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Wenger Slams Ref After Defeat By Saints
“If you lose 4-0 it’s not about the referee”, he said. It also raised all the old question marks about whether Arsenal’s squad is strong enough and if his players have the mental strength to maintain a title challenge.
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Jonathan Pearce: “Arsenal’s hammering at Southampton exposed once again defensive frailties which will undermine their title dream if they’re repeated. These players have fantastic spirit and they will show that”.
“There have been occasions when they should have won it, but they have not strengthened”. It’s insane to say, but it was a good shot I think.
“But what can I do about it?” asked Wenger, clutching at straws.
Arsenal knew that they could go to the top of the table by beating an out-of-form Southampton after Leicester City’s defeat at Liverpool earlier in the day.
“We were not at our usual level and that’s more disappointing than not overtaking Leicester at the top”.
“Surely you want one or two characters, with John Terry being the obvious example at Chelsea last season as someone who just gets them together and gives them a kick up the backside”.
“I said many times it’s down to consistency to fight in every game and find the resources to produce top-level performances”, he said.
“We were a bit unlucky because all the goals were debatable”. How “Gunners under Arsene Wenger recentlty” of them.
Cuco Martina’s professional football career has spanned some nine seasons and more than 200 games but, even on the training pitch, he has never known anything quite like what happened in the 19th minute at St Mary’s on Saturday. And we have top players inside.
And Martina made sure it was a game he will certainly not be forgetting in a hurry as he found a net with a physics-defying strike to open the scoring in a 4-0 drubbing.
Things got even better for the rejuvenated Saints with just over 20 minutes remaining as James Ward-Prowse swung a vicious corner into a risky area that Jose Fonte attacked with more vigour than any Arsenal defender to plant a powerful header home from close range.
The Republic of Ireland worldwide played a neat one-two with Mane, before turning his team-mate’s cross past Cech from close range amid Arsenal complaints over a perceived trip from Long on Koscielny.
The impressive Long hit the post, but was not to be denied a second when Dusan Tadic set him clear, the Saints forward finishing past Cech to complete a miserable outing for Wenger’s men. Maybe he was trying to hide from accusations that this was typical Arsenal defeat – a huge result against Manchester City followed by an inexplicable thrashing.
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They will make changes because they have to.