LONDON, Ingila – Myles Lewis-Skelly, matashin dan wasan Arsenal mai shekaru 18, ya zama jarumi a wasan da suka doke Manchester City da ci 3-1 a ranar Lahadi, inda ya zura kwallo ta farko a ragar Arsenal kuma ya yi bikin nasara da ya yi kama da na Erling Haaland.
Lewis-Skelly ya fara zama sananne ne bayan ya samu katin rawaya yayin da yake kan benci a wasan da suka tashi kunnen doki da Manchester City a watan Satumba. Amma a yau, ya zama babban dan wasa a filin wasa, inda ya zura kwallo a minti na 62 kuma ya yi bikin nasara da ya sa Haaland ya yi tunani.
“Na ga Lewis-Skelly a kusa,” in ji tsohon dan wasan Arsenal Theo Walcott a shirin Match of the Day 2. “Duk halayensa sun fito fili, yana wasa fiye da shekarunsa. Bai ji tsoron Haaland ba. Yana da kwarin gwiwa sosai.”
Arsenal ta yi farin ciki sosai bayan nasarar da ta samu, yayin da Haaland ya fuskanci zagin daga magoya bayan Arsenal, wadanda ba su manta da saƙon “ku kasance masu tawali’u” da ya aika wa koci Mikel Arteta a watan Satumba.
Gabriel ya yi bikin nasara a fuskar Haaland bayan Martin Odegaard ya zura kwallo ta farko a ragar Arsenal, yayin da wasu tambari a cikin filin wasa suka tuno masa game da rigimar da ya yi da Arteta.
Duk wannan rigimar ta samo asali ne daga wasan da suka tashi kunnen doki a watan Satumba, inda Arsenal ta kusa samun nasara da mutane 10 bayan Leandro Trossard ya samu katin jan kati a rabin farko. Amma Manchester City ta samu kunnen doki a minti na karshe ta hanyar kwallon John Stones.
Bayan haka, koci Pep Guardiola ya kara dagula gasa da Arsenal inda ya ce, “Kuna so yaƙi? Yanzu mun fara yaƙi.” Amma a yau, ya zama yaƙi mai ban mamaki ga Manchester City, wadda ta yi rashin nasara sosai.
Manchester City ta sha kwallaye hudu a rabin na biyu a wasan da suka yi da Paris St-Germain a watan da ya gabata. Haka kuma ya faru a yau. Shin wani ƙungiyar da ta kasance cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin duniya ta taba faduwa haka ba?
Kuma kamar yadda Arsenal ba ta da abin farin ciki da Lewis-Skelly ya sake nuna cewa shi ne dan wasan da za a sa ido a kansa, wani matashi mai shekaru 16, Ethan Nwaneri, ya zura kwallo ta karshe a minti na karshe.
Arsenal ta yi hasarar wani dan wasa da ta ke ganin zai zama tauraro a nan gaba, Ayden Heaven mai shekaru 18, wanda ya koma Manchester United, amma wannan nasarar ta nuna cewa suna da wasu matasa masu hazaka. Lewis-Skelly ya nuna kwarin gwiwa da halayensa a cikin rigimar da ya yi a filin wasa na Etihad. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ya nuna cewa yana iya yin aiki da magana.
Ya nuna kwarin gwiwa sosai kuma ya kwantar da hankalin magoya bayan Arsenal da kwallon da ya zura a minti na 62, ko da yake mai tsaron gida na Manchester City Stefan Ortega ya kamata ya yi kyau fiye da haka.
Kuma yadda ya yi farin ciki da taron da aka yi masa yayin da ya fita daga filin wasa bayan minti na 88.
Fitarwar Lewis-Skelly ta cika wani matsalar da Arsenal ke fuskanta a matsayin mai tsaron baya na hagu. Kocin Ingila Thomas Tuchel, wanda kuma ba shi da wadatar ‘yan wasa a wannan matsayi, zai sa ido a kansa.
Kocin Arsenal Mikel Arteta ya ce, “Kuna buƙatar manyan ayyuka daga ‘yan wasa don doke wannan ƙungiyar Manchester City da yadda muka yi kuma Myles ya kasance ɗaya daga cikinsu da girmansa da gasa. Bugu da ƙari ya zura kwallo.”
“Ethan ya shigo ya yi wasa da wannan halin kuma ya zura kwallo mai kyau. Ya kasance yana matsa mu tun lokacin da ya zo wurinmu. Muna son halinsa, halinsa. Yana da ƙarfin hali sosai.”
“Ya kasance yana shirye sosai, yana da hankali kuma yana da halaye don dacewa da yadda muke son yin wasa. Ya sami damar samun girmamawa daga abokan wasansa. Ya sami wasu mintuna kuma yana neman ƙarin. Ko da gasa ta yi yawa ya cancanci yin wasa.”
Gudunmawar da Lewis-Skelly ya bayar ta kasance mai mahimmanci saboda wannan wasan ya kasance “dole a yi nasara” ga Arsenal, ko da a wannan matakin na kakar wasa. Rashin nasara ba zai yiwu ba saboda hakan zai bar su da maki tara a bayan Liverpool, wanda ya buga wasa daya fiye da su.
Arsenal za ta ji cewa tazarar maki shida har yanzu abu ne da za su iya kama. Hanyar da aka yi nasara da Manchester City za ta ƙara ƙarfafa wannan tunanin.
Wannan nasarar ta ƙara wa Arsenal rashin cin nasara a gasar Premier League zuwa wasanni 14, wanda ke nuna cewa idan Liverpool ta yi kasa a gwiwa, suna nan don su shiga.
Yayin da Lewis-Skelly ya fita daga filin wasa cikin nasara tare da ƙarewar wannan nasara mai mahimmanci, magoya bayan Arsenal sun bayyana cewa shi ne “ɗayan namu”.
Arsenal na iya samun wani tauraro mai tasowa a cikin wannan matashin da ya taimaka wajen ci gaba da gasar Premier League.
Ƙarshen cin mutuncin Haaland da Manchester City ya zo bayan ƙarshen wasan yayin da waƙar Kendrick Lamar mai suna “Humble” ta yi ta busa a cikin filin wasa.
Idan Arsenal ta bi shawarar da ta bayar, wannan na iya zama gasar Premier League da za a iya tunawa.
