{"id":7875,"date":"2025-02-15T13:31:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T14:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=7875"},"modified":"2025-02-15T15:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:01:57","slug":"ian-wright-blasts-unacceptable-arsenal-star-in-leicester-city-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/ian-wright-blasts-unacceptable-arsenal-star-in-leicester-city-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright blasts \u2018unacceptable\u2019 Arsenal star in Leicester City win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ian Wright was furious with Raheem Sterling in Arsenal’s win over Leicester (Premier League Productions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ian Wright<\/a> branded Raheem Sterling<\/a> ‘unacceptable’ for his performance in Arsenal<\/a>’s 2-0 win against Leicester City<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Two second-half goals from makeshift striker Mikel Merino sealed the victory for Mikel Arteta’s side, who are now four points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Arsenal struggled to trouble Leicester in the first half with Leandro Trossard fluffing a chance from close range, but Wright was furious with Sterling after he was caught offside on two occasions, despite being able to clearly see the Foxes’ defensive line.<\/p>\n

Sterling was replaced by Merino in the 69th minute and the Spanish midfielder put Arsenal in front with a header from Ethan Nwaneri’s cross before he wrapped up his side’s win with a neat finish from Trossard’s cross.<\/p>\n

‘I think Nwaneri has been exceptional in that front three,’ Wright told Premier League Productions during his half-time analysis.<\/p>\n

‘Raheem Sterling and Trossard\u2026 I think Trossard had a good chance, the kind of chance in a game with the forwards we’ve got you’ve got to do more with it, go to the basics in trying to get contact on it, he didn’t do that.<\/p>\n

‘I think Declan Rice had a header, maybe could’ve done better, we’re talking about nit-picking with Declan as a chance but in the main we’ve controlled the ball very well but there’s been some offside situations which, for me, are unacceptable at this level.<\/p>\n

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Raheem Sterling struggled to make an impact in Arsenal’s win over Leicester City (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘It’s not lacking awareness, we’re talking about an experienced player here, a top player, a Premier League-winning player, multiple times.<\/p>\n

‘Arsenal know these are opportunities, when you look along that line, Trossard running straight, you’ve got to be aware of where you are, obviously he’s not a striker, you’ve always got to try to find that last defender and see where he is.<\/p>\n

‘That is unacceptable, that one there [from Sterling]. Unacceptable, he’s on the line, he can see the whole line, he’s got space, you pull your hair out as a manager.’<\/p>\n

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Mikel Merino scored twice in the second half to seal Arsenal’s win (PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, Michael Owen added: ‘The first and last ones from Sterling are unacceptable.<\/p>\n

‘It’s hard enough to get into the final third of a game, to play the ball in a wide position where he’s on his own and maybe get a one-on-one, it happens a handful of times.<\/p>\n

‘You’re just standing there, you might as well get the ball and give it to the opposition, it’s so reckless, so poor.<\/p>\n

‘We can all run offside, you could time it wrong, a player could play it a second too late, because it’s split-second stuff, but to stand there and to look right across the line, you know the ball’s coming and to stand offside and kill an attack, it’s just unacceptable.<\/p>\n

‘It’s just basics, if a six, seven, eight-year-old child did that I’d be screaming at them, you just can’t do that, it’s one of the first things you learn.’<\/p>\n

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Ian Wright was furious with Raheem Sterling in Arsenal’s win over Leicester (Premier League Productions) Ian Wright branded Raheem Sterling ‘unacceptable’ for his performance in Arsenal’s 2-0 win against Leicester City on Saturday. Two second-half goals from makeshift striker Mikel Merino sealed the victory for Mikel Arteta’s side, who are now four points behind Premier…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7881,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875\/revisions\/7881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}