Arsenal legend Martin Keown has some concerns about the decision making of manager Mikel Arteta.
The Gunners have endured a miserable start to the 2020-2021 season.
While they are in the Europa League knockouts, they are out of the Carabao Cup and find themselves in the bottom half of the Premier League table.
The Gunners lost 4-1 to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup quarter finals on Tuesday.
Keown told talkSPORT: “It’s turned into a crisis and the manager has joined in with really unusual decisions.
“He played the young kid [Runarsson] last night, no-one likes to see that [the mistakes], but I don’t believe his performance was a surprise.
“If Leno gets injured, having allowed Martinez to leave, they’ve left themselves wide open from the goalkeeping point of view.
“Just keep it simple! Martinez was outstanding last season.
“It’s looking at decisions in key moments, Partey coming back after a few days’ training and now he’s out for months.
“The support base around the manager has got to help him when it comes to every single decision.
“I was screaming at the telly last night – Martinelli, a fantastic talent, down injured for five minutes before half-time.
“Don’t bring him back out, please don’t bring him out… he comes back out and lasts about two minutes. Make the right decisions!
“He’s under massive pressure at the moment.”
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