Bruno Fernandes: Mikel Arteta attributes ‘Smart’ Man Utd Captain for a free hook because Gary Neville says Wall ‘too far back’ | Football news
Mikel Arththa refused to criticize Anthony Taylor, which was too far away by Arsenal’s defensive wall because of the free kick by Bruno Fernandes in their draw 1-1, but said that Captain Manchester United was “smarter” than the judge in exploiting the advantage in his fine strike.
The broadcasting technology revealed that Taylor marched the defense line of Arsenal 11.2 meters backwards, further than the minimum 10 meters needed in the laws of the game, before Fernandes knocked a dead ball inside near the post, just before halftime.
“At the end of the day, the judge pushes them too far, which is a mistake, but you would usually feel that you are too far away and move forward,” Gary Neville said to Gary Neville Podcast.
“They didn’t do this and end that Bruno Fernandes has the opportunity to play over the wall.”
The United Captain Technique was top -notch but like Neville, Great Sunday Officers questioned whether his goal would be possible if Arsenal’s five -player wall was closer.
Artea refused to attract the incident, only congratulated Fernandes, which made the most of the advantage.
“He was smart and took advantage of, it’s football,” he said Sky Sports. “He was smarter than ref. That’s okay, they let him do it.”
The player of the match of Declan Rice, who equalized Arsenal’s equalizer after halftime, took the blame for the goal on himself and the other members of the Gunners wall, although he also thought he had pushed it too far.
“It felt like a few of us jumped and some of us were not, but I didn’t see him back,” he said Sky Sports. “It felt like the ball flew over us at a fairly low height, so we could do much better from the perspective of the wall.
“The wall felt far back. Even on our free kick when Martin [Odegaard] They took, they felt far away, more than usual. But the judge makes that decision. “
After halftime, another free kick by Martin Odegaard was lined up when Taylor seemed to cross 10 meters again when he marked a place where he could stand by the defensive wall of the Man UTD.
As Neville suggested that Arsenal should do, Noussair Mazraoui tested Taylor at a distance, while the wall himself moved forward before Odegaard’s strike – and did his job when his effort refused safely.
Said Manchester United chief coach Ruben Amorim Sky Sports He noticed problems with both free kicks, but had no intention of helping Arsenal in front of Fernandes’ opener.
He said:: “It was clear, both free kicks. So, when it’s a free kick, you don’t say anything. When it’s an opponent, you try to push it because it’s a big difference.
“It was fair, one for us, one for them. We had Bruno and he solved the problem.”
Man UTD midfielder Christian Eriksen, who scored eight free kicks of the Premier League, explained after the match a significant difference, even 1.2 Jarda, would further make an expert on a dead ball.
“It makes a very big difference,” he said Sky Sports. “When the ball is over the wall, you do not need to hit it so high – you go down to the statistics and how far they are and how many meters and how they jump. So it is easier to give Bruno a little more space to put it over the wall.
“It was very good. It helped that the wall was about 15 meters away, so it was perfect for him to put him.
“I saw that early [that the wall was a fair way back]. Even before the blow, you could see how far they were, and it was the same when they had it in the second half – obviously we got a little angry with the ref [at that point] Because he put us so far after we saw that Bruno had scored.
“But I think it was useful to us.”
