{"id":288995,"date":"2023-09-25T19:03:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T19:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=288995"},"modified":"2023-09-25T19:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T19:03:57","slug":"ian-wright-left-frustrated-at-wasteful-arsenal-star-after-north-london-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/ian-wright-left-frustrated-at-wasteful-arsenal-star-after-north-london-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright left 'frustrated' at wasteful Arsenal star after north London derby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arsenal legend Ian Wright admits he was left \u2018frustrated\u2019 by Gabriel Jesus after the 2-2 north London derby draw against Tottenham on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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The Brazil international forward missed a key chance to put Arsenal 2-0 up as Spurs eventually battled back to secure a point at the Emirates.<\/p>\n
Arsenal\u2019s failure to convert big chances is becoming somewhat of a problem and Gary Neville has urged the north Londoners to sign a new striker.<\/p>\n
Wright now admits that he has similar concerns over Arsenal missing key chances and feels that Jesus \u2018cost\u2019 Arsenal this weekend.<\/p>\n
\u2018One of the worrying things has got to be the conversion of big chances,\u2019 he told The Kelly and Wrighty Show.<\/p>\n
\u2018You can feel it in the stadium when you miss a big chance. We\u2019re creating chances and not taking them. We can\u2019t afford to do that.<\/p>\n
\u2018You saw that chance Jesus missed. I found it strange as he did so much work to get in that position.<\/p>\n
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\u2018The goalkeeper was in no-man\u2019s land and he could have put the ball anywhere, he just needed composure in that moment, like Son Heung-Min had.<\/p>\n
\u2018I was thinking, \u2018Please just hit the target\u2019 \u2013 and he missed. You cannot do that at this level. <\/p>\n
\u2018If you\u2019re pressing Tottenham to the point where you win the ball in their area, and then miss the chances, then you won\u2019t win many games. It\u2019s a finish he should make.<\/p>\n
\u2018It makes me so frustrated. When you saw him go through against Man Utd, that was clinical finishing. So when you\u2019re pressing and get yourself in a situation where you have done the hard work [against Spurs], where is that mindset?<\/p>\n
\u2018You need a striker\u2019s mentality. With everything at his mercy, he just blasted it. It really makes me wonder why he did that. I was very suprised.<\/p>\n
\u2018I was not expecting him to miss the whole target. When he missed it you think, \u2018That\u2019s going to cost us\u2019 \u2013 because if we went 2-0 up in that game, we\u2019d have seen something very different.\u2019<\/p>\n