“When they are not ready and they play this kind of game, they get injured, like Ramsey today”.
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Arsenal went into the game amid an injury crisis which has seen Per Mertesacker be ruled out for over four months, Gabriel suffer a knee injury and Laurent Koscielny miss out due to a lack of fitness.
The boss made a decision to give extended rest to Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil after their involvement in the UEFA EURO 2016.
Substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Chambers replied for Arsenal, but Liverpool gathered themselves to close out the win.
“I have a big part of the excitement of the last half an hour because it’s not allowed to celebrate a fourth goal when there’s still 30 mins to go”, he told Sky Sports.
“The second one is that physically we are not capable of maintaining the level, because not all the players have the same level of preparation”.
“It showed we can always score goals, but we can defend much better and that’s what we have to do, of course”.
Verheijen feels Ramsey proved his quality at Euro 2016 and must leave Arsenal if they can not address the reasons their players consistently pick up injuries.
On the other hand, Jürgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager, had enough reasons to be jubilant from the display of his disciples.
Klopp has been tipped to lead Liverpool into title contention this season, but he said it was far too early to start thinking about silverware.
“To be honest, before the match a little bit, yes”, Mourinho said. It was a game of contrast between two halves but I felt as well that mentally we kept going and we have been absolutely remarkable on that front. “We made our mistakes together and we scored wonderful goals”, he said.
Arsenal will be looking to start off their 2016/17 Premier League campaign on a high note when they host Liverpool.
The Gunners have now lost three out of the last four opening games of the season, and the familiar sight of first-choice defenders sitting in the stands has got fans asking questions about Arsene Wenger’s summertime prep.
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At one end of the field it was the ideal way to kick-off the season and at the other it was a stark reminder that things needs to quickly change if any sort of improvement is going to be made over last year’s finish.
