Arsenal missed the chance to overtake Manchester City in the Premier League standings by losing to West Brom; the Citizens were blown away 4-1 by Liverpool in the league’s late kick-off.
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“We landed a huge blow when we scored”.
Mikel Arteta is also out of Tuesday’s must-win Champions League match against Dinamo Zagreb after hurting his calf against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, joining an injury list that already includes Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere, Danny Welbeck, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Tomas Rosicky. They have let in just two goals in their last five Premier League games, one of which came in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham before the North London Derby.
“It was a very bad afternoon for us”, The Guardian quote Wenger as saying.
“The penalty, it can happen and Santi falling – there is nothing you can do”, Flamini told Arsenal’s official website.
Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech was unable to hide his frustration with his side’s defeat versus West Brom at The Hawthorns.
Wenger has stressed that the game went just about as bad as it possibly could have and was not complimentary about his side’s performance.
“There have been games here this year where we’ve been disappointed that we’ve lost”, he said.
Their 18th goal in seven games came just before the half-hour mark and, unsurprisingly, it was the mercurial Mesut Ozil who provided another assist.
“Today, I thought Arsenal were very good – especially in the second half, when they ramped it up”. “Arsenal are an exceptional side and at times we were fortunate in lots of respects”. Campbell was found by Cazorla’s long pass but the Costa Rican could only manage a lame effort that went wide. Brunt pulled down Sanchez in the area to present Cazorla with the chance to level, but he slipped and scooped the ball over the bar.
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“First half we played pretty well, probably deserved to be going in at half-time in the lead but second half obviously we were under a bit of pressure”.
