UCL: ‘Embarrassing, played football like rugby’ – Chelsea legend, Burley slams Arsenal

Chelsea icon, Craig Burley has criticized Mikel Arteta, labeling the Spaniard arsenic embarrassing owed to Arsenal’s tactics during their Champions League last nonaccomplishment to Paris Saint-Germain.

Arsenal’s pursuit of their archetypal Champions League trophy ended successful disappointment arsenic the Gunners were defeated connected penalties by PSG successful Budapest.

Kai Havertz provided the northbound London squad with a imagination start, scoring a superb extremity from a choky space conscionable six minutes into the match.

However, Ousmane Dembele’s punishment equalized for Arsenal aft halftime, and Gabriel’s nonaccomplishment to person the decisive tenth penalty, which helium sent implicit the bar, yet crowned PSG champions for the 2nd consecutive season.

Arsenal’s achievements nether Arteta this play person been built connected a beardown antiaircraft foundation, and the Gunners were contented to beryllium backmost and fto PSG power the shot aft taking an aboriginal lead.

Even aft PSG equalized, Arsenal appeared hesitant to follow a much assertive approach, yet mounting a grounds for the lowest possession successful a Champions League last with a specified 24.7 percent.

Former Chelsea midfielder Burley remains unconvinced that Arteta’s overly antiaircraft strategy aft taking an aboriginal pb was ever apt to beryllium effective.

...