RIO FERDINAND has claimed that Arsenal are at fault for permitting Manchester Metropolis an opportunity to win a historic treble.
The Residents are on the cusp of emulating Manchester United’s treble win in 1999 as they tackle Inter Milan within the Champions League last on Saturday.
Rio Ferdinand has blamed Arsenal for serving to Man Metropolis’s hunt for a trebleCredit score: Getty
Man Metropolis beat United within the FA CupCredit score: Alamy
Metropolis have already picked up the FA Cup and Premier League titles, beating their cross-city rivals at Wembley Stadium 2-1.
Pep Guardiola’s aspect lifted the league title by catching Arsenal as their type dropped within the vital stage of the season.
And Ferdinand has hilariously pointed that as the rationale Metropolis can full a treble.
After being informed by Arsenal fan John Beya that it was United’s job to cease metropolis within the FA Cup, Ferdinand fired again.
He stated on the VIBE with FIVE podcast: “It was your job, you have been forward 93 per cent of the time.
“You was in a main place to try this, and also you folded like a pack of playing cards.”
On the ultimate in opposition to Metropolis, Ferdinand delivered a scathing abstract.
He added: “It was over earlier than it began.
“I didn’t have any real perception that we may win it. It’s a 50/50 on the day but it surely weren’t an actual 50/50.
“They’re the higher staff, they’ve been collectively for a far longer interval, they’re in a wealthy vein of type.”
Ferdinand then praised Man Metropolis captain Ilkay Gundogan after the German midfielder netted a brace within the last.
He stated: “The individual that I believe wants speaking about is the captain, Gundogan.
“I believe he’s been immense. We speak about [Erling] Haaland, rightly so. We speak about [Jack] Grealish, rightly so. We speak about [Kevin] De Bruyne, rightly so. [John] Stones lately as properly, all rightly so.
“However Gundogan, when it’s mattered, he has come up trumps, both with objectives, performances, the management of video games, the tempo and tempo goes by means of him and Rodri quite a lot of the time.
“And he defines what all the things’s good about this staff.
“He’s calm beneath stress, by no means looks as if with a hair misplaced. He’s simply there, man!”