Newcastle fans have taken to Twitter to slam Sean Longstaff for his performance in the 4-0 defeat to Arsenal.

The Magpies academy graduate was making his 12th Premier League start of the season at the Emirates on Sunday, but delivered a display which was met with criticism by a number of fans on Twitter.

The 22-year-old had three shots against the Gunners - only one of which was on target - while his set-piece delivery throughout the game was pretty poor, in truth.

Longstaff also made one key pass and was fouled twice, but had two unsuccessful touches.

From a defensive aspect, the midfielder put in a decent shift, making three tackles, three clearances and one interception - he did, however, commit two fouls.

His statistics from the 4-0 defeat were not awful in all honesty, but he clearly didn't do enough to impress the Newcastle fans on Twitter who took to their keyboards to aim their frustrations at him...

To kick off the reaction, both of these supporters criticised Longstaff.

Phyllis said that the Newcastle No.36 is "fairly mediocre" before admitting that he was over-hyped by the St James' Park faithful because there was "precious little else to cheer" - ouch.

'DBaines' then said that the Englishman is "very average at best" - harsh indeed.

Elsewhere, @toondave2015 said that Longstaff has "lost his form".

Then, Brendy was baffled as to how the midfielder still starts games, saying that it is "beyond" them.

Lastly, these two fans kept their verdicts short and sweet, but also hard-hitting.

Gavin simply said Longstaff is "struggling" whereas Dean said the midfielder is "too inconsistent" when rating each player's performance against the Gunners.

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