Merson: Skelly fell asleep in defence, but Carr s goal was brilliant

In the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League, Arsenal defeated Bayern 3-1 at home. After the game, former Arsenal and England midfielder Merson commented on Carr's goal on Sky Sports and criticized Skelly's poor defense.

Merson said: "Skelly fell asleep while defending. It was a long diagonal pass, transferring the ball to Gnabry, but before Skelly went to bed, the ball flew over his head. But this ball was so exciting! Gnabry ran The position was very good, he volleyed the ball directly in front of the goal, and Karl rushed up and smashed the ball into the net. "

In the 32nd minute, Kimmich sent a long pass from the backcourt, Gnabry crossed to the center, and 17-year-old Karl scored from behind!

"This is a phenomenal goal, brilliant. Karl created this opportunity completely out of thin air. This is like the way they have been scoring goals in the past 775 games!"

TNT Sports commentators Owen Hargreaves and Martin Keown did not criticize Arsenal's defense too much, but emphasized the "chaos" created by Kane's movement without the ball.

Former Bayern and England midfielder Hargreaves said when watching the slow motion in midfield: "Of course you can say that Karl performed very well, but look at Kane, he is the one who caused chaos. He dropped back a little bit, Gnabry pulled to the wing and delivered a wonderful pass with the first touch."

"But you look at Kane's position... It makes Saliba start to hesitate. He is thinking: 'Do I want to follow in?' But in fact, if he stayed in his position, he might have been able to prevent the cross. Gnabry's cross was very good, and the finishing of young Karl was also very good. But it was Kane's retreat that caused the chaos."

Former Arsenal defender Keown agreed with Hargreaves, and he added: "I think you are right, because then Saliba can get back to the position and defend the goal to a certain extent. 24 passes, Kane didn't even touch the ball, but his impact on this goal was huge."

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