Arsène Wenger berated his Arsenal players for a lack of urgency and incision after they conceded two “cheap goals” in suffering a first defeat since the opening weekend of the season in the League Cup quarter-finals against Southampton. Goals from Jordy Clasie and Ryan Bertrand secured a two-legged tie with Liverpool in the new year, and Claude Puel’s team were dominant throughout. “I’m disappointed,” said Wenger, who hopes to have Olivier Giroud available for Saturday’s trip to West Ham after a groin problem. If you give someone a handicap of two goals, against a Premier League side it’s difficult. But, of the players who featured today, Gabriel played on Saturday, Carl Jenkinson has been in the team recently, and Kieran Gibbs has played a lot recently.

Source: The Guardian November 30, 2016 23:32 UTC