The north London club suffered their third opening day defeat in four years on Sunday [14 August] as they were defeated 4-3 by Liverpool at The Emirates Stadium.
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Oga Arsene Wenger wey plenty Naija people dey call am “Baba Ijebu” because the palle no dey like spend money kon yarn say hin boys never ready at all and na hin helep Liverpool hama dem. “It’s a very hard situation to sort out because the players come back late because of the Euros and, on top of that, you play them and they get injured”. It is an impossible situation to get players back from the Euros and prepare. Ramsey, Koscielny, Ozil, Giroud, they went to the semi-finals (at least). “We had four players who went very late”.
Not too many changes from last season, but the pace, high pressure and constant push forward with the ball created enormous pressure on a ragtag Arsenal defense, crumbling once Philippe Coutinho scored a lovely free kick, and added another one before exiting for Emre Can, when things went downhill for them.
“When they have not enough preparation they get injured”.
As long as his recovery goes smoothly, the 25-year-old could then make his return to action when we welcome Southampton to the Emirates after the global break on September 10th.
He is literally saying we will miss him when he is gone, which is no consolation for what we are going through at present.
“Can they recover for next week? We just need to be a little bit more street-wise”.
Per Mertesacker, Arsenal’s questionable new club captain, and Gabriel are also unavailable, with the former ruled out until the new year. “You have to sometimes accept that you can not control absolutely everything, even if you try to be as intelligent as possible”, Wenger told reporters after the match at the Emirates Stadium. Following his injury in Sunday’s loss to Liverpool, Aaron Ramsey will be out “until after the first worldwide break”, according to the Telegraph.
Both players will undergo tests on Monday.
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The afternoon had started brightly for Arsenal as Theo Walcott atoned for having allowed Simon Mignolet to save his penalty by drilling the hosts in front in the 31st minute. A stunning brace from Philippe Coutinho, and goals from Adam Lallana and debutant Sadio Mané gave Jurgen Klopp’s men a memorable victory at the Emirates.
