Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown believes Gunners coach Mikel Arteta will be criticized if he celebrates with a knee slip like Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi did at Emirates Sunday.
Second-half goals from Julio Enciso, Dennis Undav and Pervis Estupinan gave the Seagulls a famous 3-0 away win but ended Arsenal's hopes of lifting the Premier League trophy at home by end of the season.
Two matches since the end, the North London team is currently four points behind Manchester City, the team has a match in hand.
As for Brighton, De Zerbi's men are sixth with at least one game less than the surrounding teams when they first look for a place in the European Cup.
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However, while celebrating the team's impressive win, the Italian coach celebrated a knee slip on the pitch that Keown said did not attract much attention as Brighton were "the second team to win the competition". favorite in the world".
Speaking on talkSPORT, the England international commented that if Arteta did the same there would be an outcry given the frequency with which the Spaniard's antics on the touchline have been criticized this term. . "Honestly, I think if Arteta did this on the sidelines, we'd never hear the end of it," said the former Arsenal man. "But does De Zerbi do it well? I like that kind of emotion.
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"I would say, because Brighton are harmless, because they are everyone's second favorite team, you turn a blind eye. But if the Arsenal manager suddenly does it, that's a problem. subject."
However, talkSPORT expert Simon Jordan disagreed with Keown, calling his views "trash", saying:
"If you go to Manchester City and beat Man City at the Etihad and your coach gets on his knees, nobody will say anything. "If you go to Southampton and do that, they're like, 'What are you talking about?'"
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Keown then pointed out:
"As a goalscorer, you take off your shirt and get a yellow card. Do you think if the coach came on, he didn't just do it on the touchline, he did it on the pitch, right? Isn't that an automatic yellow card?"
Arsenal have taken second place in the Premier League and will play Champions League football for the first time since the 2016/17 campaign next season. With eight points ahead of the international break, however, there's certainly a sense that the season could have delivered more.
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