Arsenal fans claim they ‘have moved beyond’ Oleksandr Zinchenko and BLAST his display against Aston Villa – as footage of the defender’s one-man offside line goes viral. As video of Oleksandr Zinchenko’s one-man offside line goes viral, Arsenal supporters declare they “have moved beyond” the defender and BLAST his performance against Aston Villa.

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Oleksandr Zinchenko’s defensive play during Arsenal’s 2-0 loss to Aston Villa on Sunday astonished the supporters.

Due to late goals from Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins, the Gunners were unable to take the lead back into the Premier League.

At the Emirates, Mikel Arteta’s team gave up three significant opportunities, which is more than half the total number of goals they had given up in the previous 11 league games. This was an unusually weak defensive performance.

A number of players on the Gunners team were unable to duplicate the kind of performances that put them in the driver’s seat to win the league for the first time in twenty years. And Zinchenko might have been at the top of that list due to his long list of mistakes, one of which in particular has drawn praise from fans on social media.

Villa struck a ball behind the Arsenal defense, which had been working together to keep their high defensive line, well into the second half. All save the Ukrainian, who, instead of letting Bailey run into an offside position, had lowered himself five yards deeper than his teammates to cover the run.

Oleksandr Zinchenko has come in for heavy criticism from Arsenal fans following their defeat by Aston Villa

Zinchenko is visible in the video playing a few yards deeper than the other Arsenal defenders.

Many supporters were taken aback by the 27-year-old’s ignorance, with others asserting that the team has outgrown the former Manchester City defender.

A user commented, “This is a tough watch,” on X, the former Twitter platform.

We’ve just moved on from this man. started a new one. Everyone targets our left back area, and at the moment, we don’t have someone skilled enough to play there. must take precedence during the summer.

“If he ever starts a game for Arsenal again with a full squad,” a third person commented. It is the height of incompetence. surrenders the ball. gives the ball to us nothing. has played terrible defense the entire season.

Arsenal’s transformation from an Etihad championship contender to a Premier League title contender was greatly aided by Zinchenko’s summertime departure. Because of his skill with the ball, Arteta frequently inverts the fullback to produce overloads in the middle of the field.

But this term, not only has his offensive output decreased, but his defense has also been subpar.

Zinchenko’s moment of inattention cost Villa a goal, but he also bears some of the guilt for the opening goal against them. After being caught in no man’s land on the right, he allowed Bailey to tap in the goal from where he should have been positioned.

Social media was used by some Arsenal supporters to criticize the defender’s performance against Unai Emery’s team.

At the far post, Leon Bailey had plenty of room to turn in Lucas Digne’s cross for the first goal at the Emirates.

In another case, after the Belgian claimed control following Zinchenko’s giveaway, the fullback was relieved to see Youri Tielemans’ shot cannon of the post crossbar and then post.

With six games remaining, Mikel Arteta’s team is now two points behind leaders Manchester City following Sunday’s outcome. On Wednesday, the team will play in the Champions League in Munich before making the difficult journey to Molineux to take on Wolves.