Declan Rice and Mikel Arteta lauded Myles Lewis-Skelly’s “unbelievable” efficiency in Arsenal’s north London derby victory over Tottenham on Wednesday.

Lewis-Skelly, beginning simply his fourth Premier League sport for the Gunners this season, placed on a formidable show on the left-hand facet of defence.

He turned the second-youngest Arsenal participant to begin in a north London derby within the Premier League (18y 111d), after Cesc Fabregas, who began house and away as a 17-year-old within the 2004-05 marketing campaign.

Lewis-Skelly ended the competition having gained the joint-most tackles (three together with Jurrien Timber) and interceptions (two together with Thomas Partey) towards Spurs.

His 93.9% passing accuracy was a complete solely bettered by Rice (94.1%) of the Arsenal gamers who began the sport on the Emirates Stadium.

Lewis-Skelly was changed late on by Oleksandr Zinchenko, with the house supporters standing to applaud the 18-year-old’s show towards Ange Postecoglou’s facet.

“The younger boy Myles was unbelievable,” Rice mentioned. “For 18 years of age to be taking part in how he’s…it’s simply ridiculous. The younger gamers now don’t have any concern, none by any means.

“4 or 5 instances within the second-half he used his physique to get away from somebody. He has that Mousa Dembele kind power.

“It’s dangerous, however to point out that character and character at 18 is unbelievable.”

Lewis-Skelly was confronted with Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson through the encounter, with the duo having scored 13 of Spurs’ 43 Premier League targets this season.

However he restricted the pair to only one profitable dribble between them, with Arteta expressing his happiness of the 18-year-old’s show ready unfamiliar to him.

“It’s very uncommon to see an 18-year-old taking part in towards Kulusevski and Johnson in an enormous London derby for the primary time, carry out with that composure, with that angle, management emotionally. Very uncommon to see,” Arteta added.

“He makes everyone on the membership very proud. He has been in our system for a very long time… With him, he was prepared very early and in a unique place.

“He has by no means performed as a full again earlier than.”