Wright slams Arsenal star for ‘lack of concentration’ vs Brentford – ‘would have been disastrous’

Ian Wright has called out David Raya for his “lack of concentration” in Arsenal’s win over Brentford on Wednesday, as the goalkeeper’s mistake was almost “catastrophic” for the Gunners.

Bryan Mbeumo gave the hosts the lead early in the game but Gabriel Jesus leveled the scores again, before two quick-fire goals from Mikel Merino and Gabriel Martinelli. Arteta’s side secured a 3-1 victory.

But the Gunners almost went two goals down, their first goal of the night coming less than a minute later when Raya let Kane Lewis-Potter get a great drive with his hands before clawing the ball off his line. .

“It’s a lack of concentration from David Raya,” Arsenal legend Wright told Premier League Production.

“He does a fantastic job of recovering. You could see the frustration in him. You could see how close it was.

“It would have been disastrous, especially with the way Arsenal dominated.”

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Ethan Navanieri was given his full Premier League debut and was widely praised by pundits and fans alike, with Wright particularly impressed with his delivery from set pieces, a corner of which led to Merino’s goal. went

“What we’ve seen from him is his technical ability and tremendous speed,” Wright added. “Also one of the hardest things to do, something I probably wouldn’t have been able to do, is take corners.

“I remember once I asked Arsene Wenger if I could take a corner. He said no, because to put it in an area where there is a lot of riding (on it)… it’s a difficult skill.

“When you have players, especially away from home, who can keep the ball in an area – it’s perfect. I couldn’t do it.”

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Arteta confirmed after the game that he was chosen because he was the best option, although there was another strange and superstitious reason for choosing him.

The Spaniard said: “It was a decision I made because I thought he was the best player to play in a starting position and because there was a story, with his debut here and when he made his debut. League debut (against Brentford in September 2022) and sometimes, that feeling comes and it’s right and then who knows?

Mikel Arteta explained why he took time to integrate Nwaneri into the team.

“Part of that growth, it’s patience. It’s managing disappointment and managing expectations because you expect everything to happen as quickly as previous things happen and it doesn’t.”

“So now we’re building him up and he’s already played a lot of games, a lot of minutes for us for his age and he fully deserves it.”