Arsenal dropped points once again away from home this time losing 1-0 to Sheffield United and after the match, the Gunners were on the receiving end of some sarcastic comments from Patrice Evra.
Patrice Evra has been in many a battle for Man United against the Gunners said after the match that the Arsenal players still behave like babies on the pitch.
“Sheffield United deserved the win, but I’m not surprised about Arsenal,” he told Monday Night Football.
“I used to call them ‘my babies’ 10 years ago, and they are still when I look at them and think they are ‘my babies’… that’s the truth – I’m not being disrespectful when I say that.
“They look pretty, but they don’t look like a winning team. They like playing good football, but I was so happy to play against them because I knew I was going to win.
“Even when Robin van Persie came, and on the first day I shook his hand, and I said, ‘welcome to a man’s club’. At the beginning, he was upset, but after one month he said, ‘you were completely right, Patrice’.
“I just don’t see any leadership. I don’t see any character or any personality. They look weak mentally.
“They have big players in David Luiz, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, but there has been something missing for a few years now.
“Matteo Guendouzi was playing in midfield, but before he was playing in the French second league and he was not even playing regularly – and he’s the best player in this team.
“I respect Aubameyang and Lacazette, but if those two guys don’t score, they’re in trouble, and nothing changes. I’m like, ‘where is Arsene?’ It is the same.”
And while these comments from Patrice Evra has received a lot of support but Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka has come out to slam the Man United legend.
Xhaka said[as reported by Sky Sports]: “We have to stop about mental [strength] bulls*** like this. For me, it is the same whether you play home or away – you have to win and show big character and a good game and not to always find the same excuse.
“A lot of people they speak too much. It is not the first time he has spoken something about us.
“I have a lot of respect for him as he was a great player but you have to be careful what you say. But it is not only him – a lot of people speak a lot of bulls*** about us. It’s always the same.
“For me it is strange as they were in the same situation as us, they were players as well. Sometimes it is good and sometimes it is not always good but every week they speak bulls*** like this every week.
“I tell you the honest truth, I’m not interested in what people say and speak. We have to speak in our group to improve things and work hard and not listen to these people.”
