Alan Shearer has blasted Newcastle for their abysmal performance against Arsenal and singled out one player for having his worst game in a black and white shirt yet.
Speaking to Premier League productions, he was hugely critical of Sven Botman, feeling he was “all over the place” both on and off the ball at the Emirates.
Own goal aside, the Dutchman looked off the pace from open play, slow to react and unusually sloppy on the ball. The 24-year-old has been a shadow of his former self since coming back from that troublesome knee injury.
Shearer was very disappointed in the performance as a whole, questioning our lack of fight and desire to close Arsenal players.
On the game, he said: “Botman had his worst game in a Newcastle shirt, he gave the ball away and they couldn’t recover. Good play from Arsenal, but there is just no pressure on the ball.
“If you look, you have three or four players of Newcastle standing and watching. You have got to get up. You have to put pressure on the ball, otherwise, with the players Arsenal have, really, really good players, talented players, they are going to hurt you.
“Trippier is all over the place at the back. Botman’s all over the place at the back and they end up getting a tap-in. Really good from Arsenal, but terrible from Newcastle. Where is the pressure? Where is the desire to go and close someone down? You are being battered by a very good team, so you have to roll your sleeves up and you have to put up a bit of a fight, but there was none of that from Newcastle.
Intensity is our identity nonsense,
BM London(Quote)