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Wenger says his men were ill prepared for the season

Once they got to 2-1 up, the game changed because they could wait to counter-attack and this is where they damaged us.

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‘I don’t think it was our mistakes which led to the goals being conceded.’ Mignolet told the Liverpool Echo.

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.

“Some players who came back late were physically short”, Wenger said.

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“We came in after the first half knowing we could play better”, Henderson said.

He added: ‘I am very happy to be at Liverpool.

“But. we need to manage the game better especially when they scored the second and gathered momentum”. Arsenal certainly do lack leadership and I feel we haven’t had a true leader in our team since the days of Adams, Campbell and Vieira.

“When they are not ready and they play this kind of game, they get injured, like Ramsey today”. Do you give the players a rest and start the season without many of your players?

The report states that the Gunners boss Arsene Wenger wants to strengthen in defence following injuries to Per Mertesacker and Gabriel. We all know that the money is stupid but you have to pay. “You have to sometimes accept that you can not control absolutely everything”. We were not really good, asked for the goal and we got it.

Holding and Chambers weren’t exclusively accountable for the three goals conceded in 18 minutes after half-time that took the game beyond Arsenal’s reach, with the former impressing on his debut while the latter struggled to prove he has a future in Arsenal’s central defence. “The crowd was a bit angry obviously and Arsenal fought back and showed character and scored the goals”.

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Jürgen Klopp’s side kickstarted their 2016-17 Premier League campaign with a huge three points at the Emirates Stadium after a breathtaking 20-minute spell at the start of the second-half.

Philippe Coutinho's free kick curls past Petr Cech and into the top corner