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Arsenal legend David Seaman has claimed that he prefers Oleksandr Zinchenko over Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The former England international's comments came after the Gunners dropped two points at Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday (April 9). Arsenal took a 2-0 lead through Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus before Mohamed Salah scored just before half-time.
The hosts pushed for an equaliser in the second half. Salah squandered the chance to score from the spot, but Roberto Firmino saved his blushes to ensure Liverpool walked away with a point.
The Brazil international headed in a cross from Alexander-Arnold in the 87th minute after the latter had nutmegged Zinchenko to find space down the byline. Asked to give his verdict on the two full-backs, former Manchester City goalkeeper Seaman told TalkSPORT (h/t The Boot Room):
"Especially with Trent, a lot of his defensive mistakes have come from when he is pushing forward, and he’s out of position. But with Zinchenko, I feel defensively that he’s more adept at doing both jobs.
Seaman, who won three league titles during his 13-year-stay at the Emirates till 2003, added:
"He’s still got a defensive head on him. Even the goal, I know he got nutmegged, and he was still in a defensive role, so he wasn’t exactly out of position. It just pulled Gabriel over a little bit. When I look at both of them defensively, I would take Zinchenko all day long."
Zinchenko, 26, is a left-back, while Alexander-Arnold, 24, plays down the opposite flank.
Gary Neville slams Alexander-Arnold for poor defending in Arsenal draw
Trent Alexander-Arnold has been criticised multiple times this season for his defending, or the lack thereof. In fact, Manchester United legend Gary Neville has admittedly run out of things to say about the Englishman's poor defending.
Alexander-Arnold was helpless as Gabriel Martinelli ran past him in the box to score Arsenal's first of the game. He then offered absolutely no resistance down the right flank for Martinelli's cross that eventually led to the visitors' second of the game in the 28th minute.
Neville appreciates the Liverpool star's attacking skills but thinks the opposite about his defending ability, telling the Sky Sports podcast (h/t The Boot Room):
"He was absolutely sensational going forward. I don’t know what to say about him anymore really. His defensive play is that bad. Some of the positions he takes up where he lets Martinelli spin in behind him really is schoolboy. It’s the most basic thing."
Alexander-Arnold was largely seen playing as a right midfielder against Arsenal, which could explain why he was caught out of position so many times when the Gunners launched counterattacks.
