Alan Shearer blasts Arsenal star for lacking ‘hunger’ in Man Utd defeat

Alan Shearer took purpose astatine Leandro Trossard during Arsenal’s penalty-shootout decision to ten-man Manchester United, accusing the guardant of lacking ‘hunger’ aft Matthijs de Ligt’s superb extra-time block.

This afternoon’s heavyweight FA Cup third-round necktie exploded into beingness aft a goalless archetypal half, with Bruno Fernandes arrowing a sublime onslaught beyond David Raya to unfastened the scoring for the defending champions successful the 52nd minute.

But the momentum shifted arsenic Diogo Dalot was sent disconnected for a 2nd bookable offence conscionable past the hour-mark, earlier Gabriel Magalhaes equalised to acceptable up a thrilling decorativeness astatine the Emirates.

The teams could not beryllium separated aft 90 minutes, though, and the play continued into other clip arsenic hosts Arsenal squandered respective inviting opportunities to instrumentality the lead.

Perhaps the astir notable of these chances arrived successful the 11th infinitesimal of overtime arsenic Raheem Sterling and Jorginho combined to find Kai Havertz, who pulled the backmost towards Trossard.

But an alert De Ligt denied Trossard with a magnificent involution connected the enactment and the Dutchman was seen celebrating the clearance wildly with United’s fans down the goal, with United aboriginal prevailing connected penalties.

‘De Ligt, coming successful close astatine the past second. He conscionable manages to wide it away, superb defending from him,’ ex-Newcastle and England striker Shearer said connected BBC’s commentary of the game.

Watching backmost replays of the chance, Shearer deed retired astatine Trossard for allowing De Ligt to contention successful down and bushed him to the ball.

‘It’s large defending from De Ligt. Having said that, if I’m successful that presumption and I’m Trossard I’m taking the batch and I’m getting connected the extremity of that,’ Shearer added.

‘There’s nary mode I’m letting the defender get connected the extremity of that.’

‘He’s got to get on, he’s got to amusement much hunger to get connected the extremity of it and amusement the hunger that De Ligt shows.

‘He’s got to person that and a spot much to enactment him and the shot successful the backmost of the net.

‘You spot the absorption from De Ligt, that’s however overmuch it means to him and rightly so.’

Theo Walcott echoed Shearer’s comments, criticising Trossard for lacking the tendency to get a toed connected the ball.

‘This is the 1 wherever I consciousness Trossard conscionable needs to amusement a spot more,’ the erstwhile Arsenal guardant said successful the BBC studio.

‘He’s successful beforehand of De Ligt but De Ligt, to his credit, has produced a superb antiaircraft performance.’

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