Football pundit Gary Neville has criticized West Ham striker Marko Arnautovic for his performance during his clubs 3-0 defeat against Brighton and Hove Albion on Friday.
Slaven Bilic’s men have so far endured a difficult season taking just eight points from their opening nine games and Neville does not believe that the Austria international is doing enough to help his team-mates.
Neville accused Arnautovic for not doing enough to help his side defensively and added that only a player like Cristiano Ronaldo should be allowed to get away without working to help his club defensively.
Since arriving at the Hammers from Stoke during the summer transfer window, Arnautovic has not exactly hit the ground running.
Neville said: “I have only ever played with one player that had an excuse not to track back and that was Cristiano Ronaldo. He scored 40 goals in a season. Arnautovic is Ronaldo in his own mind. That’s the problem, he thinks he is better than he is.”
The Hammers meanwhile could move into the relegation zone by the end of the weekend.
