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“Passive”, “Anonymous” – So many NUFC fans destroy “below average” man after thrashing

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Many Newcastle United fans have been destroying Nabil Bentaleb on social media, having been left questioning what the FC Schalke 04 loanee has to offer following Sunday’s 4-0 thrashing at Arsenal.

Steve Bruce’s Magpies had been able to enter the dressing room level at the break by keeping the Gunners to three on-target first-half efforts, but a quick-fire double from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nicolas Pepe gave the hosts the momentum to go on and seal all three points.

Bentaleb had opened the affair at the Emirates Stadium for what was the Algerian’s second start in the Premier League since joining the Toon during the winter market.

Our deal with Schalke features a €10million (£8.3m) option to buy, but many of the St. James’ Park faithful are seemingly keen to see Managing Director Lee Charnley hold off on triggering the clause, at least for the time being.

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Bentaleb left large corners of the fanbase dismayed on Sunday having been “below average” and at times “miles off the pace”, having used his 48 touches to record no attempted efforts on goal, no attempted dribbles and play one key ball, per WhoScored data.

The 25-year-old did play a team-high 38 passes in North London, though only connected with teammates with 84% of those while twelve were noted as being made back toward Martin Dubravka’s net.

Here are some of the messages shared as fans voiced underwhelming views on Bentaleb’s performance against Arsenal…

In other Newcastle United news, reports have suggested that Bruce is eying a new deal for an influential first-team figure.

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