Owen hits out at 'sluggish' Zinchenko in Arsenal's shock defeat by Lens
Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko was labelled 'sluggish' by pundit Michael Owen after the club's shock 2-1 loss to Lens on Tuesday - while club legend Martin Keown claimed he 'got done' for the French side's winning goal.
The Gunners were beaten for the first time this season as the Ligue 1 outfit picked up a famous victory in what was their first Champions League appearance at home for more than 20 years.
Mikel Arteta's men went ahead through a great finish from Gabriel Jesus before Adrien Thomasson levelled the scores. Elye Wahi then put Lens in front with 20 minutes to go - with the Ukrainian guilty of being pulled out of position and allowing Przemyslaw Frankowski to run in behind.
Wahi then converted to convert what would prove to be the winning goal and former Liverpool and Man United star Owen was highly critical of Zinchenko's involvement, questioning why he 'gave himself away so easily'.
'Zinchenko is halfway house, isn't he,' he told TNT Sports.
'He has to either get close and affect the ball – either tackle or bring the player down or something – or he stays where he is.
'But he can't give himself away so easily. Sluggish. As soon as he was played around: sluggish.
'We were talking before, he often gets brought off in games. Can he last games fitness-wise and stuff like that? He looked tired there when Lens played the one-two pass.'
Keown agreed with Owen and said Zinchenko committed himself too much, admitting he would have been disappointed if a similar goal had been scored against him during his playing days.
'I think Zinchenko just gets done, doesn't he,' Keown said.
'He goes in too much. For me, I'd have just waited for [the Lens player] to come on, I wouldn't have thrown myself in there. Little one-two
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