The manager of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, has criticised his club after 3-0 lost to Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup.
After the match, where two key gunners (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott) were injured, the French was highly critical of his side.
It is important to note that Arsenal suffer their biggest defeat to lower-league opposition since 1959.
Wenger said: “We were not at the level that is requested to play a team of the quality of Sheffield Wednesday.We have to congratulate them. They were sharper, quicker, more decisive than us. We had a lot of the ball but we didn’t create anything, especially in the middle of the park. Of course it [defending] was disappointing. The occasion was too great for the younger players. They are not ready to play at this level – none of them. We conceded two from set-pieces and were very naive.We have to analyse it [the defeat] and I think we knew at the start of the game that if something happened to us, we were a bit short [on back-up options]. “
Some experts say that North Londoners is out of the competition because of youngsters (Glen Kamara and Alex Iwobi started; Krystian Bielik and Ismael Bennacer were introduced from the bench).
However, the statistics show that Arsenal had all chances with 71% ball possession.
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