Arsenal supporters are probably livid with Sead Kolasinac right now.
And honestly, rightly so.
Kolasinac was released from his contract at the Emirates Stadium a little earlier this year and wound up signing for Marseille.
The 29-year-old is one of several players at the Ligue 1 outfit with an Arsenal connection, given that his teammates are Alexis Sanchez and Matteo Guendouzi, and Nuno Tavares who is on loan from Mikel Arteta’s side.
On Tuesday, Kolasinac had a chance to delight supporters of his former club.
Marseille welcomed Tottenham Hotspur to France in a vital Champions League encounter.
And the big left-back had a chance to win it for the Ligue 1 club late on and, in the process, eliminate Spurs – Arsenal’s North London rivals – from the competition once and for all.
But he inexplicably missed what was essentially an easy header, nodding wide at the back post.
Here’s how Paul Merson saw the incident.
He said on Sky Sports [01/11, 9:53 pm]: “It’s Kolasinac who’s missed it. It was an inswinger to the far post. He comes in and heads it down but he just misses the target. It’s an absolute sitter. He just has to head it across the goal. The manager thinks it’s Halloween still. He’s seen a ghost! What an opportunity.”
Minutes later, Tottenham went up the other end and scored a winner through Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Even without that goal, the North Londoners were going through, but Kolasinac scoring would’ve dumped out the Lilywhites.
Kolasinac was never hugely popular among Arsenal fans anyway, but certainly not now.
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