Twitter Reacts as Arsenal, Stoke City Play Out 0-0 Draw at Britannia Stadium

Arsenal made their annual Premier League trip to the Britannia Stadium on Sunday, a place where they've endured a torrid time in recent years. 

The Gunners had lost three of their last five trips up north and last year experienced one of the season's lowlights, falling behind 3-0 by half-time. 

To make matters worse for Arsenal supporters, before kick-off, they found out that prolific assist man Mesut Ozil would miss out due to injury. 

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@MesutOzil1088 out today big blow. Done so well been playing weeks with an injury which you don't see to often these days 👍

— Ray Parlour (@RealRomfordPele) January 17, 2016"

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Very cold, no Ozil, weak bench...this could be another horrible day at Stoke. #afc

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 17, 2016"

For his part, Ozil watched from home.

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Watching the match vs. Stoke! Hopefully I'll be back well for the next match. But for now: COME ON YOU GUNNERS 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/vrS8ncBieJ

— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) January 17, 2016"

Pity because the travelling support came up with a top-class chant for the German playmaker. 

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Arsenal's new awesome chant for Mesut Özil! Via @jackAFCmartin pic.twitter.com/HiCg2sdrbd

— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) January 17, 2016"

Early on in the first half, Aaron Ramsey was booed whenever he received the ball. Ramsey famously suffered an awful leg break at the Britannia Stadium as a result of a Ryan Shawcross tackle. 

(Warning: NSFW language in below tweets.) 

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Stoke fans boo Aaron Ramsey with every touch of the ball because he wasn’t happy about this incident. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/jJADFtBAZE

— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 17, 2016"

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Ramsey's biggest flaw still that his bones aren't made of titanium, then.

— Sam Tighe (@stighefootball) January 17, 2016"

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Ramsey getting booed consistently for that time he got his leg broken. Scumbag.

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) January 17, 2016"

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Booing Ramsey is a joke.

— James Dall (@JamesDallESPN) January 17, 2016"

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I see after 6 years Stoke fans are booing Ramsey for getting his leg broken!😂

— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) January 17, 2016"

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Stoke City fans: "Aaron Ramsey, he walks with a limp". Fucking hell.

— gunnerblog (@gunnerblog) January 17, 2016"

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Arsenal Ramsey 2014: Winning goal in FA Cup final. Stoke City 2014: Discovered the wheel. #AFCLive

— Gunnervision (@Gunner_vision) January 17, 2016"

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Aaron Ramsey waving to the Stoke fans that are booing him. The perfect response. pic.twitter.com/2WHZu7EsSY

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 17, 2016"

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If Aaron Ramsey scores today, he should snap his leg off, throw it into the crowd and watch them feast upon the fresh meaty flesh.

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) January 17, 2016"

Olivier Giroud nearly opened the scoring with a headed effort but was denied by Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland, who was in fine form for the hosts. 

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Butland, what a save, lad.

— Pete Schwadel (@peteeee) January 17, 2016"

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Giroud free header from a corner, Butland with another good save

— The Short Fuse (@TheShortFuse) January 17, 2016"

Butland's opposite number, Petr Cech, was also up for the task, making a superb double save to keep Arsenal level in the second half. 

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Petr Cech gonna Petr Cech. pic.twitter.com/KSLtIJ2wiy

— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 17, 2016"

In the end, the two sides played out a 0-0 draw, which moved Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League on goal differential over Leicester City. 

After a second straight draw, many Gooners were left to wonder, "What if?"

"

That's not a lot of wiggle room. So while these are generally considered "good points," I just think we will need to turn some into 3 points

— YankeeGunner (@YankeeGunner) January 17, 2016"

"

Not a pretty game (as usually in Stoke) but a hard-earned draw isn't bad. 1 point more than last season or what Man City got.

— AB (@behnisch) January 17, 2016"

"

If Arsenal can hold Stoke, Barcelona should be cakewalk.

— Aarony Zade (@aaronyzade) January 17, 2016"

"

Close game. Had 3/4 great chances. Can't expect more than that. Once again we've been really wasteful in the final third.

— JB™ (@gunnerpunner) January 17, 2016"