Liverpool routed Arsenal 4-0 at Anfield yesterday, turning what was supposed to be the weekend’s highlight fixture into an absolute trouncing. That of course brought the #WengerOut crowd out again, and we saw that hash tag trending on Twitter Sunday for the umpteenth time. Here is a link to some of the more entertaining entries falling underneath that umbrella hash tag.
Wenger and his side had absolutely no answers for what Liverpool wanted to do, and at times the Gunners players looked extremely disinterested.
As we’ve seen numerous times over the past couple seasons, the pitchforks are out for Wenger, and the Frenchman was asked about what his message would be for those who want him sacked.
“If some people feel as if I am the problem then I am sorry that I am the problem but we want our fans to be with us even in a losing performance like that,” Wenger told the news conference.
“The only thing we can do is come back and give them a better performance.”
He also later added:
“Mentally it was difficult. A very disappointing performance, it was disastrous. But it is not good to become too emotional after the game. There are some reasons behind it that we have to analyze but the players now go on an international break. We have done recently well in the big games. That is why today is even more disappointing.”
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is an ardent Arsenal supporter who has publicly expressed his desire to buy the team and sack Wenger. However, the current ownership adamantly maintain that the club is not for sale.
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