Former Arsenal participant Martin Keown has criticised Bukayo Saka and his Arsenal team-mates for missing know the way as Bayern Munich knocked them out of the Champions League.
The Gunners misplaced 1-0 to Bayern within the Allianz Enviornment and didn’t hassle 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 objective in opposition to the Germans, and have been significantly disappointing within the second half.
Keown accuses Arsenal of missing know the way
Saka, who had a really quiet night dissatisfied Keown, when within the ninety fifth minute he took a fast free kick to Ben White as an alternative 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, form of summed up on the finish there when Saka for some cause taking a free kick quick when there was the chance to essentially take a look at the goalkeeper”, Keown advised 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 like that as effectively. However I feel he may need been higher taking that supply from the free kick and it may need been a marvel objective.
“You wished 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 crucial moments.”
Arsenal did have possibilities with Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus, and Martin Odegaard all offered with alternatives which they did not take.
The primary half was cagey however Bayern exploded into life within the second with Leon Goretzka and Raphael Guerrero each putting the put up in fast succession.
Kimmich headed dwelling the one objective of the sport after 63 minutes to ship the Bayern followers right into a frenzy and Thomas Tuchel’s facet have been in a position to maintain on.
