Jones believes the pressure got to Arsenal on the day (Picture: Getty Images)Former Manchester United star Phil Jones has labelled the performances of Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba ‘weak’ after their defeat to Manchester United. Gabriel also struggled with Arsenal legend Arsene Wenger describing the pair as ‘nervous’ on the day. Saliba was involved in United’s calamitous equaliser (Picture: Getty)‘I thought they looked nervous, I thought there was a lack of a relationship between the two. When United equalised it ran through the team.’Gabriel also struggled against United (Picture: Getty)With his side trailing, Mikel Arteta made three changes before the hour mark, replacing his captain Martin Odegaard with Mikel Merino. ‘I thought for big periods in the game they struggled physically and it is not something you would associate with Arsenal,’ Jones said.

Source: Metro January 27, 2026 14:01 UTC