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Mikel Arteta after Arsenal’s draw with Fulham (Photograph by Ryan Pierse/Getty Photos)
Arsenal legend Paul Merson has closely criticised Gunners ahead Gabriel Martinelli for failing to remain onside as Bukayo Saka’s late purpose at Craven Cottage was disallowed after a VAR evaluation.
Saka thought he’d bagged a late winner for the Gunners away to Fulham, however Martinelli had simply crept offside earlier than he crossed the ball to the England worldwide.
Talking on punditry responsibility afterwards, Merson was removed from impressed with the Brazilian for his lack of intelligence at this key second.
Arsenal branded “AVERAGE” with out *this* participant!
Watch beneath as the previous Arsenal man hits out at Martinelli and suggests he’s going to be getting an earful from supervisor Mikel Arteta within the dressing room after the sport…
?? “In soccer phrases it is felony what Martinelli has performed”
Paul Merson shares his ideas on the disallowed Arsenal purpose… pic.twitter.com/f8zq7O803g
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Martinelli is a high-quality participant when he’s on his sport, however he’s not had the very best season for Arsenal, and followers will little doubt be annoyed by his actions right here.
The standard of Martinelli’s cross for Saka exhibits the nice facet of the 23-year-old’s sport, however Merson is correct {that a} participant of his calibre ought to’ve been in a position to wait and maintain his run because of his excellent view of the Fulham again line.
Arsenal miss an enormous alternative within the Premier League title race
Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal (Photograph by Alex Pantling/Getty Photos)
Arsenal may have actually piled the stress onto Liverpool with a victory at Fulham at this time, getting to only 4 factors behind the Premier League leaders.
Liverpool dropped factors with a 3-3 draw away to Newcastle in midweek, and their sport in opposition to Everton this weekend needed to be postponed because of the harmful stormy climate.
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If Martinelli had simply held his run, it may have made all of the distinction, and high-quality margins like this is likely to be what we glance again on on the finish of the season if we as soon as once more see first and second place separated by only a level or two.
Arsenal might want to guarantee they don’t undergo any extra slip-ups and hope that LFC have a poor run of their very own sooner or later, even when there’s not a lot signal of that taking place in the mean time.
