Worse than Lewis-Skelly, Arsenal must axe player with 0% stats

Myles Lewis-Skelly has earned his spot in Arsenal's lineup this season, but it was far from a complete performance against Sunderland.

The 19-year-old appeared to have no future left at the Emirates Stadium during the summer, only to emerge as one of Mikel Arteta's most key figures.

And while the Gunners went on to claim all three points in a two-goal thriller with the Black Cats on Saturday, 12 September, not everything went to plan.

Regis Le Bris' side will be kicking themselves after missing a penalty to take the lead, before giving away a spot-kick of their own in the dying seconds.

Lewis-Skelly was forced to watch most of the action from the bench, being replaced at half-time, but it was his more experienced teammate who really disappointed.

New signing Christos Tzolis has taken to life in North London like a duck to water, but even he will be questioning some of his decisions this weekend.

Myles Lewis-Skelly not alone in poor Sunderland display

The 24-year-old winger lasted 81 minutes before being hooked by Arteta. What did he have to show for it? Not much, really.

In that time, the attacker created zero chances, registered zero shots, completed zero per cent of his dribbles, and was dispossessed once [FotMob].

Defensively, he was just as poor, losing 50 per cent of both his ground and aerial duels, and many will feel that he deserved to concede a penalty.

Following four assists in his first five games for the Gunners, it was certainly a disappointing game from the Greek international.

However, while a performance like that deserves the axe, Arteta may struggle finding someone to fill the position, with no other natural left-wingers at the club.

Viktor Gyokeres confusion grows at Arsenal

Arteta had every right to start Kai Havertz through the middle at the Stadium of Light, as he has done for most of the campaign so far.

However, with Sunderland tiring, the obvious move for the final half an hour would have been to swap the strikers, allowing Viktor Gyokeres to stretch his legs.

The Sweden international would have immediatly pushed the opposition back. But once again, he was stuck on the bench for the third time in four Premier League matches.

Supporters are growing anxious around the star striker's situation, especially when he netted 21 goals in 55 games across all competitions last term.