Arsenal star Alexandre Lacazette blasts ‘dangerous’ Premier League refereeing
French striker has complained about physicality of English football but has come to the conclusion it's up to him to get used to what is and is not acceptable in Premier League
ARSENAL striker Alexandre Lacazette has moaned about Premier League refereeing, but admits it up him to get used to it.
The 26-year-old became the Gunners' record signing this summer and has enjoyed a good start to life in England since joining from Lyon.
But the French internationa,l who has spent his entire career in Ligue 1 until last summer, admitted he has been shocked with some of the decisions in the English top flight.
The striker featured in the 2-0 win at home to Brighton to Arsenal go up to fifth in the table.
Lacazette told SFR Sport: “I have not totally adapted yet, there are things that still surprise me, but I am trying.
“I am watching quite a few matches to understand English football, I am watching quite a lot of my matches with Arsenal and when I look back and see what I didn’t do right, I try to learn from it.
“Which hopefully facilitates my progression.
“The refereeing decisions [still surprise me] and sometimes I think it is a bit dangerous."
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He dded: “But then I see that nobody is shocked, so I tell myself it must be normal.
“The physicality of the English game is often cited by new players as the biggest difference from other leagues.”
Lacazette was not among the goals at the Emirates as Nacho Monreal and Alex Iwobi found the net for Arsene Wenger’s side who are six points off the top and go to Watford after the international break.
