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Arsenal fans react to Francis Coquelin’s performance against Middlesbrough

Arsenal's Francis Coquelin warms up before the match (REUTERS)
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Arsenal and Middlesbrough played out a goalless draw this weekend.

Middlesbrough's Ben Gibson in action with Arsenal's Francis Coquelin

Arsenal failed to maintain their recent fine form as they could only draw 0-0 with Middlesbrough on Saturday.

The Gunners were flying after their 6-0 victory against Ludogorets in the Championship League last week but they could not pull three points clear of Manchester City as they would have hoped.

Arsenal were missing the suspended Granit Xhaka while Santi Cazorla was out due to an Achilles injury.

Arsenal's Francis Coquelin in action with Middlesbrough's Marten de Roon

That meant Gunners boss Arsene Wenger paired Mohamed Elneny and Francis Coquelin in the centre of the field.

While Arsenal did not concede that had more to do with the superb Petr Cech than anything else, and it seems clear from this match that Elneny and Coquelin are not an effective partnership if the North London club want to challenge and ultimately win silverware this season and beyond.

Arsenal's Francis Coquelin acknowledges fans after the game

After the match we took to Twitter to see what Arsenal fans thought of Coquelin’s latest performance and you can read a selection of what we found below: