ARSENAL legend Martin Keown has slammed three Gunners stars for their horror performances in the 2-0 Europa League defeat to PSV Eindhoven.
Goals by Joey Veerman and Luuk De Jong saw off Arsenal and put the Dutch side within touching distance of the group table-toppers.
But for PSV’s second goal, in particular, three players have attracted criticism from club great Keown.
Left-back Kieran Tierney was left to mark big man De Jong from the corner, Aaron Ramsdale mistimed his punch while centre-back Rob Holding failed to make an intervention.
Keown fumed on BT Sport: “Why is (Kieran) Tierney picking up De Jong? I’m shouting at the TV – Ramsdale goes for a big haymaker he should be going with a straight arm.
“I’m not sure why Tierney is going against him (De Jong). Holding should’ve helped him out.”
READ MORE ON ARSENAL
Despite being top of the Premier League after 11 games played, squad depth could be Arsenal’s downfall.
Keown says depth is “not quite there”, however, as SunSport revealed, boss Mikel Arteta wants to bring in at least two new faces in January to help sustain the title charge.
The ex-centre-back continued: “I don’t want this to derail his team – five people missing and five subs on.
“Strength in depth not quite there but as long as they can learn from that, they’ll use this as fuel going into the Forest game.”
Most read in Football
FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS – BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERS
Arteta’s plan to field a near-full strength side in order to top the group and avoid a preliminary Europa League knockout tie failed.
Should Arsenal fail to wrap up the group with a win against Zurich next week, they face the prospect of playing the likes of Barcelona, Juventus and possibly Atletico Madrid in the round-of-32.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
