Many Southampton fans on social media slammed midfielder Mario Lemina after his display during the 3-0 defeat to Liverpool on Saturday.
The 6ft tall central midfielder (Source: Transfermarkt) played the full game for the Saints against the Reds but fans of Mark Hughes’ side were far from happy with his display.
One Saints supporter tweeted that some of their players had been a disgrace when facing Jurgen Klopp’s side as they had gone missing in the game before directly pointing their finger at Lemina.
While another fan revealed on Twitter that they thought the 25-year-old was a liability for his side as he just strolled around the pitch.
Live 4 Liverpool has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
Some of these players have been a disgrace. You can excuse ability, but not the way some have gone missing. Lemina, I'm looking at you.
— SaintM (@SaintMikeB) September 22, 2018
Lemina is either champions league or non league ???????????
— Ray (@splurtissier) September 22, 2018
From what I've seen Lemina can't defend either
— Anthony (@saintant) September 22, 2018
Lemina is a liability. Just strolls around
— Robbie (@robbiemcclorey) September 22, 2018
Get Lemina off. pathetic #saintsfc
— Glen de la Cour (leagueoneminus10) (@L1minus10) September 22, 2018
Beginning to think that Lemina is a liability away from home. Or is it the set up change that doesn’t suit him. Davis would be more reliable. Cannot understand why he doesn’t play Sam. It was made for him yesterday. He’s quick, big and a real handful.
— Br0wn1e5 (@Br0wn1e5) September 23, 2018
Too many players getting caught on the ball…..Lemina major culprit…he's having a mare! #SaintsFC @solentsport
— Ian Wells (@wellsi01) September 22, 2018
Listening to @AdamBlackmore and once again appears we have failed to defend set pieces To Centre Halves over 6:4 in height how come we keep losing the ball in air. Westergarrd and Hoedt not good enough along with Lemina who is 1 of the most over rated players I’ve seen #saintsfc
— Richard Shelley (@RShelley_bowls) September 22, 2018
OPINION
From a Liverpool perspective, Lemina would have one of the Saints players that Klopp would have warned his players about. The midfielder has previously shone at the Saints and has looked like being a handful for his opponents. However during the Reds’ 3-0 win at Anfield over the Saints on Saturday, you would be excused if you forgot Lemina was playing. Based on his latest display it seems one Saints fan hits the nail on the head with his assessment of the midfielder by saying he either plays to a Champions League standard or to a level more often seen in non-league football. It’s interesting that several Saints supporters highlight the fact that as it was an away day, Lemina was destined to struggle and that perhaps means the player has a mentality issue stopping him from excelling. If the midfielder is able to deliver good performances at St Mary’s but not at any other stadium in the Premier League, then Hughes needs to address the issue.