Everybody Is Talking About How Many Empty Seats There Was At The Emirates

Arsenal edged out West Bromwich Albion by two goals to nil in Monday night's game at the Emirates, with club-record signing Alexandre Lacazette maintaining his sublime goalscoring record on home soil by notching a further two strikes at Arsenal's stomping ground.

But the main talking point, particularly on social media, was the amount of empty seats visible for a Premier League fixture at the Emirates.

Arsenal recently set a record for the lowest amount of fans to have attended a game when 44,064 tickets were solid for the Carabao Cup win over Doncaster Rovers.

And though you can probably let that one slide given that they were playing against a League One side, no-one was letting Arsenal fans off the hook tonight and there were a flurry of reactions to the empties at the Emirates. Die-hard Gooner Piers Morgan was one of many to weigh in:

Thoughts on the attendance? Is the criticism warranted?

Sound off in the comments.

Topics: West Brom, Arsenal

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