Jude Bellingham and MYLES LEWIS-SKELLY have joined a select Champions League team.
In tonight’s first leg quarterfinal match between Arsenal and Real Madrid, the two England players faced off against each other.
When the current holders visited the Emirates Stadium, Lewis-Skelly was selected as a left-back in the Gunners’ starting lineup.
Lewis-Skelly’s night beneath the lights was made even more glamorous by Arteta’s Gunners’ magnificent 3-0 victory.
In a decisive victory, Declan Rice scored two incredible free kicks, and Mikel Merino scored the third.
Lewis-Skelly, a teenager, is the second youngest Englishman to ever start a Champions League quarterfinal at the age of 18 years and 194 days.
However, Bellingham, who accomplished the accomplishment at the age of barely 17 years and 281 days, continues to hold the record.
The 21-year-old midfielder accomplished this during the 2020–21 campaign with Borussia Dortmund.
Despite scoring in the second leg, Bellingham started both games as the German powerhouses fell to Manchester City 4-2 overall.
Tonight, Mikel Arteta had Arsenal wonderkid Ethan Nwaneri among the substitutes, even though he would have entered the elite club.
Only twenty-eight games into his senior club career, Lewis-Skelly makes his Champions League quarterfinal debut.
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Since assuming responsibility for the left-back position at Arsenal, he has started 18 games across all competitions.
In the victories over Albania and Latvia last month, the Hale End academy product even received his first senior England call-up.
Lewis-Skelly’s goal, which was assisted by none other than Belllingham, completed his incredible debut.