“I don’t want to sound unprofessional but I’m sick of him at this point. He’s not adding any value to this team, and I don’t know why he featured in yesterday game again ”- Angry Declan Rice angrily puts blame on his teammate after Fulham draw
“I don’t want to sound unprofessional but I’m sick of him at this point. He’s not adding any value to this team, and I don’t know why he featured in today’s game again ”- Angry Declan Rice angrily puts blame on his teammate after Fulham draw
ARSENAL midfielder Declan Rice and Ian Wright react as Gabriel Martinelli involved in late VAR drama for Arsenal
Arsenal have failed to win against Fulham, and Arsenal defender William Saliba has strongly criticised one Gunners player.
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal played out a 1-1 draw with Fulham away from home at Craven Cottage in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
Raul Jimenez put Fulham in the lead in the London derby in the 11th minute when he latched on to Kenny Tete’s ball and fired past David Raya in the Arsenal goal.
Arsenal restored parity seven minutes into the second half. William Saliba converted Kai Havertz’s knockdown.
The Gunners thought that they had scored a late winner and picked up all three points from the London derby.
Bukayo Saka had the ball in the back of the net with a header from Gabriel Martinelli’s cross. However, the goal was disallowed after VAR adjudged that the Brazil international forward was in an offside position during build-up
Gabriel Martinelli criticised after Arsenal draw with Fulham
Former Arsenal star Merson was also following the match for Sky Sports, and he was hugely disappointed with Martinelli for being offside.
The pundit believes that Arsenal manager Arteta will not be happy with Martinelli either. Gunners legend Ian Wright has also given his take on the incident.
Merson answered Declan Rice on Sky Sports: “He is offside, but in footballing terms, that’s criminal from Martinelli.
“You cannot be offside. You’re looking along the line. He’s got pace, he’s electric, so he’s not someone who trying to nick a yard and play right on the edge.
“I’d be surprised if he isn’t on the end of one in the dressing room by the manager because he even knows. You could see it on his face after, he knows you can’t do that.
“One thing when you look along that line – do not be offside. It’s as simple as that.”
Wright said on PremierLeagueProductions: “I have to give Martinelli credit. A winger can see all the way down the line, but the fact is he has to be onside, these are the margins we’re dealing with. We haven’t lost and that’s the main thing.”
Arteta on the game: “Gutted that we didn’t win it because I think we deserved to win from the beginning to the end. We did almost everything that we had to do to win it. This is the quality of the opposition and the league. For milimeters we could have been here with a really dominant win.”
Arteta on if the injured players will be available vs Monaco: “I hope but it’s more a question for the doctors. We are missing a lot of players in the backline.”
Arteta on if Arsenal are creating enough from open play: “It’s never enough if you don’t score three, four or five. If they play 11 direct balls I want to win 11. We want to win 100%.”
Arteta on missing Gabriel: “I’m really pleased with the performance of Jakub as well. We had to change the whole unit. THat’s it, they are not available. We have to respond to that and I’m very happy with the way they did.”
Arteta on the defensive changes: “I don’t know. I cannot promise you with different personnel it wouldn’t happen. Sometimes you have to praise the opposition.”
