Arsenal’s Beth Mead fires back at ‘sexist’ Twitter post lauding Bukayo Saka goal

Arsenal Women’s forward Beth Mead has fired back at a social media post that suggested Bukayo Saka was the only player to score for the Gunners in January.

Mikel Arteta’s side were winless in January and scored just one goal all month –– courtesy of Saka’s fine strike against Premier League leaders Manchester City.

Arsenal men’s dismal start to 2022 was exemplified by defeats in the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, with no chances of silverware possible for the team anymore this season.

Similarly, Arsenal Women also struggled at the beginning of the year –– suffering a shock WSL loss to bottom side Birmingham and a Continental Cup quarter-final exit to rivals Man United.

In recent matches, however, Jonas Eidevall’s side have bounced back and are now unbeaten in three games.

Vivianne Miedema, Tobin Heath and Mead have all bagged goals for the Gunners of late but it appears their efforts went unrecognised by some sports pages online.

Football site GOAL shared an image of Saka standing in an empty room on Twitter and captioned the post: “Bukayo Saka was the only player to score for Arsenal in January.”

Not completely true though is it?