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Arsenal fans say another player ‘saved the day’ v Leicester alongside Mikel Merino and Ethan Nwaneri

Giuseppe Labellarte

Sat 15 February 2025 19:15, UK

Arsenal kept up the pressure on Premier League leaders Liverpool with their solid 2-0 win over Leicester City on Saturday.

Much of the pre-match discussion was centred around Arsenal’s injury crisis up front in wake of Kai Havertz joining Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka on the sidel꧑ines.

Indeed, for much of the game, the Gunners🌺 were struggling to make an impact – until Mikel Merino came on for Raheem Sterling.

Merino got Arsenal up and running on 81 minutes with a powerful header before adding a second t♋hree minutes from time when he slotted home.

Arsenal fans wer🌱e so impressed with Merino they compared him to Olivier Giroud.

Ethan Nwaneri also delivered a masterᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚclass and was one of the standout players for Arsenal alongsi🐎de Merino.

However, Arsenalꦫ fans were eager to praise another plaౠyer for a key contribution which took place when the scores were still level.

READ MORE: Mikel Arteta shares what he said to Mikel Merino before he came on and scored brace for Arsenal༒ at Leicester

Arsenal fans hail Myles Lewis-Skelly goal-line clearance

In the 73rd minute of the game, Leicester almost took the lead, only for Myles Lewis-Skelly to get a vital touch to usher Jordan Aye🐻w’s cross out of play.

Bobby de C🉐ordova-Reid was waiting to tap in and, were it not for Lewis-Skelly’s contribution, he likely would have put the Foxes 1-0 up.

“Guysm let’s talk about this Myles Lewis-Skelly clearance,” one fan wrote on X. “Before Mikelꦕ Merino stepped up to win the game for Arsenal, this boy saved the day for us.”

Another supporter said: “What a crucial cl♒earance by Myles Lewis-Skelly, he literally saved the day for Arse༺nal.”

The praise for Lewis-Skelly kept comin🅠g, with one fan writing: “Noboܫdy is talking about this clearance from Lewis-Skelly to still keep us in the game.”

Another said: “Lewis-Skelly clearance isn’t talked ab💜out enough. Zinchenko would have not been aware that there’s a player behind him.”

Another wrote: “Professional win for Arsenal. Superb from Merino, but the game-changing moment was that Lewis-Skelly clearance with Cord༺ova-Reid waiting for a tap-in.

“If that goes in, different game.”

How Myles Lewis-Skelly fared against Leicester

Goal-saving clearance as🙈ide, Lewis-Skelly delivered a solid display overall, showing once again that he’s a player of the highest quality.

Lewis-Skelly, alongside Nwaneri, have an incredibly bright future ahead of them. They’re both still teenagers, yet they’re impressing at the highest levels of the Premi💯er League.