The fallout of Arsenal’s surprising FA Cup quarter-final exit at Southampton on Saturday night has continued, with some of their supporters fearing the worst for the rest of the season.
The Gunners suffered a 2-1 defeat on the south coast with Shea Charles’ 85th-minute winner seeing the Championship side progress to the FA Cup semi-finals.
Arsenal have now suffered back-to-back defeats in all competitions, either side of last month’s international break, having lost 2-0 in the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City at Wembley.
Those results have seen their quadruple dreams halve with the Premier League and Champions League now to play for.
Arsenal remain in the boxseat in the former, as they sit nine points clear of City on 70 points – albeit having played a game more. In the Champions League they travel to Lisbon to take on Sporting in the first leg of their quarter-final on Tuesday night.
But despite going well in the Premier League and Champions League, one of their celebrity supporters believes Arsenal could end the season empty-handed.
Jack Whitehall is among Arsenal fans fearing the worst after their FA Cup exit on Saturday
After losing 2-1 at Southampton, Whitehall fears that the Gunners may end up empty-handed
Taking to X on Saturday night, comedian and actor Jack Whitehall bluntly wrote: ‘I actually think Arsenal might f*** everything’, with his caption accompanied by an ‘eek’ emoji.
Piers Morgan was another vocal about his beloved club, posting on X at half-time when they were trailing 1-0 at Southampton courtesy of Ross Stewart’s strike: ‘Do you actually want to win any trophies @Arsenal? Such a poor, lacklustre half.’
His mood did improve when Viktor Gyokeres equalised in the second half, but his frustrations came to the fore with the full-time result and then again on Easter Sunday morning.
With the latter, he wrote: ‘Not exactly in a celebratory mood’ in a quote post of Arsenal wishing all of their fans a happy Easter that celebrate it.
His posts have since seen him mocked by rival fans who are revelling in the club’s two most recent results.
One Chelsea supporter shared a video of actor Jim Royle, played by actor Ricky Tomlinson, just laughing from a scene of the hit comedy The Royle Family.
A Manchester City fan mocked up an AI image of an apple crumble rebranded as ‘Arsenal crumble’ too.
It wasn’t just his most recent tweets that Morgan was mocked for though, with Southampton digging up his post from March 9.
Piers Morgan was another celebrity fan to express his frustration on X after Arsenal’s loss
Morgan was quickly mocked by rivals and Southampton themselves on social media
Southampton also teased another Arsenal fan on X after their FA Cup quarter-final victory
On that day, Morgan declared it was a ‘Great draw for Arsenal’ in relation to their quarter-final tie and in response on Saturday night, Southampton merely put a picture of Charles’ face celebrating at the full-time whistle.
They also teased another Arsenal fan who labelled their victory as a ‘Fluke win’ by replying back: ‘Enjoy your quadruple, pal’.
Southampton can look forward to a FA Cup semi-final later this month when they’ll face either Chelsea, Liverpool or West Ham United/Leeds United.
