A green laser was flashed on the eyes of Chelsea star Mykhailo Mudryk as Mikel Arteta’s title-chasers Arsenal cruised to a 3-1 victory over the Blues at the Emirates. The 22-year-old Ukrainian winger was generally anticipated to join Arsenal in January. For months, Arteta and Edu Gaspar had been in talks with Shakhtar Donetsk.
As the two parties worked out a transfer fee, an agreement was getting closer. Chelsea, though, appeared out of nowhere to blow Arsenal out of the water with an £88 million proposal. And Mykhailo Mudryk ended up moving to Stamford Bridge rather than the Emirates, infuriating Arsenal fans.

Arsenal fans slammed for hostile behaviour towards Mykhailo Mudryk
Arsenal fans haven’t forgotten Mykhailo Mudryk it seems, and the forward got a taste of life in north London on Tuesday, when he came off the bench in Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat. The Gunners recaptured top spot in the league by easily defeating Frank Lampard’s Blues, who suffered yet another defeat.
Martin Odegaard scored twice in the first 31 minutes to put Arsenal in command, the first a stunning shot from the edge of the box. Gabriel Jesus sealed the victory three minutes after Odegaard’s second goal, striking low past Kepa. Noni Madueke scored a consolation goal in the second half, but the damage had already been done.
Arsenal broke their four-game winless streak with a thrashing of a shambolic Chelsea side, keeping the pressure on Manchester City in the title chase. However, one Arsenal fan went too far by shining a green laser into Mykhailo Mudryk’s eyes. Those who look directly into the dangerous item risk becoming blinded. Football fans, particularly Arsenal supporters, took to social media to protest the heinous actions.
Whoever is shining that green laser on Mudryk deserves a lifetime ban. Really not cool
— Sebastian (@Gunner_Seb) May 2, 2023
I’m all for banta and bragging rights etc but shining lasers in oppo players faces is SO CLASSLESS! No need to put him off, you see at the end he KNOWS he fucked up! C’mon @Arsenal fans. We are better than that! #COYG ?⚪️
— AFC Parns ?⚪️ (@parns08) May 2, 2023
Whoever that prick in the crowd shining a laser on Mudryk is, I hope you get banned.
— Arsenal Tickets (@arsenal_tickets) May 2, 2023
As an Arsenal fan:
The fan who constantly shone a laser in Mudryk’s eyes / direction should be banned for a good long time. You are disrespectful and lack class. You are a disgrace to sportsmanship.
This is not how we conduct ourselves. #ARSCFC #Arsenal #PremierLeageue pic.twitter.com/RIsqx8bJX6
— Louw Lemmer (@louwlemmer) May 2, 2023
Laser pointing Mudryk only shows how much Arsenal fans have never moved on from him rejecting them
Petty mentality from a club with no history
— EL CHICO (@chiccoSZN) May 3, 2023
Why are they pointing lasers at Mudryk? Weird bunch. #ARSCHEpic.twitter.com/eLMVfp9W1S
— H (@TheLiverpoolEra) May 2, 2023
I can’t stand the guy who is shining that dumb laser on Mudryk. Sure, we can be angry and jeer him for picking Chelsea over us, but this is really low.
— ARDENT GOONER (@saltimes) May 2, 2023
Nah. Utter toxic. The club could get fined though the referee should have stopped the match so that the stewards could get a grip. The laser was obviously putting Mudryk's eyes in danger, though it didn't look that powerful.
— Mike Hall (@MikeHal08477906) May 2, 2023
I don’t like this type of behaviours
I understand that fans are mad but at the end of the day we don’t know the full story and how much it was Mudryk’s fault that he ended up in Chelsea— Krakers ⁷ (@Spanish_Dream_) May 2, 2023
In all seriousness booing and shining lasers at Mudryk was so fucking weird
— zak? (@ZakKnowsBall) May 2, 2023
Arsenal fans booing Mudryk and shining a laser in his face all because they didn’t pay Shakhtar what they wanted.
Cringy, pathetic fanbase.
— Futbol Chelsea (@FutbolCheIsea) May 2, 2023
The person following Mudryk with a laser is so jobless lol.
— ًEl. (@UtdEIIis) May 2, 2023
Booing Mudryk and pointing lasers at his eyes because he didn’t join your club gotta be the most shameless thing ever. That’s why no one likes arsenal weird club man. Just move on you got the better player in trossard
— trev (@trevsenpai) May 2, 2023
To the person shining that laser at Mudryk: You are an idiot.
— Jason Soutar (@jbsoutar) May 2, 2023
Arsenal fans are despicable. Shining a laser in Mudryk’s face is just beyond a joke. Shamefull. pic.twitter.com/2fDMEwN3yu
— Nicholas Waley (@nicholas_waley) May 2, 2023
I don’t respect the fan who decided to shine a laser in Mudryk’s eyes, as a club we need to have a zero tolerance policy for that.
— Ross Bain (@RossBain3) May 2, 2023