very, very hard and that's why every game has its own difficulties that you have to deal with." Some two days on from the Stamford Bridge thrashing, Wenger remains baffled as to why his side once again failed to turn up in a big game
Wenger's squad appeared to have learned no lessons from their 6-3 defeat at Manchester City earlier this season and the subsequent 5-1 mauling at Liverpool - where they trailed 4-0 inside 20 minutes - as Arsenal were torn apart by Jose Mourinho's rampant Blues during a blistering opening spell
Arsenal found themselves 3-0 down by 17 minutes and played out the rest of the match with 10 men following the sending-off of defender Kieran Gibbs in a case of mistaken identity, which is expected to be overturned by the Football Association
"We are intelligent enough and care enough about the club to, of course, be disappointed with our performance," Wenger said
"I believe Man City was different, (but) Liverpool, yes
The common thing was that it was a 12.45 game and twice we were caught at the start of the game
"We think about that and at the moment there is no rational explanation other than the quality of our opponents and that we were caught at the start of the game
Why? We don't really know."
Wenger confirmed Arsenal will be without defender Laurent Koscielny because of a calf injury, but it remains to be seen whether either of Gibbs or Oxlade-Chamberlain can be selected
Source : PA
Source: PA