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SHOCK caller footage has revealed the "dark arts" that led to Myles Lewis-Skelly being booked earlier making his debut.
The 17-year-old was fixed a yellowish paper by referee Michael Oliver arsenic helium warmed-up connected the sidelines during Arsenal's 2-2 gully with Manchester City connected Sunday.
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With the Gunners starring 2-1 aft 65 minutes, Lewis-Skelly near the dugout for a jog alongside different substitutes.
The shot past goes retired of play for an Arsenal goal-kick arsenic David Raya takes his clip with the restart.
He yet places the shot backmost connected the transportation and past falls to the ground, claiming an injury.
But daze footage obtained by The Mail shows Lewis-Skelly locomotion distant from the sidelines and trot down on extremity line.
He appears to pass with Raya, who past drops to the level hurt.
As the goalkeeper receives treatment, Mikel Arteta delivered a squad speech to his players.
Meanwhile, Lewis-Skelly went into the referee's publication 30 minutes earlier entering the transportation for his debut.
The PGMOL confirmed helium was carded for "showing a lack of respect for the game" nether gamesmanship rules.
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On Raya hitting the deck, Gary Neville said connected Sky Sports: "There is nary uncertainty that is simply a tactic."
Arsenal's "dark arts" near Man City raging, with tensions boiling implicit astatine full-time.
Roy Keane tells Mikel Arteta 'show a spot of class' aft Arsenal manager's comments arsenic helium weighs successful connected reddish paper determination
Erling Haaland threw a shot astatine Gabriel's caput aft John Stones' precocious equaliser and helium past told Arteta to "stay humble" arsenic the players shook hands.
He besides appeared to speech words with Lewis-Skelly.
City players voiced their displeasure astatine Arsenal's tactics aft the last whistle, with Bernardo Silva saying: "There was lone 1 squad that came to play football.
"The different came to play to the limits of what was imaginable to bash and allowed by the referee, unfortunately.
"I'm gladsome we ever participate the transportation to effort to triumph each match."
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Stones added: "They get the keeper connected the level truthful they tin get immoderate accusation connected to the pitch. We had to power our emotions during those pugnacious times.
"I wouldn't accidental they person mastered it but they person done it for a fewer years present truthful we knew to expect that.
"You tin telephone it clever oregon dirty, whichever mode you privation to enactment it, but they interruption up the crippled which upsets the rhythm.
So acold this season, Arsenal person wasted the astir time connected mean erstwhile the crippled stops for corners, free-kicks, extremity kicks, kick-offs, penalties, driblet balls and throw-ins.
Arsenal ratings vs Man City
TEN-MAN Arsenal came desperately adjacent to beating Man City.
Unfortunately for Mikel Arteta's men, John Stones popped up successful the 98th infinitesimal to people an equaliser with the lucifer ending 2-2.
Here's however the players rated...
DAVID RAYA – 9
Well beaten for Haaland’s opener but continued his awesome commencement to the play with immoderate ace 2nd fractional stops – notably from Haaland and Gvardiol.
RICARDO CALAFIORI – 8
A afloat debut the Italian won’t forget. Didn’t get adjacent capable to Savinho for the opening extremity but made amends with his stunning agelong scope curler to level it.
GABRIEL – 9
Planted 1 header implicit but made nary mistake with his 2nd 1 conscionable earlier the interruption to people for the 2nd consecutive weekend.
WILLIAM SALIBA – 8
Clattered by Haaland aboriginal connected and mislaid the Norwegian for City’s extremity - but dusted himself down and led the rearguard enactment for the visitors superbly.
JURRIEN TIMBER – 8
Asked to play an unfamiliar relation connected the close but did a large occupation for his brag keeping the livewire Doku quiescent – and did good erstwhile Pep changed it astir too.
GABRIEL MARTINELLI – 7
Caused Walker plentifulness of problems successful the archetypal half. Played the shot backmost for Calafiori to people and teed up different large accidental for Trossard.
DECLAN RICE – 7
Helped Arsenal enactment their mode backmost into the crippled aft aboriginal onslaught – and protected the backmost 4 truthful good erstwhile City were camped connected the borderline of the box.
THOMAS PARTEY – 7
Quick reasoning from free-kick led to equaliser – besides progressive successful the collision with Rodri that changed the people of the game.
BUKAYO SAKA – 6
Always a menace with his corners – not slightest erstwhile Arsenal got their second. Subbed astatine the interruption to marque mode for an other defender.
LEANDRO TROSSARD – 4
Steered bully accidental over. Booked for pulling backmost Savinho past a 2nd yellowish for barge connected Silva and past delaying the restart. Stupid from the Belgian.
KAI HAVERTZ – 7
Early collision with Rodri and caused a fewer problems successful the archetypal fractional but past had to absorption connected helping his 10 antheral squad retired defensively.
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WHITE - 7
(For Saka 46) – Thrown connected to enactment up the defence astatine the interruption – and did precisely that.
KIWIOR - 6
(For Calafiori 74 )– Gave the Italian a remainder for the last fewer minutes and kept it tight.
JESUS - 6
(For Martinelli 87) – Some bully pressing against his aged squad successful the closing minutes
LEWIS SKELLY - 6
(For Timber 90) – Good acquisition for the youngster but was bizarrely booked earlier adjacent coming connected for his debut.
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