'They didn’t do anything' - Roy Keane criticizes Mikel Arteta's 'Park the Bus' tactics

Roy Keane likened Arsenal's performance versus Manchester City to that of "dinosaurs" in the game of football. During Sunday's match, the Gunners came within a few seconds of winning inside the Etihad Stadium for the first time since 2015. Erling Haaland's first goal was cancelled out by goals from Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel Magalhaes, putting Arsenal within three points of victory until John Stones' late equalizer.

In order to thwart City, Mikel Arteta's team depended on their formidable defense, but once Leandro Trossard had been sent off at the conclusion of the first half, their strategy became much more challenging. Up until a last-minute goal by the defending champions, the Gunners still appeared to have prevailed. But after losing a man, Arsenal's emphasis on defense meant that the Gunners posed no threat offensively.

The former midfielder and Sky Sports pundit said, “If Tony Pulis, Sam Allardyce, Steve Bruce or Neil Warnock set up a team like that [Arsenal at Manchester City] for the second half, they are ‘dinosaurs’,” Keane said on the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet. “When Arsenal do it, it’s called ‘brilliant’, it’s ‘concentration levels’.

“Martin Odegaard is a massive loss to Arsenal” : Roy Keane

The former Manchester United captain added, “When they won the ball back, which they did every now and again, try and look after it and try and get up the pitch. There was an incident when [Ben] White just kicked it out of play, [Declan] Rice a couple of times, just kicked it up the pitch. This is Arsenal we’re talking about – not a Championship team in the FA Cup – that’s hanging in there.

Roy Keane concluded by saying that, “They got a clean sheet last year, so they can get results. I’ve got nothing wrong with them defending and going deep, but when they got it, they didn’t do anything. Martin Odegaard is a massive loss to Arsenal.”