Arsenal 's Nicolas Pepe was slammed on air by Amazon Prime Sport duo Clive Tyldesley and Alan Shearer midway through the 2-1 defeat to Brighton .
The £72m Gunners flop has failed to make an impact so far this season following his move from Lille and has attracted his critics in recent months.
After being an unused substitute in Freddie Ljungberg's first game on Sunday, Pepe was thrown on at half-time at the Emirates last night.
But the Ivorian didn't seem up to it before the restart, according to Tyldesley and Shearer who were keeping an eye on the Arsenal star's warm-up during the interval.
"Freddie Ljungberg has played his first card and Arsenal’s club record signing from Lille may have an absolutely storming second half, but we’ve just watched him go through the most languid warm-up I’ve ever seen a substitute go through," said Tyldesley.
"There was a coach who was trying to prepare him for the half who looked far more motivated and far more urgent than Nicolas Pepe.
"Let’s see if he makes me eat my words."
"I can think of other words," quipped Shearer.
Pepe was brought in by Unai Emery, who was sacked last month following a dismal start to the season.
And the attacker admits the Spaniard's manager has been tough to deal with.
"It was painful because he is a coach who gave me the chance to come to Arsenal. We mustn’t forget that. For me, it was something painful," Pepe told RMC.
“I would say that my start has been a bit negative. Based on my own expectations of myself, I expected a bit more. I expect more and it is up to me to work hard and make the difference in each match.
"It is normal for people to criticise me as much as they are doing because I am not making the difference in each match.
"I understand them. It is certainly up to me to reverse this situation through hard work.
“There are lots of aspects that I need to improve. Score more quickly, take the opportunities to score that I’ve been missing.
"It’s like that, that’s football. I also need to improve on the physical aspect because coming from France to England, there is this box-to-box aspect that you have to take into account.”
