Manuel Almunia blasts Arsenal players for ‘walking’ in Champions League loss to BarcelonaArsenal 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 the Nou Camp.
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."
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2914/champions-league/2011/03/10/2387779/manuel-almunia-blasts-arsenal-players-for-walking-in艾蒙尼亞：負巴塞因有隊友偷懶艾蒙尼亞認為人人多走一步，或者可以拿到不同的賽果……
阿仙奴門將艾蒙尼亞表示，日前負於巴塞隆拿一戰中，場上部份隊友不夠努力，最終導致球隊被淘汰。
周二阿仙奴帶著首回合2-1的優勢作客魯營球場，可惜最終3-1落敗無緣八強。外界將阿仙奴落敗的原因歸咎於雲佩斯的紅牌，不過本場比賽有出色發揮的艾蒙尼亞認為，球隊告負的根本原因是隊友不夠努力。
艾蒙尼亞接受《泰晤士報》採訪時表示：「儘管我們當時1-3落後，但只要再攻入一球，晉級的就是我們了，我真的很難理解爲什麽有些隊友只在場上行行企企。如果我們再努力一點，或者可以最後絕殺他們。」
此外艾蒙尼亞認為，或者是賽程太密集以致球員身體過於疲憊，才會出現上述情況。
「下半場巴塞隆拿統治了比賽，因為我們有些球員根本就不願奔跑。雖然我們看起來場面很被動，但我們只需要取得一個入球就能晉級。」
「唯一可以解釋的就是球員身體太累了，特別在10人應戰的情況下，你需要付出雙倍努力。」（Goal.com）
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