Havertz missed the crucial penalty in the shootout, having won a spot-kick earlier in the game
Mikel Arteta blasted social media trolls who sent sickening abuse to Kai Havertz’s wife
She described one remark as ‘shocking’ before adding ‘I hope you are so ashamed of yourself’
‘When we played Ipswich on December 27, we win 1-0 and Kai Havertz scores. The whole stadium after that is singing the ‘Waka, Waka’ (his chant). That was 20 days ago. Where is the perspective?
‘We are all responsible. You guys (the media) are responsible, everybody is responsible for the narrative and how we talk. We cannot look somewhere else. That’s a really serious matter. It affects me. It affects him and everybody that is in the industry.
Havertz’s wife, Sophia Weber, was subjected to abuse on Instagram after Arsenal crashed out of the FA Cup at the hands of Manchester United
An emotional Mikel Arteta blasted social media trolls who sent sickening abuse to Kai Havertz’s wife after Arsenal crashed out of the FA Cup, calling on the football industry to make it ‘prohibited’.
‘I don’t want to confirm anything until we have the final report this afternoon. But we were very worried after the game and we are very worried today.’
Ahead of Arsenal’s north London derby clash against Tottenham on Wednesday, Arteta said: ‘It’s incredible, honestly. We really have to do something about it, because accepting that and hiding this has terrible consequences.
