Arsenal great Martin Keown was left to lament ‘a really sad day’ for his former club and accused under-pressure boss Mikel Arteta of being tactically naive.
Keown, commentating for BT Sport as the Gunners lost 5-0 at Manchester City to go bottom of the Premier League, branded the loss ‘embarrassing’.
‘I feel numb’, said Keown after watching Arsenal lose their opening three league matches in a season for the first time since 1954-55. ‘I don’t think at any point it was really a game today.’
Arsenal were thumped 5-0 by Manchester City on Saturday as their crisis further deepened
Granit Xhaka (right) was sent-off in the 35th minute for a mindless challenge on Joao Cancelo
Former centre-back Keown won three league titles and three FA Cups at the heart of a legendary Arsenal defence, and he labelled the current side’s defending as ‘comical’.