Keown: Arshavin to blame for leaky defence - 阿森納兵工廠足球俱樂部 Arsenal Football Club

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Andrey-Arshavin-to-blame-for-Arsenal-
s-leaky-defence-says-Martin-Keown-article656847.html
［http://tinyurl.com/2c5922n］

Arshavin to blame for Gunners' leaky defence, says Keown
Published 23:00 24/12/10 By Tusdiq Din

Martin Keown has highlighted the biggest problem with Arsenal’s leaky
defence – winger Andriy Arshavin.

Keown was part of the famous Arsenal Back Four in the days when the Gunners
had the meanest defence in football.

But he has hit out at critics who consistently blame the current defence of
Clichy, Squillaci, Koscielny and Sagna for Arsenal’s frustrating season.

The Gunners remain in contention for the title ahead of today’s crucial
clash against Chelsea at the Emirates but have kept only four clean sheets in
the league all season and have been unable to show the kind of consistency
required to be potential champions.

However Keown believes it’s time to look beyond the back four for the answer
to their problems.

He said: “There’s lots of talk about the back four but I think they need to
be a bit more demanding of the people that play in front of them and
certainly those in wide positions.

“I think the wide players can do more to help, and our attitude used to be
the more they do in front of us, the less we do.

“It’s ok wanting to play with the ball, but you have to play without it.
You need to defend as a team.”

Keown, who played over 300 games for Arsenal, winning three Premiership
titles and three FA Cups under Arsene Wenger was also a member of the 2004 “
Invincibles” side that went an entire league season without defeat.

And he believes that Arshavin in particular must improve his workrate if
Arsenal want to get back to those kind of levels. “He’s one of the biggest
culprits really in terms of switching off when the ball goes out of play,”
said Keown.

“I think had he been playing in our team, someone would’ve had a word in
his ear and said ‘Listen, fantastic what your doing in possession, we know
they’re your strengths, but you have to work for the team as well.’

“It’s a balancing act. We had Marc Overmars who was equally gifted - maybe
even more gifted - when going forward with incredible pace and wasn’t overly
keen to defend, but he would have to have to put his stint in for the side.
You have got to put a shift in.

“These days if you compare Arsenal to the likes of Barcelona, you simply can
’t accuse Iniesta or Xavi of not working hard enough when they’re out of
possession. I think that if they can do it, then anyone can do it.

“You win together, you lose together. The full backs are able to attack with
great venom and great energy, so why can’t the wide players defend with the
same energy?

“It’ abouts a willingness to work for one another. You can’t carry any
passengers and I just think one or two of them could do a bit more when they’
re not in possession. “

Keown describes the current Arsenal defence as a ‘work in progress’ but
having worked closely with Wenger, he thinks the Gunners boss will not panic
buy in January and sees no reason why they cannot challenge for the title
without making big-name signings.

“Arsene can see whatever we can see, don’t worry about that – in fact he’
s normally one step ahead. He’s given these players an opportunity, so he’s
got to believe in them and he’s got to bring the best out of them. He does
that by trusting them 100per cent and not questioning what they do.

“I think if anything he may buy in the summer. You’re not really certain of
what you’re getting in January and clubs tend to panic buy. Arsenal is very
measured in his transfer policy.

“I still believe this Arsenal team can win the title; of course they can.
They’re in the hunt. You know I saw Chelsea play recently and in all honesty
they had a lot of problems in their side. People weren’t willing to work for
one another and they had lost their direction and desire. So it’s all there
for the taking – if only the whole team can work together.”



http://bbs.arsenal.com.cn/thread-294358-1-1.html
【鏡報】基翁認為，阿森納防守不力阿爾沙文有責任
鏡報 2010年12月24日報導
新聞來源：http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/ ... -article656847.html
綜合編譯：馬爾可夫鏈蒙特卡羅（阿森納中國網新聞翻譯小組）
版權聲明：轉載請註明出自阿森納中國網 www.arsenal.com.cn


馬丁.基翁點明了阿森納漏洞不少的防守的最大問題－－阿爾沙文。

基翁是阿森納著名的後防四老之一，那時阿森納有最難攻克的防線。

但是他批評了那些總是指責後衛的批評家，他們認為克里希、斯奎拉奇、科斯切爾尼和薩
尼亞要為阿森納令人失望的賽季負責。

在對切爾西的關鍵比賽之前，阿森納仍然在對冠軍的爭奪中，但是本賽季在聯賽只保持了
四次不失球，沒有表現出冠軍應有的那種穩定性。

但是基翁相信，現在是時候把眼光放到後防四名球員之外，來尋找問題的答案。

基翁說：「有很多關於四名後衛的評論，但是我認為他們應該對自己身前的人有更多的要
求，當然包括那些邊路球員。」

「我認為邊路球員可以做更多的事情來幫忙，以前我們的態度是，他們做的越多，我們要
做的就越少。」

「喜歡拿球沒問題，但是沒球時你也得工作。必需要作為一個團隊來防守。」

基翁為阿森納踢了超過300場比賽，在溫格的帶領下三次贏得英超和三次贏得足總杯，也
是2004年不敗之師的一員。

他認為，阿爾沙文尤其需要提高努力程度，如果阿森納想要恢復到以前的水平的話。「在
球隊不控球時熄火，阿爾沙文是最有過錯的球員之一。」

「我覺得，如果他效力以前的阿森納，有人會湊近告訴他：『聽著，你控球時候很棒，我
們知道這是你的強項，但是你也得為球隊賣力才行。』」基翁說。

「這有關平衡。那時我們有奧維馬斯，他也一樣有天賦－－甚至天賦還更高，可以在進攻
時候踢出難以置信的速度，也不太喜歡防守，但是他也不得不為球隊的防守貢獻自己的力
量。」

「目前，如果你把阿森納和巴塞羅那對比，你不可能指責伊涅斯塔和哈維在沒有控球權時
不夠努力。我覺得，如果他們能做到，那麼任何人都可以。」

「球隊一起贏球，一起輸球。邊後衛可以帶著激情和能量去進攻，那麼為什麼邊鋒不能以
同樣的熱情去防守？」

基翁形容現在的阿森納防守是「未完工」，但是在和溫格緊密共事之後，他認為溫格不會
在一月驚慌地買人，他不認為阿森納一月沒有大手筆簽約就不能去爭奪冠軍。

「溫格可以看到我們看到的問題，不要擔心這個－－實際上他通常都比我們早察覺。他給
這些球員一個機會，因此他必需要相信他們，發揮他們最大的潛力。他的做法是給他們
100％的信任，不去質疑他們所做的事情。」

「我覺得，如果有調整的話，他可能在夏天買人。在一月你很難確定簽下球員的質量，俱
樂部通常都是在恐慌中買人。溫格在轉會政策上很有尺度。」

「我仍然相信這支阿森納可以贏得冠軍，他們當然有能力，他們在冠軍的爭奪中。要知道
，最近我看切爾西踢球，老實說他們有很多問題。球員不願意為彼此而拚搏，他們失去了
方向和動力。因此，冠軍獎盃就在那裡－－只要整個球隊一起努力的話。」

（阿森納中國網）



--