The boys are back and on the latest episode of It’s All Kicking Off! Ian Ladyman and Chris Sutton get stuck into one of the hottest topics of the week: how right were Arsenal to employ the ‘dark arts’ against Manchester City?
Arsenal were accused of extensive time-wasting from dead ball situations and blocking Ederson from corner-kicks, while controversy has sprung up over David Raya going down.
It has drawn a range of opinions from pundits – Ian Wright approved while Roy Keane slammed Arsenal for playing like a ‘small club with a small mentality’.
Ladyman is concerned that Arsenal ‘obstruct’ goalkeepers and that it should be a foul. Sutton laughs in his counterpart’s face and tells him why a five-year-old might be more intelligent than him.
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In the end Arsenal managed to survive almost an entire half with 10 men without conceding. Only John Stones’ 98th-minute equaliser denied them.
Former Premier League winner Sutton believes the criticism of their strategy will only fire up Arsenal’s star. Listen why on It’s All Kicking Off!
