Fans have not been impressed by Raheem Sterling’s performance in Arsenal’s shock against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. The match ended with a virgin draw on February 26, at City Ground.
Raheem Sterling, who is loaned to the Gunners of Chelsea for the current season, came out of the bench, replacing Ethan Nwaneri in the 77th minute. During his stay on the field, the 30 -year -old was six keys and lost possession twice, without any blows on the target. He also committed two faults without gaining ground or air duels.
Fans went to social networks and made articles criticizing Raheem Sterling for his display during the Arsenal 0-0 draw against the Premier League forest. Here are some of the X reactions:
A fan wrote:
“Can we send Raheem Sterling as soon as possible. WTF was wrong with him? He is so afraid of playing football that when he gets the ball, he doesn’t even know what the heel does with the ball. How do you lose confidence like that, Bruh !!!!!”
Another added:
“Send Raheem Sterling to play with shameful U21S”
“Sterling is incredibly useless, it’s really impressive,” said another fan.
An account displayed:
“Raheem sterling hangs his head in shame. Monraineuse me graceful”
Another tweeted:
“Bring Neto more like the winger than Sterling who has no interest in playing or even running.”
“The children of the academy surely deserve a start of sterling at this stage,” said another.
A user wrote:
“Is Sterling even a player, always confused. Resources wasted”
While another wrote:
“Like honestly, brother, at this stage, which made sterling to deserve even the minutes of waste”
Since he arrived at the Emirates loaned by Chelsea in August from last year, Raheem Sterling began in nine of the 21 appearances he has made for Arsenal so far. He missed five games for the Gunners due to knee problems and recorded a goal and two assists to all competitions.
Mikel Arteta on the 0-0 Arsenal draw against the Nottingham in PL forest
Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta shared his reflections on the draw of his team against the Premier League forest. During the post-match press conference, the Spanish manager expressed his disappointment with regard to the results while enjoying the efforts of his players on the field. He said (via the club’s official website):
“Very disappointing not to win it. Today, the standards were very different from the previous game; the energy, the will to get things to get things through. We have certainly tried in many different ways, we dominated the game outside a fate in the second period after one or two direct free kicks where they had something in the box and one or two gifts that allowed them to run, apart from there.”
“With the quantity of situations we have generated, with the moments when we opened them, we do not have the final pass, the quality of this delivery and certainly more shots on the target to win it and be more efficient,” added Arteta.
Mikel Arteta’s men maintained a 65% ball possession against Nottingham Forest while having a total of 13 shots, only one of which was on the target. Arsenal has created two major chances and had 30 keys in the penalty area.
Edited by Vahnavi Iyer
