‘I feel sorry for Arsenal star – I know exactly what he’s going through’

Former Arsenal winger Anders Limpar admits helium feels atrocious for Gabriel Martinelli amid his existent struggles.

The Brazil planetary has appeared to beryllium abbreviated connected assurance this play and has scored conscionable 3 goals successful 17 appearances for nine and country.

Martinelli did get backmost connected the scoresheet successful Arsenal’s 1-1 gully with Chelsea astatine Stamford Bridge anterior to the planetary interruption and Limpar hopes helium tin footwear connected from there.

‘I consciousness a small spot atrocious for Gabriel Martinelli due to the fact that I cognize precisely what he’s going through. He hasn’t scored that galore goals,’ Limpar told mybettingsites.co.uk.

‘But if you look astatine the full picture. If you look astatine Martinelli and Saka for example. Saka, he’s a constituent subordinate – helium scores and provides assists.

‘Martinelli, he’s the aforesaid but not successful the aforesaid range. If you look astatine them, who’s taking work successful defence? It’s Gabriel Martinelli.” 

‘And erstwhile you look astatine a winger, you ever look astatine if helium scores oregon not. You person to look astatine Martinelli’s enactment complaint for the squad and it’s a 100 percent amended than Saka’s. Saka is simply a satellite people subordinate who needs to spell forward.’

Limpar joined Arsenal pursuing the 1990 World Cup and his creativity and accomplishment decorated the Gunners’ title-winning campaign.

The Sweden planetary yet fell retired of favour nether George Graham, successful part, owed to his deficiency of antiaircraft aptitude.

Limpar, however, believes Martinelli is chopped from a antithetic cloth and has noted his outstanding workrate disconnected the ball.

He added: ‘I consciousness a small spot atrocious for Martinelli due to the fact that he’s tremendous for the team. So you shouldn’t conscionable look astatine his extremity contributions. You should look astatine the full picture. His work-rate successful the defence, mounting up the shot for others and scoring occasionally.

‘It is similar this erstwhile you’re an attacking subordinate for a apical squad similar Arsenal, Man City oregon Liverpool. You ever look astatine the points. You request to beryllium extremity merchandise players. Martinelli is an extremity merchandise subordinate but helium is taking truthful overmuch antiaircraft responsibility, that he’s lacking the extremity product.

‘I similar him arsenic a subordinate and we shouldn’t criticise him arsenic overmuch arsenic we do. Martinelli’s underappreciated for sure. He’s not the champion defender. Saka is not the champion defender. But they are unbelievable going forward.

Out of the two, Martinelli has the bigger bosom for the team. And again it’s a spot harsh of maine to accidental that due to the fact that I emotion Saka, he’s 1 of the apical players successful the Premier League. He should conscionable spell forward.

‘But Martinelli has truthful overmuch heart, he’s moving his balls disconnected for the team. You shouldn’t hide that.’

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