Arsenal went to 'another level' in Madrid win

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Mikel Arteta said his Arsenal side took their performance to "another level" as they beat Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Arteta was asked by BBC Sport what he made of Myles Lewis-Skelly's performance, with the youngster becoming just the second English player to start a Champions League quarter-final aged 18 or younger. The first was Jude Bellingham.

However, the Arsenal boss did not want to pick out individuals and was quick to praise the performance of his whole team.

"I mean, collectively, when we played the way we played and have the performance that we had you need individuals at the highest level." Arteta said.

"I think they all took their performance to another level, their individual performance to the standards that are required to beat this incredible team.

He added: "[I am] very happy and now it is about consistency."

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