Ex-Spurs boss Tim Sherwood slams Auba for giving penalty to Pepe: Kane and Aguero would never do that

The Gunners risked dropping points at home vs Aston Villa. The warning bells started ringing in the first half as McGinn broke the deadlock. When Guendouzi earned a penalty, Auba, the designated spot-kick taker, conveyed the ball to Pepe, so that the 24-year-old could finally score for Arsenal.

“I’m not happy with it,” the ex-Spurs player and manager told Premier League Productions. “Stick to the plan, you are the penalty taker, stick to the plan. You’re not a pub team, you’re not in the Sunday League where you think ‘I’m going to help my mate out, you can take this one because I’ve scored a few goals this year’.

“You’re behind in the game, you need that goal. Stick to the plan, the plan is on the board – Aubameyang takes penalties. And all of a sudden he just says to his mate ‘go on you have a go this time’.

“Unless he didn’t fancy it for whatever reason but don’t just give it to him because you want to give him a leg up and go on and get his career started at Arsenal – put the ball in the back of the net, let him create his own chances.

“Not a chance [Harry Kane and Sergio Aguero would do that]. I don’t want nice men, I want winners.”