NUFC man slated after TV cameras capture shocking off the ball incident during Leicester defeat
After being pointed out by the TV cameras following Saturday's 3-2 defeat to Leicester, fellow Newcastle fans have reacted furiously online to Ayoze Perez's total lack of tracking in the moments before their 86th minute winner.
As the clip from BT Sport's post-match coverage shows below, Perez failed to react to the run of Okazaki - leading to a desperate challenge that lead to his own goal and their late winner.
https://twitter.com/st_prm/status/939583149213921283
He was a tad unlucky with the nature of the own goal in the end, but his failure to track the Leicester players in touching distance of him is inexcusable.
He's not a defender, but this is a basic error from any player playing professional football, made even worse by the fact he'd only been on the field for 15 minutes (so he couldn't have been out on his feet - not like that would've been an excuse!).
Perez generally presses well from the front when used in the number 10 role, but given Rafa's often stuck with him this season for his 'tactical awareness' or 'defensive positioning', it's quite incredible him to make such a basic error here. Fans aren't happy and understandably so!
https://twitter.com/paulkw/status/939577873018642433
https://twitter.com/tfweeklypod/status/939576607194226688
https://twitter.com/kylepott93/status/939580054547435522
It seems fans have also found his pre-match Twitter post a bit rich given his total lack of reaction in the above clip.
https://twitter.com/AyozePG/status/939528006258905088
Not good enough. But in his defence, he was the only one to fall into that bracket on Saturday!
