MyLes Lewis-Skelly played a key role when Arsenal Real Madrid defeated in the second stage of their Champions League quarterfinals collision to set up a semi-final against PSG
Myles Lewis-Skelly admitted that he was surprised by the challenge of playing Real Madrid in the Bernabeu after Arsenal booked their place in the semi-final of the Champions League. The young person started both legs of the quarterfinals.
The Gunners supported a 3-0 first leg win by aiming Los Blancos 2-1 in the reverse match. It means that they have reached the last four for the first time in 16 years, with the 2008/2009 season the last time they made this phase.
Lewis-Skelly was only two years old when they lost to Manchester United in the semi-final of that campaign. The left back is now an important member of the starting line-up of Arsenal, after he has cemented in defense.
He made his debut in the September in Manchester City and has since made 30 performances for the Senior Team. It is remarkable that this is his first season around the first team of Mikel Arteta.
That means that he is experiencing matches at top matches for the first time. That was clear on Wednesday during his interview after the game in which he opened Madrid away from home.
He said to TNT Sports: “It was incredible. When you see it [Bernabeu] On TV it is very different from what it is live. The fans don't make it easy for us. As long as we held together and supported each other through the high and lows, it would be fine. “
Lewis-Skelly has certainly entered into the opportunity. He played all 90 minutes, completed 83 percent of his passes, made five clearance and won nine of his 11 defensive duels.
The young person will probably again play a key role in the semi -final against PSG, with the first leg within two weeks. Lewis-Skelly's teammate Declan Rice had a warning for the French champions.
“Top team, she already played. We feel that they are a different team at the time. We have seen what they can do. But we also saw what Villa did to them last night, causing them to cause many problems,” he said TNT Sports.
“Look, we will work hard. We now have to go to Ipswich on Sunday, which will be a tough game because we want to continue and continue to win competitions in the premium. And also as you said, focus on this competition.”
“It is a historic evening for this club. We have an objective in this competition – we want to play the best teams and win this competition. A lot has been talked about those who come back because they have done it so many times,” he added.
“But we had a belief and confidence that we would win the game. We had it in mind, and we did it in real life. What an evening for the club was difficult in the Premier League – we lost with a point last year and this year it left for us – but in this competition we did an incredibly good thing.
“We have full faith in this manager; he is incredible. The semi -final is huge for us. We just want to take tonight, then it's PSG who is a great team.”