Lee Dixon jumps to the aid of fellow Gunner Nacho Monreal after Arsenal fans abuse him…
Former Arsenal full-back Lee Dixon has leapt to the defence of current Gunner Nacho Monreal following a torrent of abuse being sent the Spaniard’s way via Twitter.
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The Spanish left-back, who is currently being utilised as a centre-back due to the club’s defensive crisis, was involved in a Twitter Q&A after Arsenal’s capitulation against Anderlecht on Tuesday.
Understandably the fans were not happy and Monreal became the target for a number of abusive messages over the social media platform.
Regardless of his performance against the Belgian side, it is not right for fans to slate their own players to such an extent.
Clearly a sentiment that Dixon agrees with and the former England international let the fans know what he thought of their comments.
Some really stupid comments out there yesterday re hashtag AskMonreal.
— Lee Dixon (@LeeDixon2) November 7, 2014
A poor defensive showing certainly contributed to Arsene Wenger’s side throwing away a three goal lead against their Champions League opponents and Monreal may have been somewhat culpable after making a number of mistakes.
It was a woeful performance from the entire team defensively however, with them failing to hold their shape and keep tight when it was required.
The 28-year-old has been used as something of a scapegoat on a number of occasions and it seems that way once again. Here are a selection of some of the worst Tweets from the Q&A:
#AskMonreal When are you gonna leave arsenal ? P.s asap plz x
— SAM (@SamWillisss) November 6, 2014
#AskMonreal could we sub you for a bowl of actual Nachos because that shit might actually defend better than you
— /f?k ‘siril/ (@FvckCyril) November 6, 2014
#AskMonreal Nacho, you’re known for being a crap left-back, so what makes Arsene Wenger think you’ll be any good in the middle of defence?
— The Special John (@bainesyDiego10) November 6, 2014
@Arsenal #AskMonreal Why haven’t you been sold yet? You’re clearly not an #AFC player. You’d struggle for game time at @SpursOfficial #Shit
— Eoin Kelly (@EoinKelly_) November 6, 2014
@arsenal #Askmonreal should you and the rest of the team not be training to fix Tuesdays mistakes instead of answering twitter q’s?
— özil (@FaithInWenger) November 6, 2014