{"id":62148,"date":"2025-04-30T05:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/62148\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T05:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:45:15","slug":"myles-lewis-skelly-makes-instant-champions-league-history-for-arsenal-but-it-lasts-just-91-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/62148\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Lewis-Skelly makes instant Champions League history for Arsenal but it lasts just 91 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Myles Lewis-Skelly entered the record books at the beginning of Arsenal’s Champions League clash against Paris Saint-Germain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gunners<\/a> were beaten 1-0 by the French giants at the Emirates Stadium for the first leg of their semi-final tie on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

\"Lewis-Skelly<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lewis-Skelly was a history maker in the Champions LeagueCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta named Lewis-Skelly<\/a> in his starting XI in a decision that made Champions League history.<\/p>\n

The defender became both the youngest Englishman and youngest Premier League player to play in a semi-final of the competition.<\/p>\n

Lewis-Skelly did so at the aged 18 years and 215 days, and in his ninth ever Champions League<\/a> appearance.<\/p>\n

However, teammate Ethan Nwaneri<\/a> broke his record when he was brought on as a substitute for Martin Odegaard.<\/p>\n

Nwaneri entered play in the first minute of second-half stoppage-time to take the honour at the age of 18 years and 39 days.<\/p>\n

It’s been a heck of a season for the teenage duo, who are now regulars under Arteta.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, their history-making appearances in the Champions League got off to the worst possible start.<\/p>\n

Ousmane Dembele took just four minutes to open the scoring for PSG with an excellent finish that went in off the post.<\/p>\n

It took the winger to 45 goals and assists in 45 appearances for the French side this season.<\/p>\n

It’s the earliest goal that Arsenal have conceded in the Champions League since September 2016, when they also faced PSG.<\/p>\n

\"Nwaneri<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nwaneri went one better than Lewis-Skelly later in the matchCredit: Getty\"Dembele's<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dembele’s goal has boosted PSG’s chances of winning the tie ahead of the second legCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The Gunners thought they equalised at the start of the second half but Mikel Merino’s goal was ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n

Arsenal are eyeing their first Champions League final appearance since 2006 when they lost 2-1 to Barcelona.<\/p>\n

But the 1-0 defeat at home to PSG could extend their wait as they now face the difficult task of winning the second leg.<\/p>\n

They travel to the Parc des Princes next Wednesday in a bid to keep their chances of winning silverware alive.<\/p>\n

Should they complete the comeback, Arsenal will then face one of Barcelona and Inter Milan in the final in Munich next month.<\/p>\n

However, they’ll need to provide a much-improved performance if they wish to get that far.<\/p>\n

\"PSG<\/a><\/p>\n

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PSG have taken a huge leap towards this season’s Champions League finalCredit: Getty\"Arsenal<\/a><\/p>\n

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Arsenal have it all to do in Paris next weekCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Arsenal were rocked when Dembele’s effort flew into the back of the net, although PSG showed little sign of adding a second until late on.<\/p>\n

A stunning Gianluigi Donnarumma save from Leandro Trossard’s low strike kept the visitors ahead after Merino’s goal was disallowed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Myles Lewis-Skelly entered the record books at the beginning of Arsenal’s Champions League clash against Paris Saint-Germain. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[161,1614,8585,94,16176,6544,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-62148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-champions-league","10":"tag-ethan-nwaneri","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-myles-lewis-skelly","13":"tag-paris-saint-germain","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114425333355478426","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}