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Ian Wright took aim at Ben White and Nicolas Pepe following Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace and felt the visitors were ‘unfortunate’ not to come away from the Emirates with victory.
Second-half substitute Alexandre Lacazette struck in the fifth minute of stoppage time to deny Patrick Vieira a memorable win on his return to Arsenal for the first time as Palace manager.
Earlier goals from Christian Benteke and Odsonne Edouard had given Palace major hope of securing all three points following Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s eighth-minute opener in north London.
The result stretched Arsenal unbeaten streak to six matches in all competitions and moved Mikel Arteta’s men up to 12th in the Premier League table.
Palace, meanwhile, remain in 14th place with just one win to their name since the start of the campaign.
‘I think it’s a little bit of a worry for Arsenal because when you look at both goals, we’re not getting defenders to go and engage,’ ex-Arsenal striker Wright told Premier League Productions shortly after the final whistle.
‘He’s [White] got to get closer to him [Edouard] and he doesn’t do it. They’ve done brilliantly to score the goal.
‘I think he’s got to get close to him… at no stage does Ben White close that gap. People can say what they want, maybe the goalkeeper or whatever… at no stage does that gap get smaller so why wouldn’t you shoot?’
Wright was less than impressed with Pepe’s ineffective display out on the right flank and applauded Palace for the fighting spirit they showed away from home.
‘I think Palace totally capitalised, they did their homework on Arsenal, they closed down the right people and shut down the left side. Kieran Tierney didn’t do anything,’ he added.
‘Pepe was…
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Source : metro
