Martin Keown blasts Arsenal stand-in for ‘killing EVERYBODY’ with lethal hesitation for Sporting Lisbon’s opener when he stayed rooted to the spot
Martin Keown has slammed Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner, soon after his hesitation at a corner led to Sporting Lisbon’s opening intention in the Gunners’ 2-2 Europa League last-16 first-leg clash.
The former Arsenal defender was watching the sport in the BT Sport studio and accused the American of killing his defence with his conclusion-generating, immediately after failing to command his area and allowing Sporting a way back into the activity.
Keown stated: ‘Really he is killed every person, simply because he’s started out to come and then does not. But Kiwior, as well, he’s acquired to do a tiny bit far more than that.
What I will be indicating however if I am actively playing on a regular basis with this keeper is I am going to have to go and head issues. I are not able to seriously have confidence in him. There he has occur and acquire it and be dominant and he did not do it.’
The evening had commenced positively for Mikel Arteta’s guys, when William Saliba opened the scoring for the Gunners in the 22nd moment.
Matt Turner watches the ball fly past him as he’s hesitancy will allow Sporting to equalise
Martin Keown believes that Turner ‘killed’ his staff by not coming for the ball and letting Sporting to equalise
However, 10 minutes right before the break a Sporting corner was swung-in and Goncalo Inacio found himself no cost to head in an equaliser for the dwelling facet.
Considerably of the blame for the objective fell on the shoulders of Arsenal’s back again-up keeper, who failed to arrive and assert the ball, and Keown’s criticism was backed-up by fellow pundit Rachel Brown-Finnis, who laid into the 28-yr-old.
‘He will not command his place.’ Said the previous England goalkeeper.
‘You know it really is likely to be an in-swinger so you have bought to be a bit flat to your line. He’s not established, so his going and thus if your shifting you are not able to make a decision and go for it – you have to command it.
It really is a few yards out, he’s received to go make make contact with, received to clatter the participant. He is uncontested, which won’t enable Matt Turner, but the reality that Kiwior does nothing at all -just about shrugs absent – that to me implies he is had a shout, but you have obtained to appear and accumulate that.
He’s obtained to use his arm and obtained to use his punch and command his backline. For me he has not set up any assurance in his backline, Matt Turner.’
Matt Turner has only performed 6 situations for Arsenal this year, with 4 in the Europa League
Turner’s evening virtually went from negative to worse later on in the 1st 50 % when he was shut down by Marcus Edwards, which just about resulted in another opportunity for the Portuguese team. Some thing that Brown-Finnis places down to his lack of match time and weak choice building.
‘It appears to be like like Turner is edgy, he’s surely not confident, and appears like he is lacking match apply.’ Brown-Finnis added.
‘All blunders by goalkeepers are lousy conclusions or undesirable technique. His determination-producing is sluggish and in a sport of this magnitude becoming thrown in from not obtaining any first-team football given that January, Matt Turner is not sharp in that conclusion-creating office.’
Turner has played just six occasions this season, 4 of which have come in the Europa League.
