‘Fortunately, they won yesterday; otherwise, fans would have come for His head immediately, for what He did yesterday was utter ‘RUBBISH’; Arteta should sit him down and put some sense into him; Chelsea Icon Frank Lampard discloses the one Arsenal player who was not up to standard yesterday in their great win against Burnley.
Arsenal is having a relatively simple time scoring goals! Who needs a striker!
Mikel Arteta and his squad have 11 goals in two games, with Bukayo Saka scoring four and taking two penalties.
Last week, the 22-year-old overcame Alphonse Areola to score his spot kick after missing one at the London Stadium last season, before going past James Trafford in the 5-0 win against Burnley on Saturday.
However, Tim Sherwood told Premier League Productions that Bukayo Saka’s penalty ‘wasn’t convincing’ and was, in fact, ‘bad’ (17/02/24 @ 5:10 pm).
The former Premier League manager’s criticism was strange, given that the Arsenal academy product has stepped up and is now proving to be reliable from the start.
Furthermore, despite calls for the team to sign a striker, players such as Bukayo Saka have demonstrated that a number nine was not required during the January transfer window.
The England international currently has 12 Premier League goals and eight assists, with seven goals in the Champions League.
But it was the star boy’s penalty that attracted Tim Sherwood’s attention—for the wrong reasons.
Bukayo Saka Penalty
“Then it’s up to Saka, and this isn’t convincing,” Sherwood explained. “It’s convincing enough when it nestles behind the goalie and into the back of the net, but if you’re an Arsenal fan, you’ll have your heart in your mouth at that point.
“That was a bad penalty. Look at the goalkeeper; he should save it. I mean, it’s gone underneath his hand.
Arsenal returns to Champions League play.
This is Arsenal’s greatest mood all season, and they should be confident as they go to Portugal to face Porto in the Champions League.
Manchester City performed their job in the first leg of their quarterfinal tie with Copenhagen, and now