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Alex Runarsson Deletes Twitter Account After Abuse From Fans Following Manchester City Mistake

Alex Runarsson Deletes Twitter Account After Abuse From Fans Following Manchester City Mistake

Arsenal fans slammed Runarsson on social media.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Arsenal's Alex Runarsson deleted his Twitter account after receiving abuse on social media following his mistake against Manchester City.

Runarsson conceded four goals and made a huge error for City's second goal as Arsenal were dumped out of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.

He was targeted with abuse from fans following his performance between the sticks.

The online treatment prompted the Icelandic goalkeeper to deactivate his Twitter account following his side's 4-1 defeat at the Emirates.

Runarsson has yet to make a Premier League appearance for Arsenal as Mikel Arteta started him for their quarter-final cup tie.

And he got off to the worst possible start after Gabriel Jesus headed home with just three minutes on the clock.

Arsenal, though, hit back thanks to Alexandre Lacazette who scored to level before the break.

But Pep Guardiola's side regained the lead courtesy of a howler from Arsenal's back-up keeper.

Image: PA
Image: PA
Image: PA
Image: PA

He fumbled Riyad Mahrez's free-kick into his own net in the 54th minute.

The ball somehow found it's way through his hands and into the back of the net in a disaster moment for the 25-year-old.

The Blues made it 3-1 when Phil Foden netted with Aymeric Laporte completing the rout to secure a semi-final place.

Speaking after the Gunners' elimination, Arteta said: "Yeah, a really painful moment again.

"We started the game conceding really early, a really soft goal and after that in this moment to get through that obviously is difficult."

He added: "But the players reacted to be fair and we started to grow as the game was moving forward. We scored a goal, a really good goal and after that I think we were the better team for the next 25 minutes.

"But when we have the best moment in the game, we conceded another soft goal and that makes the game even harder.

"But still we kept going. We had an open situation we where we can play Laca through. We missed the pass and on that counter, they scored a goal in an offside position and obviously after that moment the game was over."

Featured Image Credit: Twitter/Sky Sports

Topics:ย Manchester City, Football News, Carabao Cup, Football, Arsenal, Mikel Arteta

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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