£80,000-a-week Arsenal Star Torn Apart By ANGRY Fans After HORRIBLE Zagreb Performance

Arsenal opened their 2015/2016 UEFA Champions League campaign with a disappointing 2-1 defeat at the hands of Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday night in Zagreb.

Arsene Wenger’s men were led out by club captain Mikel Arteta, who made his first start for Arsenal after several months on the sidelines with various injuries.

Arteta, who is not so famous amongst Arsenal fans – at least not on popular social media outlet Twitter, came under serious criticism once again from the Gunners faithful after a rather disappointing display against Zagreb.

Here are some of the best tweets below.

Hope we don’t play Arteta again. Love the guy but it’s over.

— Jack (@JDillonCarter) September 16, 2015

Every time Coquelin doesn’t play I’m so fearful Every time Arteta does I am. Surely it can’t only be me?

— AmandaAFC (@GoonerGirl1969) September 16, 2015

Yes it was hard to improve on Coquelin but it’s not hard to improve on Arteta, which is the problem over the course of a season

— Oli Price-Bates (@OliPriceBates) September 16, 2015

Every time I see Mikel Arteta in the starting line up… I die a little inside. #Arsenal

— Joshua Gooner Cullen (@cullen8794) September 16, 2015

Arteta looks like he’s running in sinking sand all the time

— ÖzilWizardry (@OzilWizardry) September 16, 2015

I don’t mind Wenger not signing a striker if none were available! But to not sign a midfielder and give Arteta a new deal is a piss take!

— All Things Arsenal (@Arsenallthings) September 16, 2015

Arteta is even more painful to watch now that we are used to Coquelin at defensive midfield.

— Isaac Gallows (@23__Football) September 16, 2015

Arteta does nothing at all for Arsenal. Such a pointless player.

— TikaTakaWilsh (@TikaTakaWilsh) September 16, 2015

I’ve huge respect for Arteta but if I was up to my neck in water, I’d still sprint past him

— Bergkamp & Bergkamp (@Orangeiceman10) September 16, 2015

Looking spineless & vulnerable with Arteta at DM instead of Coquelin. Wouldn’t have guessed that in a million years.

— Chris (@chrismd10) September 16, 2015