Some Arsenal fans couldn’t believe what they were seeing when defender Sokratis gifted the ball to Watford, leading to Tom Cleverley’s goal for the Hornets.
In the 53rd minute of the clash, Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno decided to pass the ball to centre-back Sokratis from a goal kick, the former Borussia Dortmund star cheaply gave the ball away by passing it directly into the path of Watford ace Gerard Deulofeu.
The ball deflected off of Deulofeu and into the path of Tom Cleverley, the Manchester United academy graduate could hardly turn down a gift like this and drilled the ball into the back of the net.
Take a look at the mistake leading to Cleverley’s goal below:
https://twitter.com/arsenalfcgifs/status/1173276437165613058
Ter os craques na frente pode não ser suficiente quando se tem Sokratis a construir. Jogo que estava controlado pode-se tornar agora bem mais complicado. Chambers não é melhor que o grego? pic.twitter.com/ysGUG2NrOn
— Segundo Poste (@segundoposte) September 15, 2019
Here’s how Arsenal fans reacted to the defender’s error:
https://twitter.com/Giroudaholic/status/1173276519642402817
What utter stupidity from @Arsenal defenders! Don’t they learn anything at all? And they are still doing the same thing. Watch them lose another goal from the exact same play! Stupidity at it’s worst!!!
— Thucydides1989 (@Thucydides1989) September 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/YankeeGunner/status/1173275965218271232
https://twitter.com/Aubazettes/status/1173276814690738179
That's an absolute disgrace, Sokratis has been terrible this season. He was very poor at times last season but went under the radar a bit because Mustafi was worse. Should be dropped. #AFC #WATARS
— PureFootball (@PureFootball_co) September 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/NutmegRadio/status/1173277011646849024
https://twitter.com/Anonymous1076/status/1173282598631673857
https://twitter.com/L0C0FC/status/1173276474624937984
No matter how good Arsenal are going forward, they still have serious problems in defence which they’ve clearly failed to address in recent years.
Could this shaky defending hurt the north London club’s chances of finishing in the top four this season?
