Martin Keown blasts Arsenal stand-in goalkeeper Matt Turner for ‘killing EVERYBODY’

Martin Keown has criticized Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner after his hesitation from a corner led to Sporting’s equalizer in the Gunners’ Europa League clash.

The former Arsenal defender was watching the game at the Sport studio and accused the American of killing his defense with his decision-making, after failing to dominate his box and allowing Sporting to get back into the game.

Keown said: ‘He’s really killed everyone, because he started cumming and then he doesn’t. But Kiwior also has to do a little more than that.

However, what I will say if I play regularly with this goalkeeper is that I will have to go and run things. I really can’t trust him. There he has come and he has won it and he has been dominant and he has not.’

The night had started positively for Mikel Arteta’s men, when William Saliba opened the scoring for the Gunners in the 22nd minute.

Martin Keown believes Turner ‘killed’ his team by not coming for the ball and allowing Sporting to equalize

However, ten minutes before the break, Sporting took a corner and Goncalo Inácio was free to head in the equalizer for the locals.

Much of the blame for the goal fell on the shoulders of Arsenal’s substitute goalkeeper, who was unable to come to claim the ball, and Keown’s criticism was backed up by pundit Rachel Brown-Finnis, who supported the 28-year-old. old.

‘He doesn’t dominate his area.’ Said the former England goalkeeper.

‘You know it’s going to be a swinger, so you have to be a little flat with your line. He’s not ready, so he’s moving, and therefore if you move, you can’t make up your mind and go for it, you have to order it.

He’s three yards away, he has to make contact, he has to hit the player. It’s inarguable, which doesn’t help Matt Turner, but the fact that Kiwior doesn’t do anything, almost shrugs, that to me indicates that he’s had a scream, but you’ve got to come and pick that up.

He has to use his arm and he has to use his punch and dominate his baseline. To me, he hasn’t installed any confidence in his back line, Matt Turner.

Matt Turner has only played six times for Arsenal this season, with four in the Europa League.

Turner’s night almost went from bad to worse later in the first half when he was shut down by Marcus Edwards, which almost resulted in another chance for the Portuguese team. Something that Brown-Finnis attributes to his lack of playing time and poor decision making.

“It looks like Turner is nervous, he certainly doesn’t have confidence and he seems to be out of practice.” Brown-Finnis added.

All goalkeeper mistakes are bad decisions or bad technique. His decision making is slow and in a game of this magnitude with no first team football since January, Matt Turner is not ready in that decision making department.

Turner has played just six times this season, four of which have been in the Europa League.