Liverpool absolutely dismantled Arsenal last weekend scoring 5 past Gunners’ usually solid defense to shock them big time.
Such has been the aftermath of Liverpool drubbing, that Arsenal players have gone nervous and suddenly are not being able to perform at the optimum level.
The above mentioned argument is by no means a myth but a fact confirmed by Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger himself.
North Londoners have not won a single title in eight long years, they have come close a few times but then blown it away by imploding.
The desperation level has gone up like anything and the Arsenal faithful cannot bear another meltdown.
In 2010-2011 season, Arsenal were one of the favorites to win the title until February. Then a series of difficult fixtures meant that they were ousted from the FA Cup, lost league cup final, lost to Barcelona in CL and were soon out of the title race.
Fears were there going into the game vs Liverpool that the same can be repeated this season as well.
Reds thrashed them and Arsenal were badly influenced, to an extent that they could not play their fluent passing game against United and dropped points again. Wenger claimed:
“We didn’t create enough chances to score. It was certainly down to the quality of Manchester United but I felt we were a bit nervous as well after the loss [to Liverpool] on Saturday.”
“We were extremely focused on not conceding a goal and this restricted our free-flowing game going forward.”
The fixtures are not getting any easier as gunners face Liverpool again in the FA Cup before they go on to face European Champions Bayern in CL who ousted them last season as well.
Can Arsenal bounce back from the recent blip or will it turn into an alarming slide again?
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I still differ with Boss wenger, We don’t have a lethal finisher in front…Giroud has perhaps proved himself in every 5 chances he scores nothing which it’s costing us hopeless title challenge.
This is your problem
We know that Giroud is working very hard, but he is not a striker that Arsenal can depend on him. He is very slow to act and defenders are not even worried about him, because he is not a threat to defenders. Once he loses possetion of the ball, he does not chase back to win the ball, he will remain behind, thinking that midfilders will do the marking, which is totally wrong in modern football. Arsenal need a striker who can be a threat to any team.
i think wenger had time to rienforce the squod but he didn’t so he needed to add one striker n dm
Imploding is an extension of A Wenger’s character. He is a genius at managing the finances of the club, spotting talent and developing an attractive style of play. His one weakness is lack of BMT (Big Match Temperament). He can beat any team anytime, but NEVER when the stakes are high, and all the world’s attention is on Arsenal. This is because of lack of BMT. Arsenal play big games lke they do all games, like artists do their painting. They cannot bring themselves to pla like soldiers at war in the big games.
Giroud is not a striker…infact he helps the opponent team defend against Arsenal
Arsenal can still win the league. We just hav 2 remain focused. Wenger Pls sign an attacker.
The truth is that Giroud has no speed and cannot take on defenders in the mould of Suarez, Henry, Drogba or Benteke. So the teams don’t worry much about him. Let’s try Sanongo.
Wenger cares for the bosses only the team can drop in the shit hole f…..k you wenger do you get kick backs when you dont spend?