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Adam Miller

Arsenal fans disappointed as former Celtic star Kieran Tierney is left on bench

Arsenal stumbled to a 1-0 defeat against Aston Villa on Tuesday night, and fans believe the decision to start with Kieran Tierney on the bench contributed to the setback.

The Scotland left-back was thrown on by Mikel Arteta with 30 minutes remaining, but supporters believe his recent run of excellent performances should have seen him on from the start.

Sead Kolašinac started in the former Celtic star's place, and fans were unimpressed with the German's performance.

Tierney has been consistently impressive since English football's restart, and was named Arsenal's Player of the Month for June.

Here's what fans have been saying about his absence.

"This game is showing just how important Tierney is" - @HarrisonLucraft

"Mikel Arteta made a big mistake leaving out Tierney" - @asemota_james

"Tierney should have started" - @ZerihunAyeleEri

"Kolasinac is a bomb scare, just start Tierney from now on" - @seankennedy858

"Tierney is a BALLER!!!! please @Arsenal why is Nketiah and Kolasinac still on?" - @Jo_Mamba

"Tierney should play every game" - @Arsenal71445896

"The best creative pass we got against Villa was Tierney's" - @vickky9ice

"NEXT TIME JUST DON'T EVEN THINK TO START WITHOUT KIERAN TIERNEY SERIOUSLY!!! @Arsenal see the difference that he just made in very short of time!!!!!!!" - @deviapspt

Tierney joined Arsenal from Celtic for £25m in 2019.

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