Graeme Souness tells Arsenal star to ‘wind his neck in’

Graeme Souness has told Arsenal prima Myles Lewis-Skelly to ‘wind his cervix in’ and says mimicking Erling Haaland’s solemnisation during the Manchester City thrashing was ‘not a bully look’.

Lewis-Skelly copied Haaland’s meditation celebration aft scoring successful Arsenal’s emphatic 5-1 triumph implicit the reigning Premier League champions past weekend.

Gabriel besides taunted Haaland during the match successful effect to the Norwegian’s ain antics erstwhile the 2 teams met backmost successful September.

Haaland chucked the shot astatine Gabriel’s head erstwhile John Stones scored an injury-time equaliser that time earlier clashing with Gabriel Jesus and telling Mikel Arteta to ‘stay humble’.

The two-time Premier League Golden Boot victor besides appeared to question who Lewis-Skelly was erstwhile helium came connected arsenic a substitute during the match.

Arsenal surely got revenge connected Haaland, thumping Man City 5-1 to heap the unit connected struggling Pep Guardiola, but Souness inactive did not hold with Lewis-Skelly’s actions.

‘I like Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly,’ Souness wrote successful a file for the Daily Mail. ‘Attitude is oozing retired of him and it’s wherefore I deliberation he’s going to beryllium a existent player.

‘He enactment successful a beardown show during Arsenal’s 5-1 decision of Manchester City last play which included him mimicking Erling Haaland’s extremity solemnisation aft extending his team’s lead.

‘I emotion cognition successful each walks of beingness – and not conscionable successful the shot world. People who spell retired determination and say: “This is me. I’m going to bash this.” I similar to spot players who person b******s, too.

‘But I person to say, having seen that celebration, I deliberation helium needs to upwind his cervix in.

‘At 18, it’s a spot aboriginal to beryllium going down the roadworthy of mimicking a subordinate similar Haaland, idiosyncratic who’s achieved large things successful our league.

‘Wait till you’ve won a fewer things successful our game, son. Just springiness it a fewer years. Listen and larn each time until then. Know that idiosyncratic truthful young going down that roadworthy is not a bully look.’

Mikel Arteta told his squad to laic disconnected the taunts aft the Manchester City triumph and absorption connected the occupation connected manus arsenic they bid to triumph silverware this season.

Despite thrashing Guardiola’s side, Arsenal stay six points down Premier League leaders Liverpool arsenic they effort to triumph a archetypal rubric since 2004.

Liverpool fable Jamie Carragher besides expressed his displeasure astatine Lewis-Skelly’s celebration, saying connected Sky Sports: ‘I said astir person shot arrogance connected the transportation and I loved it.

‘I didn’t similar this due to the fact that he’s a young subordinate mimicking Haaland, taking the mick basically.

‘I cognize what Haaland said but he’s a young player, we each get carried distant arsenic young players. It was a immense infinitesimal for him.’

Just 3 days aft their unthinkable triumph implicit Man City, Arsenal were knocked retired of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle United, losing 4-0 implicit 2 semi-final legs.

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