Carragher hits out at Arsenal man: ‘They’ve got to bring him off’

Jamie Carragher thinks Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta made the right decision to substitute Nuno Tavares at half-time in their 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace.

The Portuguese left-back replaced Kieran Tierney in the starting XI with the Scotland international ruled out because of a knee injury.

And following a terrible first-half performance from Arsenal, Tavares was hauled off at the interval by Arteta.

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Tavares was at fault for Jordan Ayew’s goal with the Portugal under-21 international failing to track the Crystal Palace forward’s run, while Gabriel couldn’t cut out the pass to him.

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And Carragher thinks Tavares left Arteta no choice but to subsitute the Arsenal defender at half-time.

“He is at fault for the second goal but it’s not just this goal,” Carragher told Sky Sports.

“They’ve got to bring him off. I think they’ve got to make a change, Arsenal. I’ll be very surprised if he comes out for the second half.

“This is something you’re taught as a young kid, when you’re a defender, you’ve got to think the person next to you is a dummy and a poor player. Tavares stops, Ayew keeps running because he thinks Gabriel’s going to miss it, Tavares thinks he’s going to cut it out, so he stops.”

“It changes all the time. The fact Arsenal’s game in hand is