{"id":9544,"date":"2026-05-08T20:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=9544"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:07:21","slug":"mikel-arteta-urged-to-start-arsenal-duo-against-west-ham-sensational-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=9544","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta urged to start Arsenal duo against West Ham: ‘Sensational’ | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mikel Arteta\u2019s side face West Ham on Sunday (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jeremie Aliadiere believes Mikel Arteta cannot drop Myles Lewis-Skelly and Viktor Gyokeres after their recent performances in an Arsenal shirt.<\/p>\n

Lewis-Skelly has spent much of this season watching from the sidelines, but was superb last weekend when handed a first-ever start in cntral midfield against Fulham.<\/p>\n

The teenager maintained his place in the side for the midweek Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid and again impressed alongside Declan Rice as the Gunners sealed a 2-1 aggregate win.<\/p>\n

Martin Zubimendi has done little wrong in his maiden season at the Emirates, but former Arsenal striker Aliadiere believes the Spaniard may be watching from the bench for the final weeks of the season if Lewis-Skelly can continue his recent form in central midfield.<\/p>\n

\u2018How do you tell Myles now that he\u2019s going to sit on the bench?\u2019 Aliadiere told Metro<\/strong>. \u2018It looks like if he carries on, he\u2019ll probably go in and start in the final and play the last two games in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

\u2018I must say, when I saw he was starting again against Atletico, I thought that was a bit of a risk from Mikel. If Atletico are putting a lot of pressure and don\u2019t give him much space, is he going to be able to cope? <\/p>\n

\u2018He hasn\u2019t played a lot this season, but he was sensational again. At such a young age, to have the ability and the self-belief, confidence to just take the ball in tight spaces against world-class players in such a pressure game.<\/p>\n

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Myles Lewis-Skelly has impressed for Arsenal in central midfield (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I was really impressed with his performance and he deserved it. When you\u2019re patient and wait for your time and you get your opportunity like that, it can quickly go the other way because you\u2019re not match fit, you\u2019re not ready, you\u2019ve been frustrated for so long not playing. But it was none of that.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was just, no problem, you need me now, I\u2019ll perform for you, I\u2019ll perform for the club. And now it looks like he\u2019s probably going to start the next few games because he\u2019s been so good in those two games.\u2019<\/p>\n

It has been a similarly positive week for Gyokeres, who delivered perhaps his best performance in an Arsenal shirt against Atletico off the back of a brace against Fulham last weekend.<\/p>\n

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Viktor Gyokeres delivered a superb performance against Atletico Madrid (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And while Kai Havertz\u2019s return from injury gives Arteta another option at the top of the pitch, Aliadiere believes Arsenal look a far more potent team when the Swede starts and they play to his strenghts.<\/p>\n

Speaking via Casino Guru, a comparison site where players can compare the\u00a0top 100 online casinos in the UK, he added: \u2018I\u2019ve just got a feeling that the players have started recognising what he\u2019s capable of doing and started playing to his strengths. <\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve always said, those runs have been there from the beginning, he\u2019s never stopped making those runs, but the ball was not coming quick enough. So he ended up having to fight with two, three defenders in a very, very tight space. <\/p>\n

\u2018Now suddenly, and maybe it\u2019s due to Myles coming in the team as a midfielder, suddenly you get ball coming forward much quicker, and suddenly Victor gets 1v1 with defenders in the space of like 20, 45 metres. And it\u2019s like, now I can bully the defender.<\/p>\n

\u2018And even his link-up play, he holds the ball well, but now he is releasing it very quickly to Bukayo a few times when makes the run. And it\u2019s such fluent football, it\u2019s brilliant to watch. <\/p>\n

\u2018But I do feel the team are starting to believe in Victor, and start really thinking, we\u2019ve got a top player here, we need to utilise him. I\u2019m enjoying us wanting to play forwards. So, yes, it\u2019s been refreshing. The last two games have been really good.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018I can\u2019t see the team changing at the weekend. I think the last two performances, we\u2019ve seen great individual performance, but I think as a team, we look much more refreshed and more dangerous.\u2019<\/p>\n

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