Ian Wright has suggested to the Wrighty’s House podcast that he was really annoyed with Gjanni Alioski during Arsenal’s game against Leeds United at the weekend.
Alioski isn’t the most popular figure with Arsenal fans, after his actions in both games this season.
The Macedonian international got Nicolas Pepe sent off in their game at Elland Road, and then he took a very aggressive approach up against Saka at the weekend.
The Leeds left-back clearly struggled against the youngster, but he was keen to get tight to the Arsenal forward by fair means or foul.
And Wright says that he was annoyed with the way that Alioski kept kicking Saka.
He said: “I take real umbrage to anybody fouling him [Saka]. “When we saw what Alioski was trying to do with him in this game, he was kicking him all over the place! He was kicking him!”
Alioski may have fouled Saka, but few wingers have given him a tougher time than the Gunners wide-man did on Sunday.
Saka was a constant menace, as Arsenal picked up a 4-2 victory in the fixture, which actually lifted the Gunners above Leeds in the Premier League table.
Wrighty’s House is the latest podcast from The Ringer with host Ian Wright with new episodes every Wednesday. The podcast will be available exclusively on Spotify. You can listen here.
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