Cheeky Newcastle fans taunt Mikel Arteta with five-word chant… and club join in with trolling social post
NEWCASTLE fans brutally mocked Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta during Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final at St James’ Park. And the club joined in the trolling with a cheeky social post. ReutersMikel Arteta was brutally mocked by Newcastle fans[/caption] The Magpies cruised to a 2-0 victory in the second-leg, taking the score up to 4-0 on aggregate. Arsenal had 34 shots across both games and failed to convert any of them. After the first leg, Arteta appeared to blame the Carabao Cup BALL for the amount of missed chances. He said: “We also kicked a lot of balls over the bar, and it’s tricky that these balls fly a lot so there’s details that we can do better. “But at the end that’s gone, there’s no way back it’s about the next game and that’s our world, the reality is our world. “It’s just different. Very different to a Premier League ball, and you have to adapt to that because it flies different. “When you touch it the grip is very different as well so you adapt to that.” With the Gunners once again struggling to convert anything at St James’ Park, Newcastle fans took the opportunity to mock Arteta for his comments. CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS ARSENAL PLAYER RATINGS: Saliba will be having nightmares about Isak as Lewis-Skelly is only Gunners star to show up ARSENAL were humbled by Newcastle at St James' Park as the Magpies beat them 2-0 to secure a spot in the League Cup final. The North Londoners knew they needed to take an early advantage if they were to overturn the 2-0 defeat at the Emirates. But Jacob Murphy was on hand to put the Magpies a goal ahead after Alexander Isak‘s shot rebounded off of the post and out to him. Shortly after the break, Anthony Gordon doubled the lead to all but confirm a second League Cup final in three years for Eddie Howe. Here’s how SunSport’s Gary Stonehouse rated the Gunners. David Raya – 5 Stitched Declan Rice right up for the second goal. And that absolutely killed this as a contest for his side. Jurrien Timber – 6 Tried to get forward and support the attack early but soon found himself dropping deeper to avoid being caught on the counter. Tough night for the Dutchman up against Gordon in front of the red-hot home crowd. William Saliba – 4 Let frustration get the better of him when he got himself booked for grabbing Anthony Gordon’s shirt. And the winger almost embarrassed him again at the start of the second period when he caught the defender sleeping, nicked the ball from him, but could only shoot wide. The usually assured star will be having nightmares of Gordon and Isak. Gabriel Magalhaes – 6 Another who struggled to contain Toon’s two pacey attacking threats but did fair slightly better than his usually formidable partner. Myles Lewis-Skelly – 7 Another assured performance from the full-back in a raucous atmosphere. Could not be faulted for any of the goals and showed flashes off his potential despite the humbling. Martin Odegaard – 6 Everything Arsenal did try came through the skipper. Although he loses a mark as things could have been a very different story if he had finished his first half effort had hit the inside rather than outside of the post. Thomas Partey – 6 Plenty of running about but very little to show or product for his efforts. Declan Rice – 6 Looked to take a knock late in the first half and continued to struggle on after the restart. Was hung out to dry by his goalie for the second goal and he did keep pushing until the very end. But it was a disappointing night for the England star and his partner Partey as they came up short against Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes. Gabriel Martinelli – 5 Struggled to get past big Dan Burn during his brief time on the pitch. And his night was brought to an abrupt end when he limped off before the break. Kai Havertz – 4 Outmuscled, outbattled and outthought but Svan Botman and Fabian Schar. Produced zilch on an evening when he and his team-mates lacked creativity and ideas. Leandro Trossard – 5 Many will have been fancying him to cause some problems for the 34-year-old Kieran Trippier but the veteran had him in his pocket all night. Arteta had seen enough by the hour mark and opted to let Raheem Sterling have a go instead. Subs used Ethan Nwaneri (37 mins for Martinelli) – 6 Desperately tried to inject some pace and threat into the faltering Arsenal attack but the task proved too much for the young Gunn. He should have plenty more big occasions to look forward to though in his career. Mikel Merino (70 mins for Odegaard) – 5 The game was already done and dusted when he entered the fray for battle. Some nice touches, but like those before him, he couldn’t produce anything for the visitors. Raheem Sterling (61 mins for Trossard) – 4 Got half an hour to try and get at Trippier but, just like Trossard before him, he was not given an o
NEWCASTLE fans brutally mocked Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta during Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final at St James’ Park.
And the club joined in the trolling with a cheeky social post.
The Magpies cruised to a 2-0 victory in the second-leg, taking the score up to 4-0 on aggregate.
Arsenal had 34 shots across both games and failed to convert any of them.
After the first leg, Arteta appeared to blame the Carabao Cup BALL for the amount of missed chances.
He said: “We also kicked a lot of balls over the bar, and it’s tricky that these balls fly a lot so there’s details that we can do better.
“But at the end that’s gone, there’s no way back it’s about the next game and that’s our world, the reality is our world.
“It’s just different. Very different to a Premier League ball, and you have to adapt to that because it flies different.
“When you touch it the grip is very different as well so you adapt to that.”
With the Gunners once again struggling to convert anything at St James’ Park, Newcastle fans took the opportunity to mock Arteta for his comments.
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ARSENAL PLAYER RATINGS: Saliba will be having nightmares about Isak as Lewis-Skelly is only Gunners star to show up
ARSENAL were humbled by Newcastle at St James' Park as the Magpies beat them 2-0 to secure a spot in the League Cup final.
The North Londoners knew they needed to take an early advantage if they were to overturn the 2-0 defeat at the Emirates.
But Jacob Murphy was on hand to put the Magpies a goal ahead after Alexander Isak‘s shot rebounded off of the post and out to him.
Shortly after the break, Anthony Gordon doubled the lead to all but confirm a second League Cup final in three years for Eddie Howe.
Here’s how SunSport’s Gary Stonehouse rated the Gunners.
David Raya – 5
Stitched Declan Rice right up for the second goal.
And that absolutely killed this as a contest for his side.
Jurrien Timber – 6
Tried to get forward and support the attack early but soon found himself dropping deeper to avoid being caught on the counter.
Tough night for the Dutchman up against Gordon in front of the red-hot home crowd.
William Saliba – 4
Let frustration get the better of him when he got himself booked for grabbing Anthony Gordon’s shirt.
And the winger almost embarrassed him again at the start of the second period when he caught the defender sleeping, nicked the ball from him, but could only shoot wide.
The usually assured star will be having nightmares of Gordon and Isak.
Gabriel Magalhaes – 6
Another who struggled to contain Toon’s two pacey attacking threats but did fair slightly better than his usually formidable partner.
Myles Lewis-Skelly – 7
Another assured performance from the full-back in a raucous atmosphere.
Could not be faulted for any of the goals and showed flashes off his potential despite the humbling.
Martin Odegaard – 6
Everything Arsenal did try came through the skipper.
Although he loses a mark as things could have been a very different story if he had finished his first half effort had hit the inside rather than outside of the post.
Thomas Partey – 6
Plenty of running about but very little to show or product for his efforts.
Declan Rice – 6
Looked to take a knock late in the first half and continued to struggle on after the restart.
Was hung out to dry by his goalie for the second goal and he did keep pushing until the very end.
But it was a disappointing night for the England star and his partner Partey as they came up short against Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes.
Gabriel Martinelli – 5
Struggled to get past big Dan Burn during his brief time on the pitch.
And his night was brought to an abrupt end when he limped off before the break.
Kai Havertz – 4
Outmuscled, outbattled and outthought but Svan Botman and Fabian Schar.
Produced zilch on an evening when he and his team-mates lacked creativity and ideas.
Leandro Trossard – 5
Many will have been fancying him to cause some problems for the 34-year-old Kieran Trippier but the veteran had him in his pocket all night.
Arteta had seen enough by the hour mark and opted to let Raheem Sterling have a go instead.
Subs used
Ethan Nwaneri (37 mins for Martinelli) – 6
Desperately tried to inject some pace and threat into the faltering Arsenal attack but the task proved too much for the young Gunn.
He should have plenty more big occasions to look forward to though in his career.
Mikel Merino (70 mins for Odegaard) – 5
The game was already done and dusted when he entered the fray for battle.
Some nice touches, but like those before him, he couldn’t produce anything for the visitors.
Raheem Sterling (61 mins for Trossard) – 4
Got half an hour to try and get at Trippier but, just like Trossard before him, he was not given an ounce of joy.
Riccardo Calafiori (78 mins for Timber) – 4
Was brought on simply to get some minutes in his legs.
Jorginho (78 mins for Partey) – 4
See above. Little chance to make an impact with the game well and truly over.
During the second half, they started to chant: “It must be the ball, it must be the ball, Mikel Arteta, it must be the ball.”
Newcastle’s X account also jumped on the bandwagon with a post of the Carabao Cup matchball and a caption that read: “The culprit…”
Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon both scored to secure the win for the Magpies.
They will now face either Tottenham or Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final next month.
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