Bournemouth goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga produced two costly errors in Sunday’s 2-2 draw away at Tottenham Hotspur.
The Cherries held a deserved 2-0 lead after 65 minutes courtesy of strikes from Marcus Tavernier and Evanilson, while Justin Kluivert had seen another goal ruled out for offside.
But Spurs were gifted a route back into the contest when Kepa was beaten by Pape Matar Sarr’s mishit cross in the 67th minute.
Kepa then gifted the home side a penalty kick by rashly rushing out of his six-yard box to foul Son Heung-min, who had been running away from goal.
Son stepped up to convert the penalty himself and earn Spurs a point.
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher was commentating on Sunday’s game for Sky Sports and reacted to Kepa’s foul on Son by exclaiming: ‘What is he doing!?’
Bournemouth goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga did not have his best game on Sunday afternoon
He conceded from a mishit cross after Bournemouth had taken a 2-0 lead away at Tottenham
Kepa then rashly fouled Son Heung-min, who scored the resulting penalty kick to make it 2-2
Kepa then briefly trended on X (formerly Twitter), where the majority of comments were not complimentary.
One fan tweeted: ‘Kepa has single-handedly ruined Bournemouth’s game today.’
Another comment read: ‘What the hell is Kepa doing I’m in disbelief’. A third fan declared: ‘This Kepa Arrizabalaga guy is an idiot’.
However, a Bournemouth supporter stood up for Kepa by commenting: Let’s not start piling on him.
‘Sure the error at the end today was totally unacceptable and unnecessary, but that doesn’t change the fact he has been great almost the entire season before the last two games.
‘Don’t be reactionary and forget he is still a class GK’.
Sunday’s result left Bournemouth eighth in the Premier League table, five points off the top four with 10 rounds of fixtures remaining.
The Cherries remain 10 points above Spurs in 13th.
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