‘What are you doing?’ – Frank Leboeuf slams Chelsea star and Arsenal signing | Football
Frank Leboeuf criticised Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez and branded Arsenal summer signing Eberechi Eze a ‘passenger’ after the Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal continued their title charge and dented Chelsea’s Champions League hopes with a 2-1 derby win in north London on Sunday.
Chelsea started to take control of the match after Piero Hincapie’s own goal cancelled out William Saliba’s early opener.
But Arsenal scored from yet another corner – Jurrien Timber the goalscorer after Sanchez misread the flight of the ball – before the visitors were reduced to ten men, Pedro Neto becoming the ninth Chelsea player to see red this season.
The narrow win saw Arsenal restore their five-point lead over title rivals Manchester City and Chelsea slip to sixth in the Premier League, six points outside the top-four places.
While Arsenal secured three more vital points for their title charge, Leboeufwas underwhelmed by the hosts’ performance and said Mikel Arteta should be ‘worried’ by their lack of threat in the final third.
The French World Cup winner was particularly disappointed with Eze, describing him as a ‘real passenger’ who should have been subbed off by Arteta.
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Eze starred in last weekend’s north London derby win over Tottenham but has largely flattered to deceive for the league leaders following his £67.5m move from Crystal Palace last summer.
‘If I may, there’s been a discussion about Martin Odegaard or Eberechi Eze,’ Leboeuf said on ESPN. ‘Odegaard obviously wasn’t available against Chelsea but where was Eze?
‘He was a real passenger. We know he can be so influential in the game but it’s like he’s not even trying to do anything.
‘He was drawn to the tactics of Chelsea, we didn’t see anything from him. I don’t know why he stayed so long on the pitch when you have other options like [Gabriel] Martinelli who maybe should have came on earlier.
‘Arsenal should be worried about how they play offensively but also defensively because even when it was ten vs eleven Chelsea had chances.
‘Something has to be done because without David Raya it would have been a different story for Arsenal.’
Turning his attentions to Chelsea, Leboeuf criticised Sanchez and urged Stamford Bridge boss Liam Rosenior to instruct the goalkeeper to stop trying to play out from the back.
Sanchez nearly got caught multiple times doing so against Arsenal while he was criticised for the part he played in Timber’s second-half winner.
‘We have to talk about Robert Sanchez,’ said Leboeuf, who won two FA Cup trophies at Chelsea.
‘He’s a very good goalkeeper and made some good saves today but we have to stop telling him that he’s capable of playing out from the back.
‘He’s bad from his feet, he scares everybody. I was jumping every time he got the ball because he’s a danger.
‘Liam Rosenior should tell him to stop being so easy-going on the ball because he doesn’t know what he’s doing on the ball.
‘I was very upset with that. You could see the difference between Robert Sanchez and David Raya, it was huge.’
Title favourites Arsenal and Club World Cup holders Chelsea both return to Premier League action on Wednesday, with the Gunners visiting Brighton and the Blues travelling to Aston Villa.
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