Some Arsenal fans have called for the club to “get rid” of right-back Hector Bellerin following a poor display against Chelsea this afternoon.
One fan even even went as far as branding the player a “waste”:
Bellerin is just one waste @arsenal should get rid of
— Ayo Oni (@Ayobami_xx) August 18, 2018
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Bellerin has shown that he has a lot of defensive holes in his game over the past few years, holes which don’t look like they’re being fixed any time soon.
This has lead to Arsenal fans wondering why the 23-year-old is still at the club, with the Spaniard showning time and time again that he is a liability to his teammates when defending.
As Chelsea attacked, Arsenal’s defence they continuously fell apart, showing little or no desire to win the ball back from their west London counterparts, which ultimately led to them conceding goals which could have been prevented with better defending.
Bellerin particularly angered fans as he jogged back before Chelsea scored there second of the game through Alvaro Morata.
While Arsenal got back into the game through goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi, the defensive errors from the Gunners were astoundingly bad.
Check out some other tweets from fans following a performance to forget from Bellerin:
https://twitter.com/Samsports094/status/1030857291501854720
https://twitter.com/AlexThimaya/status/1030858752583512064
Watching Bellerin jog back for the second goal is my main reason for wanting to get rid of him, he actually doesnt give a fuck. #bellerin #CHEARS
— TY (@Lew__Ty) August 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/THISISbanter1/status/1030860699952709633
We needed to get rid of the usual suspects Bellerin, Mustafi, Xhaka & Ozil this summer and fully rebuild. Didn’t happen same old errors. I can’t see how any of these players will improve over time under Emery.
— James Williams (@Wilson197835) August 18, 2018
I am sorry but Bellerin has gone backwards for 2 years.
— Dave Seager (@goonerdave66) August 18, 2018
Arsenal's back 5 of Cech, Bellerin, Mustafi, Sokratis and Monreal is a joke back 5 for a club the size of Arsenal. That's where they will come unstuck this season. Shocking back 5. #MUFC
— Joe Sillett (@JoeSillett) August 18, 2018
When will Bellerin learn to defend? You don't let Hazard run at you. #CheArs Same old Arsenal. #arsenal
— RyanIbiang (@ryanibiang) August 18, 2018
Bellerin is nowhere near Lichsteiner's level. Didn't sense Hazard's danger a few minutes before the goal, then got done again for the goal.
— RG (@registability) August 18, 2018
Bellerin is useless. Sell him.
— ? ? ? (@OldBaldGooner) August 18, 2018
Need to sell Bellerin. Disgraceful tracking back. Lazy.
— Connor Humm (@TikiTakaConnor) August 18, 2018
Unai Emery’s biggest task at Arsenal will most definitely be overhauling his team’s defence, something that might take a while to do given how poor they looked today.