After Arsenal practically handed the Premier League title to Manchester City at the weekend, the former English international criticized the fact that the Ukrainian full-back celebrated a victory over Bournemouth with some Gunners fans, who were leading the league at the time. championship.
Gary Neville, former English international and current sports commentator, analyzed on Sunday Arsenal’s defeat against Brighton (0-3), which practically handed the Premier League title to Manchester City, which only needs one more victory to celebrate its third championship .
Directly to Monday Night Football, the former defender recalled a celebration by Oleksandr Zinchenko, left back of the gunners, with some fans after a victory over Bournemouth (3-2), in March, when they were leading the competition, considering that this kind of moments increased the pressure on the team.
“I look at small things and that can be a bit harsh. Zinchenko celebrating outside with the fans an hour after Bournemouth, screaming… You want your team leaders, people who have been there, to show composure inside the locker room and calm everyone down. Nobody needs anxiety and emotions to increase…”, he defended.
These statements led to some criticism on social networks of Neville, who did not fail to respond to a comment from a fan, reinforcing the same speech: “If he honked with 15 games to play after beating Bournemouth and celebrated with six games to go against to the last classified [Southampton], I just wonder what happened behind the curtain. I’ve seen this happen in the past with emotional teams! The experience I’m talking about is not just because of winning titles! I also lost four or five title races and some emotions are not positive for a group, even if they look like it,” wrote Neville.
On Sunday (16h00), Manchester City will receive Chelsea, in a game of the 37th round of the Premier League in which the English title could be decided.
2023-05-16 09:45:00
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