Former Arsenal participant Martin Keown has criticised Bukayo Saka and his Arsenal team-mates for missing understand how as Bayern Munich knocked them out of the Champions League.
The Gunners misplaced 1-0 to Bayern within the Allianz Enviornment and didn’t bother Thomas Tuchel’s facet as they crashed out of the quarter finals 3-2 on mixture.
After failing to attain within the defeat to Aston Villa, Mikel Arteta’s facet may solely muster eight photographs on aim towards the Germans, and have been significantly disappointing within the second half.
Keown accuses Arsenal of missing understand how
Saka, who had a really quiet night upset Keown, when within the ninety fifth minute he took a fast free kick to Ben White as a substitute of crossing into the field or taking pictures, earlier than hitting the primary man from the ensuing nook.
Keown was lower than impressed with the Gunners show and made his ideas clear after the sport.
“It was very disappointing, type of summed up on the finish there when Saka for some motive taking a free kick quick when there was the chance to essentially check the goalkeeper”, Keown informed TNT Sports activities.
“You simply noticed that little little bit of lack of expertise. There must be extra urgency within the closing exchanges. Saka made that call within the second.
‘I love that as effectively. However I feel he might need been higher taking that supply from the free kick and it might need been a surprise aim.
“You needed to see the ball going within the field. That urgency wasn’t there and I feel that’s an absence of expertise, of being in these main video games, and understanding what to do in these vital moments.”
Arsenal did have possibilities with Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus, and Martin Odegaard all offered with alternatives which they didn’t take.
The primary half was cagey however Bayern exploded into life within the second with Leon Goretzka and Raphael Guerrero each hanging the submit in fast succession.
Kimmich headed residence the one aim of the sport after 63 minutes to ship the Bayern followers right into a frenzy and Thomas Tuchel’s facet have been capable of maintain on.
