Manager Arsene Wenger made wholesale changes to the side that drew with Chelsea during the week but even with many first-choice names absent it was alarming to see Arsenal outplayed by a callow Championship side. "You couldn't see that we really wanted to defend it," the German said. You face a Championship side away and you need to be ready but for the majority of the game, we were not." Mertesacker had equalised Lichaj's early header but Arsenal were overwhelmed by a side 14th in the Championship. "The manager made a lot of changes, gave a lot of trust to players who haven't played a lot recently and I don't think anybody justified their selection today," he said.

Source: Economic Times January 07, 2018 23:15 UTC