There's more to life than football. Arsenal players made that abundantly clear, celebrating just hours after being undressed 6-0 by Chelsea. A themed birthday party thrown by midfielder Mesut Özil celebrated the 24th birthday of his power-couple partner, Mandy Capristo. Unbeknownst to him, it also stirred a bit of controversy.
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It wasn't the party itself that left Arsenal supporters irate. It was the timing of the affair that set off an already debilitated fanbase. Photos of the Great Gatsby soiree were posted on official social media accounts and was met by ravenous comments from Arsenal supporters. Still gutted from watching his Gunners fold in the opening minutes against Chelsea, one supporter expressed his dismay sarcastically (h/t to the Daily Mail). "Nice to see someone is having fun after we lost 6 nil," the supporter said. "I would recommend whoever you pay to manage your social media takes a break for a while," he added.
"And if you do it yourself, you need a better advisor!!!"
Ironically enough, Chelsea punctuated their performance against Arsenal with more goals than the agitated supporter punctuated his sentence with exclamation marks.
Mesut Özil didn't partake in that embarrassing defeat. The 25-year-old is still sidelined with a hamstring injury. The same can't be said for his teammate Bacary Sagna. The club's right-back went 90 minutes in Arsenal's defeat, but still found the time to unwind at Capristo's party. Nicklas Bendtner was also in attendance, but just like his appearances on the pitch, no one seemed to notice.
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