The Emirates Stadium outfit, who on Sunday lost their opening Premier League game at home to Liverpool 4-3, have made only one big-money signing so far this summer in the shape of Switzerland worldwide Granit Xhaka.
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With Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny and Gabriel all absent, Wenger handed summer signing Rob Holding his Premier League debut alongside Chambers at the heart of Arsenal’s defence and the inexperienced duo were hardly tested in the opening stages as Arsenal dominated the ball.
Lallana put Liverpool into the lead just minutes after the restart, with Coutinho and Sadio Mane adding further goals.
“Of course we are bitterly disappointed”, said the Frenchman, who will mark his 20th year in charge next month.
“(But) I don’t think we need to be anxious because I don’t think it was mistakes that conceded the goals today.
And despite a 75th minute header from Callum Chambers, Liverpool held on as Arsenal lost their opening game of the season at the Emirates for the third time in four season.
“We are not ready”.
“We went up 36-40 on shirts and they made up 109, while goal minutes finished up at 283”.
“I think maybe we showed them a little too much respect in the first half”, Lallana told Sky Sports.
“We will try, but when they have not enough preparation they get injured”, he said of his rested players.
“Scoring four goals is wonderful, conceding three is the opposite of emotions”, Klopp said.
Walcott first saw his penalty on 30 minutes saved before making amends a minute later with a low right-footed shot from the edge of the box into the far corner.
“We lacked experience at the back and we were physically short. It is an impossible situation to get players back from the Euros and prepare”.
“We didn’t start well in the game”.
A slick exchange at the edge of the Liverpool box created the Gunners’ first big chance, but Aaron Ramsey could only poke straight at Mignolet from close range.
Brazilian playmaker Coutinho scored a stunning 25-yard free-kick and a neat volley either side of half-time before hobbling off in the second half, but Klopp said he had just been suffering from cramp.
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Klopp has already reinforced his backline by signing Joel Matip and Ragnar Klavan, the latter partnering Dejan Lovren at centre-back on Sunday. “I knew immediately it was a mistake by me”.
