“He was a good player but he’s gone… I don’t know what’s happened to him."
When asked by Ally McCoist if Bellerin’s diet is to blame for his poor form, Brazil added: “Look at [Diego] Costa - do you think he has a Caesar salad every Sunday lunch?
“Vegans don’t say ‘hi, how’re you doing’, they say ‘hi, I’m a vegan’. They get it in first.”
Brazil was not the only pundit to go to town on the Arsenal youngster.
Speaking to ITV, former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane also expressed his disappointment with the Spaniard’s performances.
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“You’re talking about being streetwise and getting to half-time [at 0-0]. There were a number of mistakes,” he said.
“Costa, obviously big performance from him tonight, big loss from the first leg - but look at Bellerin.
“We all say to defenders, ‘Think the worst-case scenario. Expect the worst from your team-mates’.
“Whether he hasn’t got a clue, he needs to get back in there, whether he’s very, very lazy - then it was too late at this level of football [when he reacts].
“The keeper goes down a bit early but Bellerin, for an experienced player, is so poor you wouldn’t believe it.”