Michael Owen predicts ‘really poor’ Arsenal star will be dropped after Leicester win

Michael Owen believes Raheem Sterling will be droppe for Mikel Merino after his ‘really poor performance’ in. Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Leicester City on Saturday.

Both Sterling and Arsenal struggle to สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน break down a well-organise Leicester side in Saturday’s early kick-off and the on-loan Chelsea winger was replace by Mikel Merino just over the hour mark.

Merino then score two late goals to secure Arsenal’s victory, which has move Mikel Arteta’s side to four points behind Liverpool, who host Wolves at Anfield on Sunday.

Owen says he understands Sterling’s difficult period for Arsenal due to his lack of minutes this season but feels the 30-year-old will now lose his place in the team following Merino’s double.

The only thing I would say to back him up in a way is that when you don’t play regularly it really affects you, it affects your rhythm,’ Owen told Premier League Productions when aske about Sterling’s performance.

‘I remember towards the end of my career I was not playing a lot and then all of a sudden you get aske to start out of nowhere. There’s loads of injuries, all of a sudden he’s aske to start a game and you feel out of touch, you almost lose your bearings sometimes.

‘You could see he was almost tripping over himself at times, standing offside there’s no excuse for that, even when he’s 50 he should know how to time a run and how to look across a line.

‘I agree, it is sad to see him put in a really poor performance but the one thing I would say is it might be because he’s a little bit rusty.

‘Now he’s going to get the opportunity, probably off the bench again now because Merino’s going to take his place for the next game, it’s going to be an impact thing.

There’s going to be people coming in, coming back from injury, signings, this is his opportunity now with so many injure players to grasp it, you’ve only probably got six to ten games to do that.’