Alan Shearer took purpose at Leandro Trossard throughout Arsenal’s penalty-shootout defeat to ten-man Manchester United, accusing the ahead of missing ‘starvation’ after Matthijs de Ligt’s excellent extra-time block.
This afternoon’s heavyweight FA Cup third-round tie exploded into life after a goalless first half, with Bruno Fernandes arrowing a elegant strike past David Raya to open the scoring for the defending champions within the 52nd minute.
However the momentum shifted as Diogo Dalot was despatched off for a second bookable offence simply previous the hour-mark, earlier than Gabriel Magalhaes equalised to arrange an exhilarating end on the Emirates.
The groups couldn’t be separated after 90 minutes, although, and the drama continued into additional time as hosts Arsenal squandered a number of inviting alternatives to take the lead.
Maybe probably the most notable of those probabilities arrived within the eleventh minute of extra time as Raheem Sterling and Jorginho mixed to search out Kai Havertz, who pulled the again in direction of Trossard.
However an alert De Ligt denied Trossard with an impressive intervention on the road and the Dutchman was seen celebrating the clearance wildly with United’s followers behind the objective, with United later prevailing on penalties.
‘De Ligt, coming in proper on the final second. He simply manages to clear it away, sensible defending from him,’ ex-Newcastle and England striker Shearer stated on BBC’s commentary of the sport.
Watching again replays of the possibility, Shearer hit out at Trossard for permitting De Ligt to race in behind and beat him to the ball.
‘It’s nice defending from De Ligt. Having stated that, if I’m in that place and I’m Trossard I’m taking the lot and I’m getting on the top of that,’ Shearer added.
‘There’s no means I’m letting the defender get on the top of that.’
‘He’s bought to get on, he’s bought to point out extra starvation to get on the top of it and present the starvation that De Ligt reveals.
‘He’s bought to have that and a bit extra to place him and the ball behind the web.
‘You see the response from De Ligt, that’s how a lot it means to him and rightly so.’
Theo Walcott echoed Shearer’s feedback, criticising Trossard for missing the need to get a toe on the ball.
‘That is the one the place I really feel Trossard simply wants to point out a bit extra,’ the previous Arsenal ahead stated within the BBC studio.
‘He’s in entrance of De Ligt however De Ligt, to his credit score, has produced an excellent defensive efficiency.’
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