Arsenal star praised for what he did straight after Myles Lewis-Skelly goal celebration

Jamie Carragher praised Declan Rice for a amusement of existent enactment successful the aftermath of Myles Lewis-Skelly’s extremity solemnisation aft helium scored for Arsenal against Manchester City.

The Gunners kept their distant rubric hopes live with a crushing 5-1 triumph over the champions connected Sunday successful an incidental packed crippled that lone served to stoke an progressively heated rivalry.

Lewis-Skelly provided the crowning glory for Mikel Arteta’s side, virtually sealing the contention with his side’s 3rd extremity and his archetypal astatine elder level.

Accepting Rice’s probing walk conscionable extracurricular the punishment area, the teen burst into the box, chopped wrong John Stones and, with his weaker foot, recovered the acold country via Stefan Ortega’s mitt and the wrong of the post.

The latest diamond to look from the Hale End Academy reacted by recreating Erling Haaland’s trademark celebration, a pointed effect to having been asked ‘who the f*** are you?’ by City’s talisman during an altercation astatine the extremity of the reverse fixture earlier this season.

Lewi-Skelly’s solemnisation has divided sentiment successful the aftermath of Arsenal’s triumph with Carragher claiming the youngster went excessively far.

The erstwhile Liverpool defender did, however, enactment the mostly unseen relation Rice played successful attempting to get the youngster to absorption and regain his composure aft winding up the opposition.

‘I didn’t similar this (the celebration) to beryllium honest, due to the fact that he’s a young player. You know, mimicking Haaland and taking the mick retired of him,’ Carragher told Sky Sports.

‘But I deliberation arsenic a young subordinate – and I cognize we each get carried distant with ourselves arsenic a young subordinate – but I conscionable deliberation what Declan Rice did there.

‘He pulled him up. He’s inactive celebrating successful the corner. Listen, it’s a immense infinitesimal for him, but Declan Rice is telling him to get backmost successful position.

‘And erstwhile I deliberation astir leaders successful that dressing country and being a elder player…

‘Look astatine Declan Rice telling them: ‘Get backmost successful position! Let’s not get carried away!’

‘This is what elder pros should beryllium doing successful the dressing country to young players.’

Gabriel Martinelli, meantime has defended his teammate, insisting Lewis-Skelly was not being disrespectful towards Haaland.

Speaking aft Arsenal’s connection triumph Arteta appeared to pass his players against gloating.

But Martinelli stood up for his colleague, whose well-taken second-half onslaught capped different good show from the club’s rising academy star.

‘I don’t cognize if it (the celebration) was planned, but, for sure, helium respects Erling a lot,’ said Martinelli. ‘He scored an astonishing goal, and helium has been superb recently. We are truly blessed for him.’

Haaland, who momentarily hauled City level successful the 2nd fractional astatine the Emirates, was targeted by Arsenal successful the aftermath of his ‘stay humble’ comments pursuing September’s chaotic 2-2 draw.

Prior to Lewis-Skelly’s celebration, Gabriel screamed successful Haaland’s look aft Martin Odegaard’s opener, portion the Norway planetary was besides taunted by the Arsenal supporters. In turn, Haaland pointed to the Premier League champions badge connected the broadside of his City sleeve.

‘It’s 2 teams that privation to triumph the championship, truthful that’s a fight,’ added Martinelli of the fierce rivalry that has developed betwixt the 2 clubs.

‘We tried our best, and they tried their champion arsenic well. We person to triumph duels to triumph these games and that’s wherefore the crippled becomes hard work. We did well, and we are truly blessed with the result.

‘We cognize our qualities, the squad that we have. Even though we person immoderate players injured, we cognize the prime we person successful the squad and we are trying our champion for the club, for the players that are injured, and for the fans, too.

‘We inactive person a agelong travel to go, galore games to go, but we are going to effort to bash our champion to triumph the league.’

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