SHAUN WRIGHT-PHILLIPS’ attempts to comfort Ian Wright during Man City’s trouncing of Arsenal were met with a wry chuckle from the Gunners legend.
The former Citizens winger, 39, was filmed kissing his father on the head following a dismal first-half for the North London side who eventually lost 5-0.
And the poor result left Mikel Arteta’s side bottom of the table following a hat-trick of defeats from their first three Prem games this term.
Highbury legend Wright, who was doing punditry on the game with his son, looked stunned and dejected at the end of a tough 45 minutes for Mikel Arteta’s men.
The club, who have won just once in four games in all competitions this term, found themselves 3-0 down in the first-half and reduced to 10-men after Granit Xhaka saw red.
And Wright, 57, did not hold back in his summary of the performance during the game describing the side’s defending as ‘a disasterclass’.
During the match, the ex-Gunners frontman said: “This is really embarrassing, really embarrassing.
“I don’t know what his game plan is. Between Cedric, Rob Holding, Sead Kolasinac, they’re all over the place.
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“The pressing funnily enough, at the start, wasn’t bad.
“But other than that, the organisation is absolutely abysmal.”
The clash saw Arsenal drop to ten men after 35 minutes after Granit Xhaka was shown a red card for a two-footed tackle on Joao Cancelo.
On the sending off Wright added: “Crazy. You don’t need to tackle like that against anybody, it’s a terrible challenge.
“But when you’re 2-0 down against City, you need someone like Xhaka, who’s an experienced player, to be calm.
“That challenge is a dangerous challenge. He had to go…
“Arsenal fans around the world must be absolutely devastated.”
Arsenal, who face Norwich after the international break, have endured a torrid start to their season, with losses to Brentford and Chelsea before their defeat at the Etihad.
And the club has struggled with illness and injuries to key players with their £50million centre-back Ben White testing positive for Covid-19.
The team’s recent form has seen some Gunners fans airing their anger on social media.
And former Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil took a dry dig at the Gunners’ result on posting a message to his 26 million Twitter followers which read ‘Trust the Process’
Columnist Piers Morgan is among the supporters who have called for managerial change following the club’s recent league results.
Via his Twitter account Morgan said: “5-0. I can’t remember any Arsenal performance in living memory as hopeless as this.”
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