Manuel Almunia Blasts Arsenal Players For ‘Walking’ In Champions League Loss To Barcelona
Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia has taken a swipe at some of his team-mates for walking, and not running, during the last few minutes of the game against Barcelona.
The Gunners were knocked out of the Champions League by the Catalan club on Tuesday night, losing 3-1 at Camp Nou.
But had Arsene Wenger's men scored a second goal, it would have been the north London outfit that would have gone through to the quarter-finals of the tournament due to the away goals rule.
The Spanish shot-stopper is unhappy with some of his team-mates for not showing some urgency to get what would have been an all-important goal for the Gunners.
"Even at 3-1 we only needed one goal and you can’t understand how there can be players that were walking," Almunia said, according to The Times.
"With a bit more effort we could have caused them damage at the end.
"Barcelona bossed us and in the second half we had players that were not running. It seemed that everything was lost, but you can score a goal at any moment.
"So the only explanation I have is that we were so tired and the players couldn’t give any more. And being down to 10 men, well, it was double the effort."
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