"For me": Gary Neville claims Arsenal's £19m man has been unfairly criticised

Gary Neville thinks that Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno has come in from some unfair criticism, following his performance at the weekend. Gunners played a 1 - 1 draw with Burnley, with Granit Xhaka making a number of errors, that also affected Leno's performance on Saturday. However, Neville feels the keeper should have not been under pressure. “I think ultimately goalkeepers play better than some outfield players would have done 20 years ago,” he said on his self-titled podcast. “The game has changed and it should change. We should welcome these changes. “Gone are the days now where I sit on Monday Night Football and would criticise Xhaka. I would criticise him for the execution, but not for the principle. “For me what we are seeing is that this is normality – that players are going to play out from their own box, but the execution was wrong. “The idea that he was given a bad pass by his goalkeeper, I don’t go along with that. That pass was expected to be given, they’re coached to give that pass there. Xhaka just gets it wrong.”

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