Gunners extended their lead at the top of the EPL to six points, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, having fresh legs from some players, in addition to improved individual performances that made the team tick better, delivered an important win against a difficult opponent.

Admitting that he has been tough on Lewis-Skelly this season, Arteta added that the youngster stepped up and performed incredibly.

His words, “I’m very happy with the team performance, and the individual performances within that performance. We knew how difficult it was going to be, especially coming back from Madrid so late on Thursday afternoon and the energy that we spent in that game, and understanding that you don’t want to talk about it if you have a huge game in a few days here. But we talked about hunger and about having the ability to focus and be so determined on what we had to do.

We had some fresh legs from a few players. You could notice that big time because the individual performance increased and then the team flowed in a different way. The moment that we did that, I think we engaged the supporters and when that happens and you create the atmosphere that you saw at the Emirates, we make it very, very difficult for the opponent.

It was a critical game because we know the importance of the win and the manner in which we’ve done it, the whole difference in the Premier League and because this game was going to carry a lot of energy towards the next game, and it’s certainly going to do that. Now we have one of the biggest games in the history of this stadium, for sure on Tuesday, in front of our people and we’re going to try to make it happen.”

On Lewis-Skelly starting, “He fully deserves it. I’ve been tough on him. He had a spectacular season last year when he jumped into the first team. He had some difficult moments after that, but he stayed very humble, very focused, very aligned with what we wanted to do, and I knew he was ready. He’s been showing in training every day the opportunities that he had to play. He’s done it and today he really stepped up and I thought he had an incredible performance.”

WOW.

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.

After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.

In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.