South African fans on Monday night demanded that Percy Tau be recalled to the starting line-up after the Bafana Bafana attacker was an unused substitute as Brighton suffered a stoppage-time 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace.
Christian Benteke stunned the Seagulls with a 95th minute volley to seal an unlikely win after the home side had dominated for much of the match at the Amex Stadium.
Brighton had a massive 74% of possession to Palace's 26% with 25 attempts at goal compared to Palace's three strikes in a smash and grab win for Roy Hodgson's side.
South African fans made their feelings known on social media after the game and demanded on Brighton's official Twitter account that Tau should have seen more action.
The Bafana Bafana attacker was an unused substitute with impatient local fans demanding that Tau be given playing time in the starting line-up or to make an impact off the bench.
This is what happens when you don’t play the Lion of Judah Percy Tau! ????
— ?????? (@Priceless_Silva) February 22, 2021
You Did This To Yourselves, How Can You Bench A ???
— #ZinnbauerMustGo (@AwethuMaqakamba) February 22, 2021
But I Hope You'll Learn From Your Mistakes...
You Dont Bench The Lion And Get Away With It???? pic.twitter.com/5magQxUuZW
The game was clearly calling for creativity upfront! But No the zeal to flirt with relegation pic.twitter.com/9yr4GAz1oX
— ?????? (@chilly_machilly) February 22, 2021
Is 10 minutes too much to ask? We want to see the boy paving a way for Trossad to score more goals pic.twitter.com/Y3dpILbA3w
— Mkhonta Meluleki (@lemdzabu) February 22, 2021
You choose relegation or Tau. The choice is yours pic.twitter.com/lkvExDeRKo
— Mkhonta Meluleki (@lemdzabu) February 22, 2021
#BHACRY
— Moferefere (@TerryVitamin) February 22, 2021
Percy Tau went frm playing in da Champions league to actually playing for Tshakhuma Tshama Brighton Albion pic.twitter.com/MaZGqL5cll
May Brighton loose this game in the name of Percy Tau to be in the starting lineup for them to win pic.twitter.com/EiQgqKfKPZ
— Muvenda are na Sauce ???? (@lesh_howard) February 22, 2021
It’s been 4 minutes now, can you sub Percy Tau in... https://t.co/f3TqyUWn4a
— WΛBΛNΞ (@uphiwe_404) February 22, 2021
Not South Africans flooding the mentions to celebrate this loss because of how Brighton treat Percy Tau ?????? https://t.co/HDYZSGgOyZ
— ??_ibrahim (@junko_mix) February 22, 2021
