Myles Lewis-Skelly faces familiar opinion as Arsenal star told to "wind his neck in"

Graeme Souness is among those to telephone retired Myles Lewis-Skelly aft the Arsenal youngster mocked Erling Haaland with his solemnisation arsenic respective pundits question his decision

Graeme Souness has joined the database of radical suggesting Myles Lewis-Skelly should beryllium much humble arsenic the Liverpool fable told him "wind your cervix in".

The Arsenal teen has enjoyed a accelerated emergence and has go a regular portion of the starting picture, but divided sentiment with his celebrating past weekend. Lewis-Skelly scored successful the team's 5-1 demolition of Manchester City earlier mimicking Erling Haaland's celebration.

His determination to mock the Norwegian, who has won galore honours and breached a big of records, divided sentiment with respective pundits suggesting his assurance went implicit the top. Jamie Carragher was among those to assertion helium went excessively far.

Souness has joined them and whilst helium confesses the Gunners prima looks poised to beryllium a prima he's besides told Lewis-Skelly to onshore immoderate honours connected his CV earlier helium starts going aft players similar Haaland, who was nationalist force No.1 astatine the Emirates.

He told the Daily Mail: "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. I truly similar Myles Lewis-Skelly but helium needs to hold until he's won a fewer things first. I similar to spot players asseverate themselves but successful this lawsuit helium needs to upwind his cervix in."

Carragher felt that the Arsenal youngster "got a small carried away". Jamie O'Hara told Grosvenor Sport : “Don’t get maine wrong, I similar the banter and the backmost and distant – but not from Myles Lewis-Skelly! He’s a hugely talented young player, but helium hasn’t scored 250 goals oregon won a trophy yet."

Arsenal's precocious rapidly went to a debased connected Wednesday nighttime arsenic Lewis-Skelly and co failed to breach the Newcastle extremity arsenic their Carabao Cup hopes ended. The Gunners were beaten 2-0 successful some legs and their issues successful the last thirds were highlighted erstwhile again.

Souness said: "It is the cardinal quality betwixt them and Liverpool. My aged nine person amended goalscorers, which means they don’t person to play good to triumph games and are little reliant connected set-pieces. But without those strikers, Arsenal person to play good to triumph games."

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