EPL: David Seaman reveals Arsenal player he felt sorry for during 2-0 loss to Man City
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- Aug 13, 2018
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Arsenal legend, David Seaman has said that he “felt sorry” for the club’s young defender, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, during Sunday’s defeat to Manchester City.
Manchester City defeated the Gunners 2-0 at the Emirate Stadium on Saturday to pick up from where they stopped last season.
Goals from Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva either side of half-time was enough to see the Unai Emery men off.
The 20-year-old Maitland-Niles started the Premier League opener at left back and was given a rough time by Manchester City summer signing Riyad Mahrez and England star Kyle Walker.
His afternoon was then cut short before the break as he limped off with an injury, replaced by experienced Swiss star Stephan Lichtsteiner who joined from Juventus in the summer.
Seaman, who won two Premier League titles with Arsenal, noted that he “felt sorry” for Maitland-Niles as he did not receive sufficient support from his Arsenal team-mates.
“I think we saw a lot of the same old Arsenal from last season,” the legendary goalkeeper told talkSPORT.
“We saw them a little bit disorganised at the back, I felt sorry for Maitland-Niles, he got isolated too much.
“You’ve got Mahrez and Walker attacking him for fun and he didn’t really get backed up by any other defenders.
“The worrying thing was the game management.
“Sometimes I feel like both full backs [were] really pushing on and that wouldn’t have happened in the old days. One of them would push on and the other one would drop back.
“It was a bit worrying as to why people weren’t talking during the game. Just that game management was a little bit worrying.”
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