Tunde Young

Former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton has urged the club to “pay up” Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s contract if no suitor can be found for the striker in January.

The Gabonese striker had a poor outing in Chelsea’s 1-0 home defeat to Manchester City in which he came off the bench in the fifth minute to replace the injured Raheem Sterling and was taken off in the 65th minute himself having failed to affect the game.

Sutton ripped into Aubameyang with heavy words of criticism after the game and suggested that the striker should never play for the club again.

<h3>Chris Sutton rips into Aubameyang</h3>

“I thought Aubameyang was hopeless in truth, offered very little,” Sutton told BBC Radio 5 Live in reaction to the game.

“The Aubameyang substitution is really telling, it’s embarrassing. He’s been hauled off and rightly so,” Sutton continued.

Chris Sutton heavily criticised Aubameyang

"Aubameyang looked like he didn’t want to be here this evening. He’s not the only one. Cucurella, they’ve spent an absolute fortune on him and he looks well, well short for a Chelsea team that want to win trophies," said rounding up.

Chris Sutton only played one season for Chelsea, in 1999/00 in which he flopped massively, scoring just three goals in 39 games across all competitions.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang unveiled as a Chelsea player

The England international was sold after to Celtic and is now a television pundit after retiring from football in 2007.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's poor performance against Manchester City has earned him heavy criticism

Aubameyang’s ghost performance for Chelsea against Manchester City has led to heavy criticism from a former Chelsea striker.

PREMIER LEAGUE: Ex-Chelsea striker calls Aubameyang ‘embarrassing’ and ‘hopeless’

Four games were played on Tuesday in the 18th round of Premier League action in what was a busy night for African stars.

Nine African players were involved across three of the four games, five of those were as starters while the other four came off the bench.

Arsenal’s five-game winning streak in the Premier League was halted by similarly in-form Newcastle in a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium.

Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey played the full game, carrying out his anchor duties in the Arsenal midfield well in what was a decent performance from him.

Thomas Partey marshalled the midfield for Arsenal against Newcastle

Partey had 106 touches and played 91 passes, completing 78 of them with an 86% success rate including one key pass.

The defensive midfielder also blocked two shots and won all three of his aerial duels to help the Gunners seal a valuable point at home.

Nigerian midfielder Alex Iwobi was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak evening for Everton who were humbled on home soil by Brighton in a 4-1 defeat.

Iwobi played the full game and had 53 touches, playing 39 passes of which 35 were accurate with a 90% completion rate.

Alex Iwobi in action for Everton in the Premier League

3/3 long balls, one shot on target and a penalty won which was converted by Demarai Gray for a late consolation were the other highlights of Iwobi’s night.

His African teammates on the other hand were poor, Senegalese midfielder Idrissa Gueye started the game but was taken off in the 64th minute and replaced by Neal Maupay as well as Abdoulaye Doucoure who came off the bench in the 58th minute but the Malian midfielder could not impact the game.

Abdoulaye Doucoure and Idrissa Gueye were in action for Everton against Brighton

An African was on the winning side though, Ghanaian right back, Tariq Lamptey came off the bench for Brighton in the 71st minute with his team already 4-0 up.

Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi started for Leicester City for the second consecutive game which is a rarity these days but his presence could not help the Foxes avoid a 1-0 defeat at home to Fulham.

Ndidi had a decent game in which he had 45 touches, completed 20 out of 28 passes, won 6 out of 10 ground duels, won both of his aerial duels and made five tackles in 72 minutes before he was substituted off.

Wilfred Ndidi started for Leicester City against Fulham

Wilfred Ndidi started for Leicester City against Nottingham Forest

Ghanaian centre-back Daniel Amartey was also in action and he played the full game, recording two clearances, one interception, a tackle and a blocked shot each and was never dribbled past.

Daniel Amartey was decent for Leicester City against Fulham

Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho and Senegalese midfielder Nampalys Mendy both came off the bench in the 72nd minute but could not help Leicester find the elusive equaliser.

Amartey, Ndidi, Partey, Iwobi and Gueye were in action for their Premier League clubs

African stars Thomas Partey, Idrissa Gueye, Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi and Daniel Amartey all started for their respective clubs in the latest round of Premier League action.

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PREMIER LEAGUE: Ex-Chelsea striker calls Aubameyang ‘embarrassing’ and ‘hopeless’

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