a big mistake by picking David Ospina ahead of Petr
Cech in the defeat versus Olympiacos
Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright has hit out at Arsene Wenger
in the wake of the club's 3-2 Champions League defeat against
Olympiacos at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.
Wenger decided to give David Ospina the nod between the sticks
rather than regular first-choice goalkeeper Petr Cech, but his
decision backfired as Arsenal failed to beat the Greek outfit.
Ospina was at fault for Olympiacos' second goal of the evening
and club legend Wright was quick to stress Wenger is the one to
blame for Tuesday's defeat.
"I was worried about Ospina at the start because I believe the
two centre-backs aren't confident enough as it is," Wright told
BT Sport.
"There's not enough aerial supremacy in there and the
goalkeeper seemed to me like he was trying to second-guess
something. For somebody who's not playing often - and this is
a must-win game - how can you put Ospina in goal?
"You've got to question the manager there. I think that's a big
mistake.
"Why not start with Petr Cech simply because of the experience
he's got? Because we had to win this game, Arsenal had to win
this game.
"Normally we're out by the quarter-final, last 16, this time we've
got a massive hill to climb to go that far."
Arsenal sit bottom of Group F following Tuesday's results with
zero points from two games.
Next they face a double-header against German champions
Bayern Munich, who have taken six points from their two
fixtures so far.
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