THIERRY HENRY has blamed Declan Rice for inflicting Bayern Munich’s equaliser towards Arsenal.
The Gunners have been held to a 2-2 draw of their Champions League quarter-final first leg on the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.
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Bukayo Saka had given the hosts the lead earlier than former Gunner Serge Gnabry levelled the tie.
The German winger fired previous David Raya after being performed by way of by Leon Goretzka.
Nevertheless, Bayern have been gifted the ball within the Arsenal half after a poor go.
Arsenal legend Henry has instructed that Rice’s positioning was not adequate.
He claimed that the midfielder ought to have been in a position to minimize out the go from Leroy Sane that discovered Goretzka earlier than the purpose.
He advised CBS Sports activities: “The purpose of Gnabry and what Declan Rice ought to have carried out at that exact second, since you’re the police officer and a mistake occurred, you need to rectify it.
“Most of the time he does it, however he didn’t do it tonight.
“We discuss in regards to the goalkeeper coming, we discuss in regards to the again go, however have a look at the gap between the 2 centre-backs, and I do know at that exact second it doesn’t seem like that you just’re going to be in bother.
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“At that second, you can not make the three steps he’s going to make.
“Leroy Sane wasn’t born yesterday, you make these three steps, Goretzka sees it and runs in behind as a result of have a look at the hole between Gabriel and Saliba, and you’ve got a person [Gnabry] operating.
“If he [Rice] stays and sees the blokes all in entrance of him, nothing occurs.
“However as , if you lose the ball, you are likely to need to go [to close down] as a result of he thought it was going to be a brief go.
“However he’s [Sane] intelligent, he’s [Goretzka] intelligent, and on that one you aren’t.”
Arsenal then fell behind within the match as former Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane slotted house from a penalty.
Leandro Trossard equalised within the second half as the sport completed 2-2 on the night time.
There was extra drama as Saka felt he ought to have had a penalty within the final seconds.
Whereas Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel believes that his facet ought to have had one other spot-kick after Gabriel Magalhaes dealt with the ball.
