{"id":7899,"date":"2025-02-15T16:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T17:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=7899"},"modified":"2025-02-15T17:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T17:41:27","slug":"ruud-van-nistelrooy-says-myles-lewis-skelly-block-was-turning-point-for-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/ruud-van-nistelrooy-says-myles-lewis-skelly-block-was-turning-point-for-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruud van Nistelrooy says Myles Lewis-Skelly block was \u2018turning point\u2019 for Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Myles Lewis-Skelly produced a stunning intervention in the 73rd minute (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ruud van Nistelrooy<\/a> has declared that Myles Lewis-Skelly<\/a>’s crucial block was the ‘turning point’ for Arsenal<\/a> in Saturday’s 2-0 win at Leicester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It looked like the Gunners were heading for a draw against Van Nistelrooy’s team, before Mikel Merino scored two late goals<\/a> to secure all three points.<\/p>\n

The Foxes could’ve taken the lead themselves in the 73rd minute when the score was locked at 0-0, if it wasn’t for Lewis-Skelly’s stunning intervention.<\/p>\n

Jordan Ayew fired a low cross along the six-yard area – which Bobby De Cordova-Reid seemed almost certain to turn home with a tap-in – after it flew past a beaten David Raya.<\/p>\n

But Gunners left-back Lewis-Skelly got there in the nick of time to somehow deflect the ball out for a corner, rather than into his own net.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the match, former Manchester United striker Van Nistelrooy, head coach of Leicester, admitted the game ‘turned’ after that moment.<\/p>\n

‘Thin margins,’ Van Nistelrooy told the BBC<\/a> after his side’s defeat to Arsenal at the King Power Stadium.<\/p>\n

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Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side are fighting against relegation (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘The chance of Bobby De Cordova-Reid, just touched by Myles Lewis-Skelly with the Jordan Ayew cross… you can get up in the game in a goal.<\/p>\n

‘You can lift the spirt, gain momentum from the crowd [if you score]. I think that was the turning point.<\/p>\n

‘They [then] scored in the 81st minute. We were in the game for a result, maybe a win, but that makes it hard.’<\/p>\n

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Myles Lewis-Skelly’s touch was ‘magic’, says Mikel Arteta (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, meanwhile, hailed Lewis-Skelly for his ‘magic touch’ to deny De Cordova-Reid the opening goal.<\/p>\n

‘The second half was very different [to the first],’ Arteta said in his post-match press conference. <\/p>\n

‘We had much more urgency, better intentions, better executions. And then you can sense that the game was going in the direction that it had to go. <\/p>\n

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