Arsenal are now in fourth position in the Premier League, while a win at home to Dinamo Zagreb tomorrow night is essential if they want any chance of qualifying for the knockout rounds of the Champions League.
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Arsenal dominated proceedings in the opening 30 minutes and deservedly went a goal up via Olivier Giroud.
Santi Cazorla fluffed his lines badly with a late penalty as Wenger’s side lost in the league for just the third time this season.
He added: “I’m always a bit cautious because we had lots of bad surprises on the scans, but it is at least two months”. We had 70 per cent possession, we scored an own goal, we missed a penalty, we gave away a goal from a set piece. “I think at 1-0 up we became a little too easy and the equaliser they scored sums it up well, they didn’t even need to have the ball”.
He said: “I have seen a few but I don’t really know what happened”. Let’s get the list out right now, Ramsey, Oxlade – Chamberlain, Walcott, Wilshere and Rosicky are just some of the options that are unavailable for Arsene Wenger.
The Gunners are still without a win in November having lost 5-1 to Bayern Munich and only managing a draw against Tottenham Hotspur in the North London derby before yesterday’s game. “We needed to get our home form going and to do that against one of the top sides in the league was fantastic”.
The Northern Ireland global spoke out after Tony Pulis’ Baggies came back from a goal behind to defeat Arsene Wenger’s Gunners at the Hawthorns on Saturday thanks to James Morrison’s volley and a Mikel Arteta own goal.
UEFA stated at the time that, because only one squad member had recorded a positive result, it was the player and not the team who was liable.
Wenger had indicated before Saturday’s visit to Albion that he expected Ramsey to have recovered by Tuesday from the hamstring trouble that has kept him out of action for the last month, but in the wake of the loss here he said: “It looks hard to have players to come back for Tuesday”.
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In the 67th minute Joel Campbell missed a golden opportunity when he took an open one-time strike from inside the six yard box, but shanked it wide.
