David Seaman stunned by what ‘really quiet’ Arsenal star did against Manchester City

David Seaman couldn’t believe his eyes when an star was booked during – before he had even made his senior debut.

Myles Lewis-Skelly made his debut as an injury-time sub at the Etihad last Sunday, just moments before fired in the equaliser to salvage a point for City.

But when the teenager came onto the pitch, replacing , he was unusually already on a yellow card having been booked by referee Michael Oliver while on the subs bench.

The incident occurred in the 65th minute when Lewis-Skelly ran behind ’s goal-line and appeared to pass on a message to the keeper, who then went down complaining of cramp.

The subsequent break in play allowed Mikel Arteta to deliver a team talk on the sideline before Oliver brandished his yellow card, with the PGMOL later stating that Lewis-Skelly’s booking was for ‘showing a lack of respect for the game’.

While Arsenal fans were frustrated with the officials, especially after for time-wasting, Seaman found the incident to be quite hilarious, especially as he didn’t see it coming from the 17-year-old.

‘He got booked before making his debut!’ the Gunners legend exclaimed on the , sponsored by .

‘It’s so funny because I go into Arsenal once a week with the U18s or U23s, have been for three years now.

‘He [Lewis-Skelly] came in as a schoolboy, so he then trained with the U18s and then he put his uniform back on to go .

‘And to see where he is now, it’s just so incredible. And he’s a really quiet lad so to get a booking [for disrespectful behaviour]!’

It wasn’t just Oliver who Lewis-Skelly seemed to annoy, with the debutant among the after the game who was seen saying: ‘Who the f**k are you?’ to the youngster.

Capable of playing at left-back or in midfield, Lewis-Skelly joined Arsenal’s academy when he was just eight-years-old and according to Arteta is .

It’s given us a big platform for them to understand how good they are and the options that we have in the squad right now and they’ll certainly be training with us.

‘What I love the most is their attitude, their personality, how much they want it, the way they were competing in training. We throw them in very difficult circumstances and it was a great test to see where they are and they are going to be in a good place.’

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