Fans react as Chelsea howler gifts Arsenal the lead

By Ben Browning


Published: May 12, 2021 8:57 pm

Last Updated: May 12, 2021 9:18 pm

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One to forget for Jorginho

Fans have reacted across social media as a dreadful mistake from Jorginho gifted Arsenal the lead against Chelsea this evening. The Italian midfielder forgot to check where goalkeeper Kepa was standing before he passed the ball back towards his own goal.

Kepa scrambled back, clawing the ball off the line, but was unable to prevent Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang squaring the reboud to Emile Smith Rowe, who found the corner in somewhat fortuitious fashion.

WOW 😲

Arsenal lead after a calamity mistake from Jorginho!

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Some fans forgave the mistake, but questioned the poor reaction to his error:

Mistakes happen, that was a poor one from Jorginho. But what’s inexcusable about that is the way that he just stops as soon as he plays the ball. If he runs in, he’s there to stop Smith Rowe.

— James (@FtblJames_) May 12, 2021

Whilst others wondered if he was in danger of losing his place in the side ahead of Saturday’s FA cup final against Wembley:

Is Jorginho playing himself out of #CFC’s #FACupFinal team? #CHEARS

— Simon Johnson (@SJohnsonSport) May 12, 2021

Even Arsenal fans got in on the act, joking about the transfer rumours for Jorginho that emerged in the summer linking him with a switch across London:

Jorginho is worth every penny we paid for him

— gunnerblog (@gunnerblog) May 12, 2021

And some Gunners fans pointed to the irony of it being an opposition player rather than one of their own making the mistakes for a change:

Finally makes sense why we were linked with Jorginho

— Dazza (@Highberry_AFC) May 12, 2021

Would handball have been given?

As the video above shows, Kepa needed to dive full-stretch on his own goal line just to prevent the goal from going down as a Jorginho own goal. Although referee Andre Marriner did not blow for a backpass, it was quite clearly handled by Kepa from a Jorginho pass, which begs the question as to whether it would have been reversed had Arsenal not scored.

The mistake overshadowed what had been a good start for Chelsea, who looked far the more likely to score. As is so often the case in football though, one mistake and it is all undone.

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	35	46	80
2	Manchester United FC	35	30	70
3	Leicester City FC	36	21	66
4	Chelsea FC	35	23	64
5	West Ham United FC	35	10	58
6	Liverpool FC	34	18	57
7	Tottenham Hotspur FC	35	20	56
8	Everton FC	34	4	55
9	Arsenal FC	35	11	52
10	Leeds United	35		50
11	Aston Villa FC	34	8	48
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	35	-12	45
13	Crystal Palace FC	35	-22	41
14	Southampton FC	35	-18	40
15	Burnley FC	35	-14	39
16	Newcastle United FC	35	-18	39
17	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	35	-5	37
18	Fulham FC	35	-22	27
19	West Bromwich Albion	35	-36	26
20	Sheffield United FC	35	-44	17

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Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	21
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	20
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	17
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	17
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	16
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	13
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	12
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	12
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	12
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	12
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	11
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	10
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	10
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	10
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick	Arsenal FC	10
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	10
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	9

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC		11
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion		10
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC		8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	7
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC		8
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC		8
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	7
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC		8
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	7
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC		8
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	7
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC		8
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC		7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC		7
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC		7
Dunk, Lewis	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	2	5
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC		7
Evans, Jonny	Leicester City FC		7

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	11
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	9
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	8
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	8
Raphinha	Leeds United	7
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	7
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	7
Digne, Lucas	Everton FC	7
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	6
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	6
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	6
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	6
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	6
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	6
Firmino, Roberto	Liverpool FC	6
Neto, Pedro	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	6

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