Paul Merson yana ganin cewa rashin nasara da Brighton & Hove Albion ya bar alama mai dorewa a kan Arsenal — kuma lalacewar tunani za ganuwa lokacin da suka fuskanci Bayern Munich a UEFA Champions League ranar Laraba.

A cikin rubutunsa na Sky Sports, Merson ya ce Arsenal sun watsar da ƙwallon hare-hare mai ɗaukar rai da suka nuna a farkon kakar wasan, suka koma tsarin tsaro na saba. Ya ce: "Rashin nasara da Brighton ya tsoratar da su. Sun koma hanyarsu ta dā — kar a karɓi kwal, samar da dama guda ɗaya, idan ta zo a kama ta."

Nasara da ba ta burge kowa ba

Nasarar Arsenal da kyar da Nottingham Forest ba ta rage damuwar Merson ba. Ya kwatanta wasan a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun wasannin da ba su yi barazana ba duk da iko akan ƙwallon, yana nuni da cewa Forest kawai ya zauna mai zurfi ya jira Arsenal ya karye shi — amma Arsenal bai iya yi ba.

"Ban taɓa ganin ƙungiyar da take da ƙwallon da yawa ba tare da ta nuna barazana ba," in ji Merson. "Ƙungiyoyin Arsene Wenger da za su yi fintinkau 30 tare da irin wannan iko. Forest ya zauna ya jira a ci gaba da shi kuma Arsenal bai iya ba."

Merson ya gano matsala ta tsari: fukafukan ƙungiyar ba su wuce masu tsaron su ba, babu motsi a bayan ƙwallon, kuma babu mai riƙe da ƙwallon yadda ya kamata. Ya nuna cewa sauran ƙungiyoyi sun riga sun gano tsarin wasan da za a yi da Arsenal — zauna a baya, kasance mai ƙarfi, a jira.

Arsenal ba za su damu da Bayern ba

Yana kallon wasan Champions League da ke tafe, Merson ya kasance mai sauƙi. Bai ga yadda Arsenal za su iya ci gaba fiye da Bayern Munich a wasan buɗaɗɗe ba, kuma yana ganin Bayern za su buɗe wasan suna dogaro da ikon hare-haren su.

Ya yi tambaya ko Kai Havertz yana ɗauke da tsoron da ake bukata a matakin koli na Turai. "Lokacin da matsakaitan tsaron Bayern suka je barci, shin suna farkawa suna damuwa game da Havertz?" ya tambaya Merson. Ya kuma bayyana shakku game da Viktor Gyokeres a matsayin mai yanke hukunci a mataki mafi girma, yana jaddada cewa ingancin X-factor — irin wanda ke yanke duel a Champions League — ba a gani a cikin wannan tawagar Arsenal.

Duk da damuwarsa game da kofin, Merson ya ci gaba da imani cewa Arsenal suna ci gaba da zama mafi yiwuwar lashe lakabi a Premier League, musamman saboda tsarin tsaro nasu. Ya ce Arsenal yawanci yana bukata kwal ɗaya kawai don lashe, yayin da Manchester City galibi yana bukata ya wuce abokan hamayya ta kwal.

Daidaitawar Eze a ƙarƙashin haskoki

An fitar da Eberechi Eze a hutu da Forest ya sa Merson yi tambaya ko ɗan wasan zai iya daidaitawa da bukatun kulob ɗin kamar Arsenal. Merson ya yi kwatancen da ke ƙarfi tsakanin rawar Eze a Crystal Palace — inda duk wasan hare-haren ƙungiyar ya ta'allaka da shi — da yanayin kerawa mai cunkoso a Arsenal, inda Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice, da Bruno Guimaraes duka ke fafatawa don rinjaye.

"A Palace, jawabin wasa shi ne: ba da ƙwallon Eze," in ji Merson. "A Arsenal, yana taɓa ƙwallon sau 25 ko 30 maimakon 100, kuma dole ya yi tasiri a kowane lokaci."

Merson ya tuna lokaci irin wannan daga kakar wasa ta baya — wasan Aston Villa inda Eze ya barci a gindin gaba mai nisa, Matty Cash ya ci gaba, kuma aka fitar da Eze a hutu. Bai fara wasa a Premier League kusan watanni biyu bayan haka ba. Merson ya yarda da iyawar Eze amma ya yi gargaɗi cewa margin ɗin kuskure a Arsenal yana da ƙanƙanta sosai, kuma benci mai zurfi yana sauƙaƙa wa manaja cire shi a farkon alamar rashin aikin da ya kamata.