{"id":317321,"date":"2026-04-12T04:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=317321"},"modified":"2026-04-12T04:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:04:30","slug":"martin-keown-blasts-arsenal-stars-for-not-passing-the-ball-to-1-teammate-against-bournemouth-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/martin-keown-blasts-arsenal-stars-for-not-passing-the-ball-to-1-teammate-against-bournemouth-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Keown blasts Arsenal stars for not passing the ball to 1 teammate against Bournemouth | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Keown desired to see the Gunners star on the ball more (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martin Keown criticised Arsenal players for not passing the ball to Max Dowman enough as they fell to a devastating defeat at home to Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

The Gunners had the prospect to maneuver 12 points clear of the summit of the Premier League and tighten their grip on the title in front of their very own fans on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

But an insipid display led to their third defeat of their last 4 matches with Bournemouth sealing a 2-1 victory.<\/p>\n

Viktor Gyokeres drew his side level after 35 minutes following Junior Kroupi\u2019s early strike nevertheless it did not spark the hosts into life.<\/p>\n

Seeing no improvement from his side within the opening nine minutes of the second-half, Arteta decided enough was enough and made three changes with Eberechi Eze, Leandro Trossard and Dowman replacing Gabriel Martintelli, Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke.<\/p>\n

The changes had little effect on the sport with Arsenal still labouring. Arteta\u2019s side were punished again after 74 minutes; coming up short in three second-ball situations before Alex Scott produced a fantastic finish to beat David Raya.<\/p>\n

Despite only turning 16 in December, Dowman has checked out home within the first-team squad and was instrumental off the bench in Arsenal\u2019s previous Premier League game, helping arrange one and scored the opposite in dramatic 2-0 win over Everton.<\/p>\n

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He couldn’t replicate that impact on Saturday with Keown frustrated Arsenal didn’t look for his or her young teammate more often.<\/p>\n

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Dowman played many of the second-half (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Arsenal fixed the play and the image never modified,\u2019 Keown told TNT Sports. \u2018Arsenal then couldn\u2019t develop the play into their midfield players.<\/p>\n

\u2018Even when Dowman got here on, we were all screaming give him the ball, but they didn\u2019t have enough good control of the ball within the midfield and that’s all right down to Bournemouth and Arsenal not mixing up their game enough.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Arsenal missed the prospect to tighten their grip on the title (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Manchester City face a tricky test away to Chelsea on Sunday but in the event that they come through that, they will reduce the gap at the highest to only three points once they play Arsenal on the Emirates next weekend.<\/p>\n

City will then have a game in hand on their rivals.<\/p>\n

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