Martin Keown has hit again at claims he has proven bias in the direction of Arsenal as a pundit this season.
The former defender was accused of a ‘lack of objectivity’ by Simon Jordan on Monday.
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It adopted Jordan’s feedback following Arsenal’s Champions League final 16 first leg towards Bayer Leverkusen.
The talkSPORT co-host argued Keown was ‘the grand fromage of bias’ for his stance on the Gunners’ late penalty in Germany.
Mikel Arteta’s aspect equalised in the 89th minute after Noni Madueke had received a spot-kick.
Kai Havertz subsequently stepped as much as rating from 12 yards.
Keown, who was half of TNT Sports’ protection of the match, agreed with the referee’s choice to award a penalty.
Speaking after the match, he revealed that he felt Madueke acquired sufficient contact to warrant happening.
Keown responds to bias claims
The former England worldwide joined White & Jordan on Monday and had the accusations put to him.
When given the prospect to reply, he started by asking: “I shouldn’t even be asked that sort of question. Does anyone else have that question?”
Keown continued: “They were very respected commentators. Lucy Ward – Pundit of the Year, Adam Summerton, who said they thought it was a penalty.
“I’m not the one one in the room. I’m not the co-commentator.
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“I’ve taken all the information on board and I felt that, ok yes, it looks as if his foot gets trapped. So for me, I don’t think that’s being biased. I’ve just seen what I’ve seen.
“There was a penalty on the weekend that wasn’t given towards Havertz.”
Jordan hit back by replying: “Unfortunately for these guys, they haven’t shared the studio with you as a lot as we’ve got. So we’ve got seen it, in all its glory.”
However, Keown added: “The truth was, although, you have been like all these followers, the detractors of Arsenal, who tuned in the 89th minute to say, ‘Arsenal are going to lose, it’s going to explode.’
“When that didn’t happen, you were like the angry man shouting at a man on the television who was saying, ‘no, no, no, it was a penalty’, because it didn’t go with your narrative.”
Arsenal scored late on as soon as once more as they beat Everton 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday.
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The Gunners had appeared destined to be held to a goalless draw earlier than Viktor Gyokeres’ 89th minute objective.
Max Dowman then added a second in stoppage time to seal all three factors.
It just isn’t the primary time Keown has been pressured to defend himself over his former membership this season.
He beforehand called out talkSPORT’s Andy Goldstein for his criticism of the north London membership.
However, Keown himself has additionally been accused of ‘killing’ the team along with his personal feedback.
Wayne Rooney advised the 59-year-old to ‘keep silent’ for the nice of his previous aspect when it got here to the Premier League title race.
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As a participant, Keown had two spells at Arsenal after initially coming by means of the membership’s academy.
Having left the membership for Aston Villa in 1986, he returned to Highbury seven years later.
His second spell would final 9 years, with Keown making a complete of 449 appearances for the Gunners, scoring eight targets from centre-back.
He additionally received 10 trophies together with three Premier League titles and the Cup Winners’ Cup.
