“He’s the bad stone in this Arsenal team, he has become a liability and if Arteta is not careful, he will lose the PL battle because of this player”- Arsenal Legend Thierry Henry mentions the Arsenal star who looks like the ‘problem’ and struggled alot during Arsenal’s 2-0 win against Luton Town last night
Henry says Arsenal player actually looked like he was struggling during 2-0 win against Luton
Most of the Arsenal players looked pretty comfortable tonight as the Gunners won 2-0 against Luton.
The North Londoners were rarely troubled as they had 58% possession and 13 shots to Luton’s five tame attempts.
However, Theirry Henry thought an Arsenal player struggled at times against a Hatters team threatened by relegation to a lower tier of the competition…
Thiery Henry saw Oleksandr Zinchenko’s problems
Arsenal Legend Thierry Henry has seen Andros Townsend cause Oleksandr Zinchenko some problems in today’s Premier League match at the Emirates Stadium.
The Ukrainian international made his first appearance for the Gunners since the 3-1 win over Liverpool on Sunday 4 February and looked rather rusty.
At one point Gabriel Magalhaes could be seen shouting at Zinchenko after the Brazilian had come down the left and covered his team-mate, leaving Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu free to enter the box.
Speaking live to Sky Sports while watching the game, Henry said: “Credit to Luton. They came out on the pitch. Townsend is causing Zinchenko problems on that side.”
Of course, Arsenal’s 35th man has recently missed four Premier League games with a calf injury and will need time to regain his fitness.
But Zinchenko, a top player who should be able to show more against 18th placed Luton even if he is not 100%, still put in a below average performance.
Jakub Kiwior will be pleased after Arsenal’s 2-0 win against Luton.
If Zinchenko had shown a truly outstanding performance, Mikel Arteta might have been tempted to entrust him with an important role against Bayern Munich next week.
But Jakub Kiwior, who has shone in the absence of the £32 million Ukrainian, will surely start against the German giants in this big Champions League game.
With all due respect to Zinchenko, a match against 32-year-old Townsend is not the best preparation for a Champions League quarter-final against the likes of Leroy Sane and Jamal Musiala.
With the Kiwi on the left, Arsenal look much more solid and even became the first team since 2021 to prevent Manchester City from scoring at the Etihad Stadium with the Polish international on the left.
Selfishly, Arsenal’s number 15 will be pleased that Zinchenko didn’t really threaten his place in the team against Luton.
