See David Luiz’s disastrous 25 minutes for Arsenal in 3-0 loss to Man City [VIDEO]

Despite the Premier League’s long break due to the coronavirus and the numerous changes it has forced, somethings were bound to remain the same.

Arsenal defender, David Luiz has always walked the line between brilliant and bonkers, often striding over to either side.

On Wednesday night, to the frustration of Gunners fans, it was more of the latter for Luiz against Manchester City.

Luiz was left on the bench against City but was brought on in the 24th minute after Mari was taken off with an injury.

He ended up remaining on the pitch for 25 minutes, a cameo which convinced many Arsenal fans in hindsight that they might have been better served continuing with 10 players after Mari’s injury.

Right before the half-time break, Luiz failed to make what seemed like a routine clearance from Kevin De Bruyne’s ball forward instead diverting the ball into Raheem Sterling’s path, with the England forward finding the net.

Take a look at the mistake and the goal below:

After the break, Luiz found himself on the wrong side of Riyad Mahrez with the Algerian sprinting into the box.

Luiz wrapped himself around the winger who went down, prompting referee Anthony Taylor to point to the spot.

To run salt into the already exposed wounds, he flashed a red card in Luiz’s face ending his miserable 25-minute cameo.

Take a look at that sequence below

The penalty was scored by De Bruyne, with Man City going on to win 3-0 after Phil Foden added a late goal.

A longer video, spliced with a very exaggerated instrumental version of Toto’s Africa was also posted on social media showing more details of Luiz’s nightmarish evening.

Of course, social media hasn’t been kind to the Brazilian who was signed from Chelsea last summer.

To his credit, Luiz accepted responsibility for his side’s loss.

“It’s not the team’s fault, it was my fault,” he told Sky Sports after the match

In Gunners Company