Arsenal moved back to within six points of Premier League leaders Liverpool with a 5-1 rout of rivals Manchester City, helped by Myles Lewis-Skelly's first senior goal. (More Football News)
Lewis-Skelly, who was sent off in last week's victory at Wolv🐎♛es but saw his ban rescinded on appeal, curled home just after the hour as the Gunners earned a statement win.
Fellow teenager Ethan Nwaneri was also among the scorers as Mikel Arteta's Gunners swept the💮 champไions aside with a devastating second-half performance.
Things started poorly for City, who fell behind within just 103 seconds of kick-off. Manuel Akanji was put in trouble by John Stones' pass and lost possession on the edge of his area, allowing Kai Havertz to squar💦e for a Martin Odegaard tap-in.
Havertz missed a glorious chance to double Arsenal's leꦑad midway through the first half and City drew level 10 minutes after the interval, Erling Haaland heading Savinho's cross back across goal and in.
However, that parity was short-lived as Arsenal retook th༒e lead 38 seconds after the restart. Phil Foden's p﷽ass was picked off by Thomas Partey, whose long-range effort deflected off Stones and sailed in.
Lewis-⛄Skelly🔯 had his first Premier League goal five minutes later as he bent a finish beyond Stefan Ortega, and he celebrated by mimicking Haaland's iconic meditation pose.
But Arsenal were not done there as Havertz finished a lightning break to make it 4-1, then🦋 substitute Nwaneri completed the rout with a spectacular left-footed finish at the death.
While Arsenal maintain the pressure on Liverpool, who face Everton in their game in ha꧂nd i💦n nine days, City stay fourth and could drop lower when Chelsea host West Ham on Monday.
Data Debrief: The kids are alright
Arsenal had thei🐷r youngsters to thank for putting some s𓆏hine on a magnificent performance, with both Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri on target.
It was only the fourth time that two players aged 18 or younger had scored for the same team in a Premier League match, and the first since༒ Everton against Fulham in April 2007 (James Vaughan and Victor Anichebe🌳).
Nwaneri (at 𝓰the age of 17 years and 318 days) and Lewis-Skelly (18 years, 129 days) also became the youngest players to score against the reigning champions in the Premier League since March 2003, when a 17-year-old Wayne Rooney netted for Everton against Arsenal.
Nwaneri has seven Premier League goals following his sensational stoppage-time curler. Only Michael Owen and Rooney (nine 🧔apiece, for Liverpool aꩵnd Everton respectively) have scored more for one club while aged 17 or younger.
City, m🀅eanwhile, were left counting the cost of mistakes in the build-up to Arsenal's first and second goals. Their eight errors leading to goals in the Premier League thiဣs term are their most in a single campaign under Pep Guardiola.
