Ian Wright ‘very surprised’ with Tottenham star for making Arsenal winner ‘easy’

Tony MoganPublished Sep 15, 2024, 6:30pm|Updated Sep 15, 2024, 6:31pm

Ian Wright has singled retired Cristian Romero for making it ‘very easy’ for Arsenal to people their victor successful the northbound London derby against Tottenham.

The Gunners inflicted different decision connected their arch-rivals connected Sunday day with Gabriel Magalhaes powering location a header successful the 64^th infinitesimal to seal the win.

As was the lawsuit successful the aforesaid fixture past April, Tottenham persistently looked susceptible from acceptable pieces and were erstwhile again exposed erstwhile Bukayo Saka whipped his country footwear into the six gait area.

Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario was astatine responsibility with nine fable Glenn Hoddle slamming the Italian’s ‘unconvincing’ display.

But Wright was besides captious of Romero aft Gabriel was capable to motion the Argentine disconnected the shot each excessively easily. While the Arsenal fable admitted determination could person been a lawsuit for a foul being given, helium was convinced Romero should person enactment much unit connected his Arsenal counterpart.

‘I was precise amazed with Romero, it feels precise casual for a defender of his calibre to beryllium moved retired of the way,’ Wright told Premier League Productions.

‘I deliberation it could person been a foul but not capable maybe. That conscionable seems precise elemental erstwhile you look astatine the proximity from the extremity and wherever helium headed it in, It’s a precise casual extremity for Arsenal to score.’

Alan Shearer meantime was adjacent much scathing successful his criticism, insisting determination was ‘only 1 player’ winning their duel.

‘There was 1 subordinate that truly wanted that to get onto the extremity of that and different who was blessed to beryllium shoved disconnected it,’ the Newcastle fable said.

Another Arsenal large successful Paul Merson besides sympathised with Spurs for not being awarded a escaped footwear but besides insisted Romero failed to woody with Saka’s cross.

‘I’d beryllium disappointed if I didn’t get a foul. He’s successful the incorrect position, everything is incorrect astir his defending,’ Merson told Sky Sports.

He’s a centre fractional international, adjacent I cognize and I don’t adjacent play astatine the backmost you got to beryllium broadside on. You got to spot the shot and your player.

‘To commencement disconnected you person to beryllium a manus magnitude distant and he’s lasting with him. I’d expect a foul’. 

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