Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta. (Picture by Justin Setterfield/Getty Photographs)
Arsenal are an ‘common crew’ with out centre-back Gabriel Magalhães.
That’s the view of Sky Sports activities pundits Jamie Redknapp and Paul Merson, who had been discussing the Gunners at half-time of their conflict with Fulham on Sunday afternoon.
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Arsenal dominated the ball within the first half at Craven Cottage, however went in behind on the break because of Raul Jimenez’s Eleventh-minute strike.
It was a superb flowing transfer from Fulham regardless of it being their solely shot of the opening 45 minutes, with each participant aside from Adama Traore touching the ball.
Nevertheless, the ball behind Arsenal’s backline from Kenny Tete to seek out Jimenez left stand-in centre-back Jakub Kiwior fully stranded, with William Saliba unable to get throughout and canopy.
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Gabriel celebrates scoring in opposition to West Ham. (Picture by Justin Setterfield/Getty Photographs)
Analysing what they’d seen of Arsenal at half-time, former Premier League stars Redknapp and Merson expressed worries about their credentials as an elite outfit with out Gabriel — who missed Sunday’s match by way of harm.
“What you’ve seen is how a lot Arsenal miss Gabriel when he doesn’t play,” mentioned former Liverpool and Spurs midfielder Redknapp. “Jimenez deserves numerous credit score as a result of the end is absolutely good.
“Arsenal have been poor, they haven’t actually acquired going.”
In style former Arsenal man Mersona added: “For the quantity of play Arsenal have had… they’ve acquired an excellent crew, however after they’ve acquired a number of accidents, they seem like a median crew they usually’ve been common in the present day.
“It’s a serious blow in the event that they don’t win this soccer match.”
Arsenal, after all, made the right response to their critics within the 52nd minute when Saliba transformed yet one more set-piece to tug Arsenal degree — a simply reward for his or her domination of the match.