Arsenal’s supporters have flooded to social media this evening to take aim at Henrikh Mkhitaryan, following the former Manchester United man’s disappointing performance versus Watford.
Watford 0-1 Arsenal
Unai Emery’s men travelled to Vicarage Road a short time ago, in the Gunners’ latest crucial outing in their bid to secure a Champions League berth for next season.
Ahead of kick-off, Arsenal sat in 6th-place in the Premier League table.
However, the North Londoners headed into proceedings aware that a victory would see them leapfrog both Chelsea and Manchester United into 4th.
And, when all was said and done at Vicarage Road, secure a vital 3 points was exactly what the capital giants managed.
The only goal of the game came with 10 minutes gone, as a moment to forget for Watford shot-stopper Ben Foster saw the former English international take far too long on the ball, leading to his attempted clearance being deflected home by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Hornets’ captain Troy Deeney was given his marching orders just moments after the restart for a needless elbow on Lucas Torreira, with Arsenal, despite failing to take advantage of their extra man, having eventually held on to secure victory.
19 – Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 19 Premier League games in which they’ve been leading at half time (W18 D1), since a 2-1 defeat against today’s opponents Watford back in October 2017. Wary. #WATARS #MNF pic.twitter.com/Dol9eerO5K
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 15, 2019
Mkhi disappoints
While the Gunners’ result proved exactly what was required, the performance of Unai Emery’s men left a lot to be desired.
A number of the visitors’ stars simply failed to perform, though one player in particular has since been singled out for heavy criticism by the club’s supporters.
The individual in question is Henrikh Mkhitaryan, after the Armenian struggled to make any sort of positive impact on proceedings tonight.
In addition, ‘Mkhi’ left his shooting boots very much at home, with a number of wayward strikes on the part of the 30-year-old, particularly during the second-half, having left the Gunners’ faithful utterly bemused.
‘Rather play with ten men’
Check out the best of the social media reaction to Mkhitaryan’s underwhelming performance below:
Right I’ve fucking had it with mkhitaryan we could win 5-0 and he would still drop a 0/10
— esplayn (@97johnkennedy) April 15, 2019
Fine Mkhitaryan the next time he shoots.
— Daily Cannon (@DailyCannon) April 15, 2019
Mkhitaryan putting in one of the worst displays I’ve seen from an Arsenal player in a long long time.
— Gazwthegooner (@Gazwthegooner) April 15, 2019
With Mkhitaryan right now, we’re also down to 10 men
— Bergkamp & Bergkamp (@Orangeiceman10) April 15, 2019
Mkhitaryan’s footwear tonight. pic.twitter.com/PprUlzNtzU
— Be Well (@SkipperAFC) April 15, 2019
I’d rather take Mkhitaryan off too and play with ten men for the final 25 mins.
— Gazwthegooner (@Gazwthegooner) April 15, 2019
Mkhitaryan is awful
— Marco (@marco_gooner) April 15, 2019
Mkhitaryan has been awful one of the worst individual performance this season.
— Sam.sports (@Samsports094) April 15, 2019
The reason I give Iwobi an easier ride is that at least Iwobi looks like he wants to make something happen. Mkhitaryan on the other hand just drifts through games doing naff all.
— Gazwthegooner (@Gazwthegooner) April 15, 2019
I’ve got nothing against the guy personally but I would ship Mkhitaryan this summer. Apart from making up the numbers, he adds nothing. Same as Iwobi and Mustafi. Move them on.