Pat Spillane
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
If you ask Arsenal's defenders, Gabriel and Saliba, to play in that PSG team or that Bayern team, they would be exposed as much as those centre-backs were last night.
Because effectively, the attackers were on top.
Then you ask the question, how many defenders were actually on the pitch last night?
Because none of the full-backs have no interest in defending.
They're like wingers.
And I've seen Saliba and Gabriel in an open game in that League Cup semi-final doubleheader against Newcastle last season get torn apart by Izak.
I won't have anyone convince me that they can defend in that space.
If you ask Arsenal's defenders, Gabriel and Saliba, to play in that PSG team or that Bayern team, they would be exposed as much as those centre-backs were last night.
Because effectively, the attackers were on top.
Then you ask the question, how many defenders were actually on the pitch last night?
Because none of the full-backs have no interest in defending.
They're like wingers.
And I've seen Saliba and Gabriel in an open game in that League Cup semi-final doubleheader against Newcastle last season get torn apart by Izak.
I won't have anyone convince me that they can defend in that space.
If you ask Arsenal's defenders, Gabriel and Saliba, to play in that PSG team or that Bayern team, they would be exposed as much as those centre-backs were last night.
Because effectively, the attackers were on top.
Then you ask the question, how many defenders were actually on the pitch last night?
Because none of the full-backs have no interest in defending.
They're like wingers.
And I've seen Saliba and Gabriel in an open game in that League Cup semi-final doubleheader against Newcastle last season get torn apart by Izak.