Arsenal’s 5-1 win over Manchester City in the Premier League was a statement at the Emirates.
Not only did the Gunners get revenge on Manchester City but, most importantly, earned three points.
As the Premier League title race heats up, Arsenal must remain on Liverpool’s trail to ensure the Reds don’t extend their lead at the top.
Putting talk of the Premier League table aside, Mikel Arteta watched his squad tear Pep Guardiola’s side apart, as Arsenal beat Man City 5-1 at the Emirates.
Arsenal goalscorers (L) Myles Lewis-Skelly and (R) Ethan Nwaneri after the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Manchester City FC at Emirat…
Premier League record matched twice by Arsenal in Man City win
There were a lot of rarities in the game, starting with the obvious.
Rarely do teams beat Manchester City 5-1 in the Premier League, and rarely do two teenagers score in style against the champions.
Myles Lewis-Skelly scored and copied Erling Haaland’s celebration to let his budding personality shine through in N5.
Ethan Nwaneri then scored in injury time to rub salt into City’s wounds, reminding the world of the talent Hale End produces.
The two goals weren’t only magical from an Arsenal point of view but from a Premier League one too, as the duo got close to the same record in the same evening.
Lewis-Skelly’s goal saw him become the youngest player to score in the Premier League against the reigning champions since 2003 when Wayne Rooney did against Arsenal.
The 18-year-old wouldn’t have been aware of his record-matching goal before Nwaneri bettered it just 31 minutes later.
Nwaneri, who is 17, then rubbed shoulders with Rooney to get even closer to the record, missing out by just 168 days.
Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly join Kylian Mbappe in record
Players rarely come through and make such a rapid impact in the Premier League, emphasising the magnitude of talent Arsenal have in their ranks right now.
Man City were rocked by the Hale End duo, who made absent academy graduate Bukayo Saka proud with their contributions.
It wasn’t only in the Premier League that the duo wrote their name into history, but in Guardiola’s own record books too
# Player Age
1 Jude Bellingham 17y 289d
2 Ethan Nwaneri 17y 318d
3 Niklas Sule 18y 60d
4 Kylian Mbappe 18y 63d
5 Myles Lewis-Skelly 18y 129d
Youngest players to score against Pep Guardiola – Data provided by OptaJoe
By scoring against City, Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri joined a star-studded list of the youngest players to score against a Guardiola side.
Only Jude Bellingham sits above Nwaneri, with other names on the list including Kylian Mbappe, which is quite the statement.
What a win it was for Arsenal and what an outing it was for the two graduates, who are now firmly members of Arteta’s first team.
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