​Arsenal boss Keown fumes after Slavia Prague draw: Someone punch them in the face!

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9 Apr 2021 • 1:12 PM MYT
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Arsenal legend Martin Keown was furious after the team threw away a first leg advantage against Slavia Prague in the Europa League.

The Gunners were 1-0 up thanks to Nicolas Pepe going into the latter stages of the game, but conceded a last minute injury time equaliser through Tomas Holes.

Slavia now have an away goal to take into the second leg, and will know that a 0-0 draw would send them through to the semi finals.

"For me it was about Arsenal tonight and the way they played. By sitting off they chose the wrong tactics," Keown told BT Sport.

"There was an opportunity to take the initiative and ask questions, can you play? But they were allowed to settle and build from the back.

"In the first-half it became nervy and they weren't the team we saw just a few weeks ago against West Ham for instance. It seems like Arsenal are not proactive in games, they need someone to slap them or punch them in the face before they wake up and start to play.

"He (Arteta) did it in the second-half with the substitutions but they couldn't see it through."