Former Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa star, Darren Bent, has identified Myles Lewis-Skelly as the player Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will drop from his starting XI to face Atletico Madrid in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg fixture at the Emirates Stadium.
Speaking on Premier League Live, Bent said Martin Zubimendi should take Lewis-Skelly’s place in the starting XI to take on Atletico Madrid.
This comes after Arteta decided to start Lewis-Skelly over Zubimendi against Fulham in a Premier League encounter on Saturday.
“Zubimendi will probably come back in (Arsenal’s starting XI against Atletico ahead of Lewis-Skelly) because he is the more senior player,” Bent said.
“But I think the manager will be looking at Lewis-Skelly’s performance (against Fulham), thinking, do you know, what if a game’s going on against Atletico and it’s not quite working, he will have no doubts whatsoever.”
