{"id":3740,"date":"2024-04-16T20:56:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2024-04-16T20:56:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:56:21","slug":"paul-merson-aims-dig-at-nine-arsenal-stars-including-emile-smith-rowe-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=3740","title":{"rendered":"Paul Merson aims dig at nine Arsenal stars including Emile Smith Rowe | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<p><img decoding=\"sync\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147806212.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=644%2C429\" alt=\"Emile Smith Rowe and Takehiro Tomiyasu in action for Arsenal against Aston Villa\" class=\"wp-image-20661043\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>Emile Smith Rowe and Takehiro Tomiyasu came on in the second half (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paul Merson has aimed a dig at Arsenal\u2019s entire bench following Sunday\u2019s 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa as his old club suffered a major blow to their title hopes.<\/p>\n<p>Merson was left furious with Arsenal after the result and declared their Premier League title chances as \u2018100 per cent gone\u2019 as he took aim at Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>He also slammed Arsenal defender Ben White for \u2018jumping out of tackles\u2019 against Unai Emery\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Merson has now decided to target Arsenal\u2019s substitutes, suggesting that none of them were good enough to come on and change the game.<\/p>\n<p>Takehiro Tomiyasu and Gabriel Martinelli entered the pitch after 67 minutes, replacing White and Leandro Trossard respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta then decided to bring on Emile Smith Rowe and Jorginho with just under 10 minutes left, as they came in for Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Oleksandr Zinchenko was the last player to be replaced in the 87th minute as Arteta threw on Eddie Nketiah after Villa\u2019s two late goals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2148538670.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=540%2C400\" alt=\"Fabio Vieira pictured during an Arsenal FC Training Session\" class=\"wp-image-20661051\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>Fabio Vieira was one of Arsenal\u2019s four unused substitutes on Sunday (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thomas Partey, Jakub Kiwior, Fabio Vieira and goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale were also on the bench but were unused.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Look at the bench,\u2019 Merson told Sky Sports on Tuesday. \u2018There is nothing worse when it\u2019s not going well and you look at the bench thinking, \u2018I\u2019ve not got much here\u2019 \u2013 you can\u2019t change it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Usually, there is Trossard to come on or Jesus to come on. Now he\u2019s got nothing. It\u2019s no disrespect to the other [players] but they\u2019re not proven substitutes. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"post-strip trending-post-strip\" data-nosnippet=\"\" data-vars-type=\"trending-post-strip\" data-track-module=\"trending-post-strip_article\">\n<h3 class=\"zopo-more\">More Trending<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>Read More Stories<\/aside>\n<p>\u2018Trossard changes football matches. Jesus, if you\u2019re a centre-half you think, \u2018Oh no, not him coming on\u2019 \u2013 they\u2019re proven substitutes.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Merson still cannot get over Sunday\u2019s disastrous result as he added: \u2018They\u2019ve been so consistent Arsenal and then all of a sudden, they go and do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I didn\u2019t like the team [Mikel Arteta] played. I called it on Sunday. Keep the same team. 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