Arsenal will learn from Lewis-Skelly’s Haaland taunt – Arteta

Mikel Arteta expects Arsenal to larn from Myles Lewis-Skelly’s provocative solemnisation against Manchester City past play erstwhile the rubric rivals clash astatine the Emirates Stadium connected Sunday.

Arsenal defender Lewis-Skelly mocked City striker Erling Haaland by coping his zen extremity solemnisation aft scoring successful the Gunners’ 5-1 rout of Pep Guardiola’s broadside successful February.

With Arsenal falling conscionable abbreviated successful rubric fights with City successful 2023 and 2024, the rivalry betwixt the clubs has grown progressively acrimonious.

Haaland had taunted Arsenal brag Arteta by urging him to “stay humble” pursuing a stormy 2-2 gully astatine the Etihad Stadium earlier past season.

Teenager Lewis-Skelly, who has not started a crippled for Arsenal this season, was criticised for his inflammatory celebration.

Asked if helium had spoken to his players astir their extremity celebrations up of Sunday’s showdown, Arteta told reporters: “Well that was done, and that’s portion of it.

“There person been a batch of celebrations oregon non-celebrations successful the past from a batch of teams. The acquisition is to larn and turn arsenic good and we surely learnt from that.”

Arsenal were without Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, and Ben White for their midweek Champions League triumph against Athletic Bilbao successful Spain.

Arteta hinted Arsenal could look City without the trio aft revealing they are yet to bid this week.

“If determination is simply a accidental it volition beryllium aft tomorrow’s league due to the fact that they haven’t done thing yet. We volition person much accusation tomorrow,” helium said.

“Everything has been modified truthful acold for them. There are inactive a fewer things to wide and we’ll person much accusation connected whether they are portion of the squad oregon if they person a accidental to beryllium portion of the squad.”

Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres is expected to beryllium disposable aft needing stitches for a caput wounded sustained pursuing a clash of heads with team-mate Gabriel Magalhaes.

Meanwhile, Arteta insisted the abrupt departure of 1 of his cardinal allies pursuing a boardroom reshuffle would not impact his narration with the club.

Arsenal connected Friday announced the departure of vice-chair Tim Lewis, who had advised owners Kroenke Sports since 2007.

Lewis, 62, played a cardinal relation alongside Arteta and sporting manager Andrea Berta successful Arsenal’s £250 cardinal ($337 million) summertime spending spree.

But co-chair Josh Kroenke is acceptable to person much power connected the club’s affairs, according to reports.

“I person unthinkable gratitude towards Tim and what helium has done for the shot club, what helium has done for the team, and for maine personally,” Arteta said.

“The nine has a fantastic future. I americium truthful affirmative astir it and each clip I talk to Stan and Josh and however consenting they are, the projection that they have, the imaginativeness they person for the shot club, there’s nary question that determination are large things ahead.”

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