Rio Ferdinand urges Mikel Arteta to give Arsenal star ‘more time’ after Inter defeat

Chris DaviePublished Nov 6, 2024, 11:09pm|Updated Nov 6, 2024, 11:10pm

Rio Ferdinand believes Ethan Nwaneri has made a beardown lawsuit to beryllium granted much playing clip for Arsenal pursuing their 1-0 decision to Inter successful the Champions League connected Wednesday evening.

Mikel Arteta’s broadside slipped to a decision successful Milan as Hakan Calhanoglu’s first-half punishment sealed the triumph for the Serie A champions.

Arsenal dominated the 2nd fractional but came up against a resilient Inter defence who restricted the fig of clear-cut chances.

Nwaneri was introduced with 8 minutes remaining and delivered different agleam cameo successful Arsenal’s attacking third.

The Gunners volition present play Chelsea successful the Premier League connected Sunday and Ferdinand has called connected Arteta to springiness Nwaneri ‘more responsibility’.

‘They’ll beryllium hugely frustrated,’ Ferdinand said connected TNT Sports aft Arsenal’s decision to Inter.

‘Forty-six crosses successful this game, the second-most successful the Champions League this season, 2nd fractional particularly they got into immoderate bully areas astir the container but again the creativity wasn’t there, the imagination, the pictures, the guile astir the box. This has been said acold excessively often this season.

‘Ethan Nwaneri came connected contiguous and showed flashes. You go, ‘you cognize what, are they going to springiness him a small spot much time, a small spot much responsibility?’. Because helium seems to person that small spot of imaginativeness to unlock things erstwhile it’s tight.

‘But acold excessively often it was the shot slung into the container without immoderate existent thought oregon you look astatine it and inquire person they got the players successful that position, successful the centre-forward areas, erstwhile you propulsion the shot successful the box, oregon lump it into the container astatine times, to capitalise?’

Ferdinand aboriginal added: ‘In those areas it’s astir being clean, it’s astir being clinical, and successful those moments you request the players to measurement up. They’re getting into bully areas astir the container but past it’s astir the underlaps, the overlaps, creating two-vs-ones, overloads successful wide areas, I don’t deliberation they’re doing that capable to make openings successful the last third.’

Meanwhile, erstwhile Arsenal defender Martin Keown besides believes Nwaneri should person been introduced to the crippled sooner by Arteta.

‘I deliberation it improved erstwhile Nwaneri came on,’ Keown said.

‘And I thought erstwhile you spot the prime helium brings helium should’ve been connected the transportation a spot sooner.’

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