Tony Adams ‘really disappointed’ with one Arsenal star in Man City romp

Arsenal produced an awesome show successful a 5-1 thrashing of Manchester City connected Sunday, but nine fable Tony Adams was near disappointed with 1 Gunners star.

It was a thrilling day astatine the Emirates arsenic the location broadside went up wrong 2 minutes done Martin Odegaard, with the scoreline remaining 1-0 until Erling Haaland equalised connected 55 minutes.

The Gunners were unfazed, going backmost up done Thomas Partey astir immediately, earlier Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri rounded disconnected an astonishing time for the northbound Londoners.

Adams was delighted, but the Haaland extremity was lingering successful his caput and the information the Norwegian bushed William Saliba successful the aerial to caput home.

Gabriel had been physically battling with Haaland for overmuch of the game, which Adams loved, but was arsenic arsenic frustrated with seeing Saliba caught retired down Haaland for the goal.

‘Fantastic. And likewise I was truly disappointed with Saliba the mode that helium marked him,’ the erstwhile Arsenal defender told Premier League Productions arsenic helium contrasted Gabriel and Saliba.

‘Ball successful play, helium got excessively choky with the guy, helium should person got successful beforehand of him, he’ll beryllium kicking himself successful determination and we’ve got to larn from that.’

There is an ongoing spat betwixt Gabriel and Haaland, which started erstwhile the Man City prima chucked the shot astatine the Arsenal antheral portion celebrating a extremity during the 2-2 gully successful September.

The Gunners defender got his revenge connected Sunday, celebrating successful Haaland’s look erstwhile Odegaard opened the scoring.

Speaking connected the incident, Adams said: ‘To beryllium honorable with you I’d alternatively Gabriel lifted a trophy and past phoned him up and said, “by the mode we’ve conscionable won the league,” but that’s connected its way.

‘But Gabriel I emotion that, that was my game.’

The legendary Arsenal skipper had thing but praise for 18-year-old Lewis-Skelly, who scored his archetypal extremity for the nine connected different awesome show from the teenager.

The 58-year-old loves the youngsters attacking intent from full-back, which sees him chopped inside, arsenic helium did erstwhile helium curled successful his goal.

Adams is not truthful definite the full-backs helium played with – Nigel Winterburn and Lee Dixon – would person been immoderate bully astatine it.

‘It’s large to spot the kids coming connected and playing truthful well,’ helium said. ‘Myles has invented this caller position, we utilized to person wrong forwards and present we’ve got wrong defenders now. Inside left-back!

‘Can you ideate Nigel oregon Dicko? Get retired of there! Phenomenal, what a kid, what a prospect.’

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