A trio of Arsenal stars had been fast to supply their backing to Nuno Tavares on Thursday, after the under-fire Portuguese took to social media to disclose his tackle the membership’s defeat to Crystal Palace.
The title of full-back Tavares took centre stage within the headlines this previous Monday night.
Sadly for the summer season arrival in north London, nevertheless, this got here for all of the fallacious causes.
After Kieran Tierney was pressured to take a seat out proceedings at Selhurst Park owing to a knee damage, Tavares was thrown in on the deep finish with a begin in Arsenal’s crunch Premier League assembly with Crystal Palace.
Sadly for the previous Benfica expertise, nevertheless, he went on to endure one thing of a nightmare outing, not precisely protecting himself in glory within the buildup to both Palace’s first or second targets, en path to an eventual 3-0 defeat.
Tavares, in flip, was hauled off with simply 45 minutes performed, forcing Granit Xhaka into an unfamiliar position at left-back.
That wasn’t within the script! 📜
Jean-Philippe Mateta heads within the opener to place Palace in entrance towards Arsenal 🦅 pic.twitter.com/lQfuF6l7si
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 4, 2022
‘Present them who you’re’
Arsenal’s struggling defender was subsequently unsurprisingly singled out for widespread criticism post-match, as lots of a Gunners persuasion made clear their emotions that the 22-year-old is solely not of the usual required to function for the membership on a constant foundation.
With Kieran Tierney wanting set to spend the rest of the marketing campaign on the sidelines, although, an everyday beginning berth might however effectively be on the playing cards for Tavares.
In flip, upon their under-fire teammate taking to social media to talk publicly for the primary time on the again of his horror present versus Palace, as alluded to above, no fewer than three fellow members of Mikel Arteta’s squad had been fast to supply their backing to Tavares.
The Gunners stars in query? Sambi Lokonga, Gabriel Magalhaes, and Alexandre Lacazette:
Nuno Tavares’ Arsenal team-mates touch upon his newest Instagram publish:
Albert Sambi Lokonga: “Let’s present them who you’re brother !”
Gabriel Magalhães: “Collectively brother ❤️❤️❤️”
Alexandre Lacazette: “🔥💪🏾”
We’re ALL behind you, @NunoTavares! ❤️ #afc pic.twitter.com/0i2e5D60f1
— afcstuff (@afcstuff) April 7, 2022
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