Roy Keane slammed Liverpool’s ‘pub team’ defending throughout their Premier League defeat in opposition to Arsenal on Sunday.
Liverpool had been outworked and outclassed by Arsenal of their 3-1 defeat which has put the Gunners again onto the heels of Jurgen Klopp’s aspect on the prime of the desk. And the Reds have nobody however themselves in charge.
Mikel Arteta’s aspect dominated the first-half however gave Liverpool a route into the sport when Gabriel Magalhaes scored probably the most weird personal objective on the stroke of half-time. But Liverpool threw their lifeline away when Alisson and Virgil van Dijk calamitously acquired in one another’s manner for Gabriel Martinelli’s go-ahead objective.
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The Liverpool pair’s disastrous afternoon didn’t finish there, as Leandro Trossard fired via Alisson for Arsenal’s third objective to clinch the three factors after Van Dijk had refused to have interaction the winger regardless of him bearing down on objective.
Speaking on Sky Sports after the sport, Keane was forthright in regards to the gulf at school, he stated: “The intensity from the first whistle to last from Liverpool, in possession and without, I can’t believe how bad they were. Again, credit to Arsenal they turned up and were at it. But Liverpool defensively, the goals they gave away, like a pub team defending.”
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Keane additionally slammed Van Dijk’s defending for Trossard’s objective, suggesting the Dutchman’s vanity left him considering he’s ‘too good’ to make a sort out, saying: “I don’t think Trossard could believe it when he was coming down the wing, thinking someone will close him down and they didn’t! He’s almost reluctant to shoot!
“Look at him, Van Dijk has to smell the danger. He’s thinking ‘Am I too good to make a lunge in here?’. Well it’s too little, too late for him by that point because they’ve scored three goals – he’s entitled to have a bad game of course, but to concede three goals in such a big game that’ll cost him and them at the end of the season.”