Arsenal fans seen abusing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and telling striker to ‘f*** off’

The forward was shouted at by fans as he left the Emirates after the club's draw against Crystal Palace

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Footage has emerged of Arsenal fans hurling abuse at Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the wake of the club’s 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace.

The match was marred by captain Granit Xhaka‘s reaction to being jeered as he was substituted midway through the second half, when the midfielder threw off his shirt and appeared to tell the Emirates crowd to “f*** off”.

After the match, Aubameyang, who has been one of Arsenal’s standout performers this season scoring seven goals in 10 Premier League appearances, was also told to “f**k off by one supporter as he left the stadium.

“£2,000 a year to watch s***… f*** off,” one fan can be heard shouting before another adds: ”These people pay £1,800 for a season ticket… they are your support!”

An “upset, devastated and very sad” Xhaka has been offered counselling and other protective measures by Arsenal in the wake of the incident.

“At the moment, I am not speaking and I don’t want to speak about that,” Emery replied when asked if Xhaka could lose the captaincy. “Now he is upset, devastated and sad. It is not only yesterday and today. He is feeling the supporters don’t like him.

“His commitment with the club is a great commitment every time. He wants to help. His behaviour was perfect in training, with the group and with the club. He was wrong and he feels it inside very deeply. But that is normal as a human.”

Emery admitted he felt Xhaka should have said sorry to supporters but insists he is not interested in receiving an apology of his own.

“I spoke to him this morning about him only, his personal moment,” added the Spaniard. “I don’t need his apology. Because I know he is devastated, we can speak about all the situation but first it’s him.

“He is now very down and we need to support him. I don’t need his apology to me now.”

“My ideal future is to watch again Xhaka playing and every supporter supporting him. This is my ideal. I don’t know if I can or will achieve it but this is my ideal. Also for him it’s the same but also I think we need now to be calm step by step so we can progress. But my idea is to achieve a big connection collectively and individually with the supporters. We can maybe remind some similar situations in the past for players, and they came back.

“For example, I was speaking with Hector Bellerin and he said to me that he received some criticism three years ago at Emirates Stadium in one moment because people weren’t happy with his performance and then he came back. The most important is to keep moving ahead, working, improving and showing and transmitting to people that if one moment they don’t like him, to work to change that situation.

“I don’t know not today how it will be in the future, the most important for me is the present.”