In a week, in the most important confrontation, the Gunners will have to do without their strongest defender, but the Ukrainian will have time to get back into shape after injury
Former winger Arsenal’s Theo Walcott gave recommendations to the head coach of the Gunners Mikel Artetahow to compensate for the absence of a disqualified William Saliba in the center of defense in the upcoming battle with Liverpool. The Englishman believes that this can be done with the help of a Ukrainian Alexandra Zinchenko.
“I would probably move Calafiori [слева в центр]. The thing is that I would be concerned about Salah’s pace, especially since Calafiori is not the fastest, let’s put it that way. It would be possible to attract Zinchenko’s experience for reinforcement. We need a more talkative person who knows how to play in such matches.”
Let us remind you that yesterday Arsenal suffered their first defeat of the season, sensationally losing away to Bournemouth (0:2). The Gunners were left with ten men in the first half of the match after William Salib was sent off. Bournemouth scored two goals in the second half.
Ukrainian Ilya Zabarny played the entire match for Vishen. Zinchenko spent the match on the bench – the Ukrainian last appeared on the field on September 10 for the national team in the 2024/25 Nations League match against the Czech Republic (2:3).
For Arsenal, this defeat was the first this season – with 17 points, they are third in the Premier League.
Saliba didn’t just let the team down in the reporting match. Now the leader of the Gunners’ defense is guaranteed to miss the next round match against the current leader of the Premier League – Liverpool, which will take place in London on October 27. And before that, the Gunners will have a Champions League match against Shakhtar, which will take place at the Emirates on October 22.
Source: Sportarena
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