Arsenal legend Wright slams lazy midfielder for letting Brighton scorer 'literally run past him'
Ian Wright has criticised Thomas Partey for “dashing advice” in the build-upward to Brighton’s equaliser versus Arsenal on Saturday.
Arsenal slumped junctures for the initially time this period at abode to Fabian Hurzeler’s side, who are in a equivalent way unbeaten to overture the project.
Kai Havertz conferred the Gunners the lead to linger his wonderful kind in striker before Joao Pedro’s 58th-minute equaliser.
The gallery was flipped on its head when Declan Rice was sent out off four minutes applicable into the 2nd fifty percent.
Arsenal were the much closer side however whatever switched when slashed to 10 guys, through Mikel Arteta going defensive to hinder wasting, which inevitably kneaded.
Rice’s red card will dominate the headlines however former Arsenal striker Wright has singled out Partey’s function in the Brighton impartial.
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Pedro was able to cruise applicable into the box uncontested to revolutionize Yankuba Minteh’s rebounded recorded as well as Wright has criticised the Ghanian for “dashing advice”,
“When you sort at the play, you sort at Thomas Partey…he’s primarily sprinted past him,” the Gunners tale said.
“Thomas Partey has to recognize in that rapid he has to go with one voice the way through Pedro as well as at least deliver a confound. Pedro blasts past him as well as he’s just sort of dashing advice.
“Those are the points that when you sort advice at that you’ll claim nicely that could have been shunned. Perhaps a boatload more discomfort could’ve been ranked on Lewis Dunk laceration that angle off as well as I assume Partey’s got to envelop Pedro.”
Arteta said he was “astounded” by the choice to send out Rice off, noting that Brighto got away through equivalent offences after the midfielder solicited a 2nd yellow card for kicking the ball away to hinder Brighton restarting play.
“I was astounded. Staggered, astounded, astounded because of how abnormal resolutions can be,” the Spaniard said.
“In the initially fifty percent, there are two layers as well as nothing happens. Then, in a non-paramount elbowroom, the ball hits Declan, he turns about, he doesn’t check out the player unborn as well as he touches the ball.
“By law, he can deliver that call, however then by law he needs to deliver the next call, which is red card so we play 10 vs 10. This is what astounded me. At this level it’s phenomenal.”
