New Arsenal signing Jurrien Timber didn’t have the easiest game against Manchester United last night.
Pundit Ben Thornley gave an early verdict on the Dutch international whileon commentary.
Mikel Artetachose a strong side against their Premier League rivals but struggled to get going.
Jurrien Timberplayed at right-back and lined up alongsideWilliam Salibaat centre-back.
Manchester United did a good job of limiting Timber’s attacking output and theArsenaldefєɴԀer was caught out a couple of times at the back.
Erik ten Hag selected a front three with a focus on pace and knocking the ball over the top of Arsenal’s high back line.
The likes of Timber and Saliba possess good recovery pace, but their starting positions often left them vulnerable.
The£38mdefєɴԀer is still getting used to a new system and new teammates.
However, he’ll want to improve on last night’s hour-long performance before the season begins.
Arsenal signing Timber struggles against Man United
After Manchester United created an early chance,Thornley said: “It’s a brilliant ball from Luke Shaw, both teams in these first five minutes just feeling each other out.
“[They’re] giving the ball away a bit, nobody’s really settled. And then that is a fantastic ball.
“Not great positioning I have to say from [Jurrien] Timber.”
Although it’s easy to focus on the negatives after a defeat, there are already some encouraging signs from Timber.
He’s a natural leader on the pitch and has already been seenhanding out instructionsto his new teammates.
His new teammateswere happywith his debut against the MLS All-Stars and won’t be too concerned about his performance yesterday.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has already given his verdict on Timber’s outing yesterday against Manchester United.
He’ll know his team have plenty to work on in the next few weeks.
Integrating three new signings straight into the starting line-up won’t be easy.
That’s especially the case when the players coming in aren’t direct replacements, such as Kai Havertz stepping in for Granit Xhaka.
It will be interesting to see how Arsenal line up in their next friєɴԀly against Barcelona on Thursday.
