Cascarino wrote an article in The Times in which he named his combined Man City / Arsenal XI, and explained his choices.
He went for Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba as his centre-back pairing, and described the former as a “rash” for how he gets “all over you”.
“This area was really difficult,” wrote Cascarino. “Manuel Akanji and Rúben Dias are excellent but I picked Gabriel because he’s like a rash.
“He reminds me of Martin Keown for being in your face and making it difficult as a centre forward. He’s all over you.”
Cascarino isn’t the only pundit to liken Gabriel to Keown of late; Rio Ferdinand made this comparison just after Arsenal’s draw with Atalanta.
